Food containing genetically modified (GM) material may soon have to be clearly labelled.Independent senator Nick Xenophon and Australian Greens senator Rachel Siewert introduced a bill to the upper house on Tuesday calling for an overhaul of food labelling standards.
Senator Xenophon said Australians were living with one of the weakest food labelling regimes in the world.
Advertisement: Story continues below "Not enough Australians seem to realise the implications that the rapid introduction of genetically modified materials may have on our health and potentially on our ability to produce safe foods and foods free from GM contamination," he said.
Under Senator Xenophon and Senator Siewert's bill, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) would have to introduce a standard for the labelling of genetically modified material, irrespective of the amount or how it came to be present.
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Hope they are doing better labelling than before...
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