FSANZ Reports and submissions

Food Standards Australia & New Zealand (FSANZ) Authority Assessments

FSANZ P1055 -  Second Call for Submissions: Definitions for Gene Technology and New Breeding Techniques

10.08.2024 GE Free Submission to FSANZ P1055 Second Call: GE Free NZ opposes the new definitions as outlined in the detailed submission to FSANZ.

  Gene Ethics submission

30.06.2024 Second Call for Submissions: P1055 Definitions for Gene Technology and New Breeding Techniques (NBT)

 P1055 Supporting Document 1

 Supporting Document 2 Consideration of cost benefits 

01.08.2020 Australia New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation: Ministers Policy guideline on Food Labelling to Support Consumers to make Informed Healthy Food Choices. 

FSANZ P1055 - First Call for Submissions: Modify definitions for gene technology and new breeding techniques 

7/10/21 FSANZ proposal P1055 to modify definitions for gene technology and new breeding techniques

3/12/21GE Free NZ submission

    PSGR (NZ) submission

    Soil and Health

    FOE and Gene Ethics

FSANZ  A1269 - Cultured Quail as a Novel Food

11.12.2023 Vow application to FSANZ for cultured quail as a novel (GMO) food. All documents relating to the development of "lab" grown fermentation of quail cells in a media containing GM bovine and pig growth factors.

5.02.2024 - GE Free NZ in Food and Environment submission- opposing the development of GE cultured quail cells due to lack of safety assessment in the cocktail of chemicals, nutrients, including amino acids and vitamins.and GE cow and pig growth factors.  FSANZ has no mandate as there are and no regulatory guidelines on bio-reactor cell cultures. 

Supporting documents - 

•  Association between IGF-1 levels ranges and all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis (2021) Rhamani J. et al 
• Metagenomic Characterization of Multiple Genetically Modified Bacillus Contaminations in Commercial Microbial Fermentation Products (2022) D'aes J. et al
• DNA uptake from a laboratory environment drives unexpected adaptation of a thermophile to a minor medium component (2023) Zeldes B. et al

5.02.2024 Gene Ethics submission to A1269 (Australia /NZ Alliance group)

FSANZ A1193

A1193- Irradiation of Food, to include irradiation all fresh fruits and vegetables 

FSANZ A1186

27.8.2019  Impossible Foods application A1186 for Soy-Leghemoglobin to be approved  into the Australia and New New Zealand food chain. NOTE: The details of manufacturing and internal methods of analysis are CONFIDENTIAL.

• A1186 Application documents to approve soy- leghemoglobin in meat analogue products into the Australia and New New Zealand food chain.

6.9.2019 FOIA request GE Free NZ first round questions on A1186 related to the absence of safety analysis of public submitters.

28.1.2020 FSANZ reply to GE Free NZ request for information on A1186

14.2.2020 Australian and New Zealand Food Health comments  2nd call submissions - 

• Victoria DHHS -need more information on safety
• South Australia DHHS - need more information on safety
• Queensland DHHS - need more information on safety
• NSW Food Authority - need more information on safety
• MPI NZ Food Safety - in support
• NZ Food and Grocery Council  - in support

17.9.2020 GE Free NZ submission at 2nd call -recommendation to decline application due to absence of safety data on a new protein created through GE process never in the food chain before. 

17.9.2020 Friends of the Earth and Gene Ethics submission on A1186

21.2.2021 Ministerial Forum final decision to approve A1186. Often the same team making the submission to A1186 also are delegated on behalf of the Ministerial to the Forum to make the decision

FSANZ A1138  

12/01/2018 A1138 – Food derived from Provitamin A Rice Line GR2E   All documents associated with the GM rice approval.  

12/01/2018 GE Free request for information to FSANZ under Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 

12/01/2018 FSANZ Mark Booth reply to GE Free NZ 

16/01/2018 Letter requesting meeting to Jenny Reid  (NZ Forum member) 

18/01/2018 Response to Jenny Reid  

23/01/2018 Letter following up meeting  with Jenny Reid 

26/01/2018 Hon Minister Damien O'Connor  request for review of GM Rice decision. 

• Tang, G., Qin, J., Dolnikowski, G., Russell, R., & Grusak, M. (2009)  Golden Rice is an effective source of vitamin A. The American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 89(6),1776-1783.(withdrawn as unethical)
• Schaub, P., Wüst, F., Koschmieder, J., Yu, Q., Virk, P., Tohme, J., & Beyer, P. (2017). Nonenzymatic β-Carotene Degradation in Provitamin A-Biofortified Crop Plants. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry (31), 6588-6598.
• Schaub et al supplementary paper for Provitamin Rice.  
• TestBiotech risk assessment on A1138
• CODEX guidlines on modern biotechnology for food risk assessment  
• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 503/2013 3 April 2013  EU guidelines from food derived from GMO's

08/02/2018 Charges for FOI  - FSANZ reply 

10/02/2018 FOI request for fee waiver

05/03/2018 Reply from Hon Minister Damien O'Connor