Genetically modified food in Oceania: Difference between revisions

Genetically modified cotton, canola, and carnations are grown in Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ogtr.gov.au/internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/content/gmofactsheets-3/$FILE/gmstockfeed.pdf |title=GM Crops and Stockfeed |access-date=2017-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414054557/http://www.ogtr.gov.au/internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/Content/gmofactsheets-3/$FILE/gmstockfeed.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-14 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.afaa.com.au/resource_guides/Resource_Carnations.pdf|title=Afaa|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508021951/http://www.afaa.com.au/resource_guides/Resource_Carnations.pdf|archive-date=2012-05-08}} Genetically modified cotton has been grown commercially in New South Wales and Queensland since 1996.[http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/fcp/gmcrops/ministerial_gmo_industry_reference_gm_canola.pdf Information Paper on Genetically Modified Canola] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202234036/https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/fcp/gmcrops/ministerial_gmo_industry_reference_gm_canola.pdf |date=2 February 2017 }} A report by the Ministerial GMO Industry Reference Group

Chaired by the Hon Kim Chance MLC. May 2009 GM canola was approved in 2003Syndey News Canola”{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/01/1048962750314.html |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030402084011if_/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/01/1048962750314.html|archive-date=2 April 2003| work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=GM canola gets the green light | date=2003-04-01}} and was first grown in 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.grdc.com.au/director/events/groundcover?item_id=67278EF9D750B353D5562DE39DD1DBFF&article_id=7D2BC2C9D63DBC44598EDDA91EF44F8E|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721014727/http://www.grdc.com.au/director/events/groundcover?item_id=67278EF9D750B353D5562DE39DD1DBFF&article_id=7D2BC2C9D63DBC44598EDDA91EF44F8E|archive-date=21 July 2011|title=Australia’s first GM canola crop comes off|publisher=Grains Research and Development Corporation}} and was first approved in [[Western Australia]] in 2010.{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Ian |title=Steve Marsh and Bad Seeds |work=Global Mail |url=http://gmo-food.theglobalmail.org/steve-marsh-bad-seeds |url-status=dead |access-date=8 July 2014 |archive-url=http://archive.today/2014.07.09-162522/http://gmo-food.theglobalmail.org/steve-marsh-bad-seeds |archive-date=9 July 2014}}