Australasian Biotechnology, Volume 9 Number 3, July/August 1999,
pp. 167-169
The ANZFA Position
Foods Produced using Gene Technology
Code Number:AU99012
The Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) completed in
1998 its assessment of the Proposal (P97) to establish a standard
to regulate food produced using gene technology.
ANZFA recommended to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards
Council (ANZFSC) that it adopt the standard into the Food Standards
Code. ANZFSC consists of the Commonwealth of Australia, Australian
State and Territory, and New Zealand Health Ministers. The ANZFSC
accepted the Authority's recommendation at its meeting on 30 July
1998.
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