Australia and New Zealand
July 12, 2013

Food Standards Australia New Zealand today invited submissions on an application to change the Food Standards Code to allow food derived from a genetically modified soybean.

FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Steve McCutcheon said the application, submitted by Bayer CropScience and Syngenta Seeds, sought permission to allow food derived from a soybean genetically modified to be tolerant to two herbicides.

“This soybean line is tolerant to glufosinate-ammonium and mesotrione,” Mr McCutcheon said.
“The FSANZ safety assessment found no public health or safety concerns and food from this soybean line is as safe for human consumption as food derived from conventional soybean.

“FSANZ welcomes comments from government agencies, public health professionals, industry and the community.”

The closing date for submissions is 23 August 2013.

More information:

For full details about approvals and other standards matters see the FSANZ notification circular.
Application A1081 – Food derived from herbicide-tolerant soybean line SYHT0H2.
Information on how to make a submission.

Reproduced with permission of Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Website: http://www.foodstandards.gov.au

Published: July 12, 2013