Attachment 1
GM food permitted in Australia and New Zealand as at August 2001 [1]
CROP | TRAIT | APPLICANT | FSANZ APPLICATION | POTENTIAL FOODS USES |
SOYBEAN | Herbicide tolerance : Glyphosate
High oleic soybeans [2] |
Monsanto
Optimum Quality Grains(DuPont/Pioneer) |
A338
A387
| Soy foods including, soy beverages, tofu, soy oil, soy flour, lecithin. Other products may include breads, pastries, snack foods, baked products, fried products, edible oil products and special purpose foods. |
CANOLA (Oil seed rape) | Herbicide tolerance: Glufosinate ammonium and hybrid traits Glyphosate Bromoxynil |
AgrEvo
Monsanto Rhone Poulenc |
A372
A363 A388 |
Canola oil. May include edible oil products, fried foods, and baked products, snack foods. |
CORN | Insect resistance: Bt Herbicide tolerance: Glufosinate ammonium Glufosinate ammonium (DLL25) Glyphosate
Herbicide tolerance Glufosinate ammonium & Bt (DBT418) (Bt-176 Maize) (Bt-11 Maize) |
Monsanto
AgrEvo
Monsanto
Monsanto
Monsanto Novartis Novartis |
A346
A375
A381
A362
A380 A385 A386 |
Corn oil, flour, sugar or syrup. May include snack foods, baked goods, fried foods, edible oil products, confectionery, special purpose foods, and soft drinks. |
POTATO | Insect resistance: Bt Insect resistance & virus resistance: Bt & potato virus Y (PVY) resistant (known as New Leaf Y) Bt & potato leaf roll virus (PLRV) resistant (known as New Leaf Plus) |
Monsanto
Monsanto
Monsanto |
A382
A383 |
May include snack foods, processed potato products and other processed foods.
|
SUGAR-BEET | Herbicide tolerance: Glyphosate |
Monsanto/Novartis |
A378 | May include any processed foods containing sugar. |
COTTON | Insect resistance: Bt - Cry1Ac gene Herbicide tolerance: Glyphosate Bromoxynil
|
Monsanto
Monsanto Monsanto/Rhone
|
A341
A355 A379
|
Cottonseed oil and linters. Products may include blended vegetable oils, fried foods, baked foods, snack foods, edible oil products, and smallgoods casings. |
[1] This list is subject to change. Consult the FSANZ Internet site to determine if this table is still current.
[2] This commodity is the only currently permitted food produced using gene technology that has ' altered characteristics' requiring additional GM labelling. The table to clause 2 in the standard stipulates that for this commodity ' The label on or attached to a package of food derived from high oleic acid soy bean lines G94-1, G94-19 and G168 must include the statement to the effect that the food has been genetically modified to contain high levels of oleic acid.'