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21. Review 389: (News review); ... Biotechnology (Testbiotech) said that the Food Standards Australia New Zealand’s (FSANZ) risk assessment process was not “sufficient to demonstrate safety of food derived from GR2E” without the toxicology ...; Created on 17 March 2018
22. Australia, New Zealand approval of GM rice questioned: (2018); ... of Biotechnology (Testbiotech) said that the Food Standards Australia New Zealand’s (FSANZ) risk assessment process was not “sufficient to demonstrate safety of food derived from GR2E" without the toxicolog ...; Created on 23 February 2018
23. GM debate intensifies as Australian decision on gene-edited food looms: (2015); Food regulator FSANZ is deliberating over whether a range of new plant breeding techniques will be classified as GM The products of many new plant breeding techniques are GMOs and should be labelled ...; Created on 17 December 2015
24. Chipotle sued in class action for claiming its menu is GMO-free: (2015); ... raphics.pdf [excerpts only] Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) regulates the food supply in ANZ [Australia New Zealand] and hence also regulates GM organisms for human consumption in ANZ. GM food ...; Created on 01 September 2015
25. Semantically engineered crops: (2015); ... GMO and not subject to regulation under the Gene Technology Act 2000.” In 2012 our food regulator Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) convened an expert panel – comprised almost entirely o ...; Created on 17 July 2015
26. Ultimate experts?: (2014); ... ultimately is blind peer-reviewed. Second, not all regulators require data from animal feeding studies much less specifically rat histopathology. Food Safety Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), for example ...; Created on 20 October 2014
27. Independent safety reviews will foster trust in GM technology: (2014); ... lator, such as Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) or New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), does not demonstrate the safety of the products it regulates. It endorses (or rejec ...; Created on 23 July 2014
28. Glyphosate found in US mothers’ breast milk: (2014); ... n Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) and other regulatory bodies around the world are being urged to act following the release of this initial testing data, to ...; Created on 07 April 2014
29. Scientists speak out against GM foods: (2013); ... on ABC Radio, where she told listeners that such feeding studies are not required by FSANZ (Food Standards Australia and New Zealand), which relies on industry data for its safety assessment of GM foods. I ...; Created on 25 November 2013
30. Serious unintended effects in bees from GM dsRNA: (2013); ... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21931358 The Australia/New Zealand GMO regulator FSANZ dismissed Heinemann and colleagues' study, using spurious reassurances about dsRNA risks. http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/rss/14920 ...; Created on 15 September 2013
31. USDA researchers confirm Heinemann conclusions on RNA-interference risks: (2013); ... r" FSANZ dismissed the Heinemann et al study and claimed no special risks were posed by these RNAi type products (http://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2013/05/22/fsanz-defends-stance-on-gene-silencing-experts-respond ...; Created on 18 July 2013
32. Scientists accuse Science Media Centre of bias over GM research: (2013); ... t be doing anything with their statements until FSANZ responded on the matter. Until then, it did not make sense to have "back and forth between rival scientists in the media, which just adds a lot of ...; Created on 15 April 2013
33. New Zealand Science Media Centre exposed for censorship: (2013); ... that “nearly three weeks after the Heinemann-led research was highlighted in The Press, FSANZ has not issued a response.” The SMC terms of reference require it to be “bias-free”, “neutral in matter ...; Created on 15 April 2013
34. Scientists want assurances new GMO is safe: (2013); ... but Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) has identified no safety risks with any of the foods it has assessed. The scientists’ latest concerns relate to GM plants which are being designed ...; Created on 08 April 2013
35. Science Media Centre touts sales pitch as science: (2013); ... to educate the public but to manipulate public opinion. Crucially, the SMC, in line with the usual practice of SMCs around the world, failed to declare the conflicts of interest of its "experts". Langrid ...; Created on 31 March 2013
36. Science Media Centre experts' disinformation tactics over dsRNA risks: (2013); ... s by safety authorities like FSANZ. Any GM crop can be scrutinised using modern bioinformatics methods to ensure any issues about ds RNA or RNA silencing are addressed and avoided in the early stages of crop d ...; Created on 26 March 2013
37. Rückblick nr. 327: (German General); ... nd Neuseeland’) irreführend sind und nicht auf die Bedenken in Bezug auf die Biosicherheit eingehen, die durch Gen VI aufkommen. http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14661 ...; Created on 10 March 2013
38. Review 327: (News review); ... afe? Following reports that a transgenic viral gene, Gene VI, has been newly identified in commercialized GM crops and foods, scientists Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson explain why public statements by ...; Created on 06 March 2013
39. Is the hidden viral gene safe?: (2013); ... gene has been newly identified in many commercialized GM crops and foods (1), European and Antipodean GMO safety regulators (EFSA and FSANZ) have separately released statements aimed at reassuring the ...; Created on 27 February 2013
40. Monthly Review No. 109 - Part 1: (News review); ... agreed methods." http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14270 + FSANZ USES WITHDRAWN STUDY TO DEFEND GM MAIZE Another regulatory body that rushed to rebut Seralin ...; Created on 17 October 2012

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