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against genetically engineered food and
crops
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April 2002
WANTED: Your help to get GE-free food labels
Dear GeneEthics supporters,
GeneEthics Network and Greenpeace Australia Pacific have a joint informaton
campaign on GE-free food labelling. Your support is needed to ensure
complete information is available to food buyers when our True Foods
booklet is published in May.
Below is a short list of some GE-free foods, both labelled and unlabelled.
We need your input to make the list more complete, and to confirm
information from companies. Please look out for GE-free foods not already
on our list and advise us on the proforma below. Please also send in empty
packages and labels for publicity and record keeping purposes.
To be on the (Green) list, products must be clearly labelled "GE-free", "No
GMO", "Not genetically modified", "No Genetic Engineering" etc. Companies
that claim to be GE-free but do not label their products are on another
(Light Green) list, while their claims are confirmed. Call the 1800 numbers
on labels to urge these companies to also label.
Most foods produced using gene technology are unlabelled because of
exemptions in the law. We suggest you buy foods labelled GE-free whenever
possible to send a clear message with your $s, to food processors and
retailers. Public demand has already led many to revise their recipes and
source GE-free foods.
Despite a lack of GE labels, the law also requires processors to know and
document which ingredients are GE or GE-free. As the Food Authority
requires these documents to be ready for inspection, institutions -
councils, hospitals, schools, etc - can require GE-free foods in their food
service contracts for creches, meals on wheeels and other food services.
(We can help you to get your local institutions to go GE-free.)
Thank you for participating.
Bob Phelps
Director
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Add to the list of GE-free foods
Photocopy the form for more products, friends, etc.
Return the form by email, fax or mail to address below
Label words (eg: GE-Free): _______________________________________
Product (eg: jam, cereal, etc): _______________________________________
Contents (eg: soy, corn, canola,
cottonseed/oil, sugarbeet, potato): _______________________________________
Brand name: _______________________________________
Company details:
Co. name: _______________________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________ P/code _____
Telephone: (___)______________ 1800 ______________ Fax: (___)____________
Email: _______________________________________________________________________
Thanks for your information input. All comments and advice are welcome
If possible, please mail us the empty package for our records
This is a joint project with Greenpeace
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GREEN LIST of GE-FREE FOODS - APRIL 2002
These products are GE-free & labelled
Alpine: - Goat Milk Yoghurt (No Genetic Engineering)
Ajita's Vege Chips: - Vegetable Chips.
Earth Angel, Soymagic, Simply Better Foods: - Soycheese. (Organic and Non GMO)
Chanteclair Farms: - Eggs, Free range plus Omega 3 (NOT genetically modified)
Clancy's Free Range Eggs: - Eggs, chickens fed biodynamic food (GE-free)
Charles Sturt University Cheese-Making: - Cheeses (Contains no genetically
modified ingredients)
Energy Products: - Various, including Wallaby: Macadamia Nut and Ginger
Brown Rice Health Treat (NO GMO)
Lloyd's Farm Vineyard Pty Ltd: - ??????? (GE-free).
Melrose Health Supplies: - Table spread, flaxseed oil, tahini, rainwater,
massage oil.
N.S.M: - Hot and Spicy Falafel
Nuttelex: - Table margarine, solidified cooking oil
Protanec (Swiss): - Chocolate
Pureharvest: - Vegetable oils, dried and bottled fruit, pasta, fruit juice,
sauces, honey (no GE)
Pure Life: - ??????
Real Foods: - Corn thins
Riverside: - All Australian Pecan nuts (NOT GENETICALLY MODIFIED)
FG Roberts: - Soy flour
Roma Food Products: - ??????? (No GMO)
So Natural Foods: - Soymilk. (free from genetically altered)
Soy Products (Sales) Pty Ltd: - range of soy products
NB: Foods labelled 'certified organic' are all GE-free,
as required by the organic standard
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LIGHT GREEN LIST of GE-FREE FOODS
Claim to be GE-free but are NOT labelled
Arlette Essentials: - Tea (will label GE-free when label stocks run out)
Chris' Greek Dips: - Various packaged dips (All suppliers must confirm
GE-free supplies)
Country Life Bakery: - Breads (Can't label as not able to test every batch)
Ferrero: - Chocolates (Only six ingredients. All GE-free)
Freedom Foods: - Biscuits, etc. (Were labelled 'free from GMOs' but unsure
of new law)
BRL Hardy Ltd: - Wines (use no GE 'ingredients, additives, processing aids,
grape juice or wine')
Hari Har Chai: - ??????
Hermans Foods: - ??????
Jalna Dairy Foods: - Yoghurt (May label)
Jindi Cheese: - Cheeses
McWilliams Wines: - Wine
Piano Hill Cheese Co: - Cheeses (Biodynamic)
Planet Tea: - Tea
Popina (Vic) Pty Ltd: - (Use GE if no alternative)
Riviana Foods: - Goats Milk products (Other Riviana products may use GE)
Sugar Australia: - Sugar (No GE sugarcane or processing enzymes)
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YELLOW LIST: Foods in Conversion to GE-free.
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RED LIST: GE Foods
Imported soy, corn, canola, potato or sugarbeet in processed foods may be
products of gene technology. Local and imported cotton products - seed, oil
or thickener may also be products of gene technology.
Intentional loopholes in the law allow companies to remain silent on the
technologies used to produce these foods and few will be labelled, even
when a further delay till December 7 2002 for stock on hand runs out.
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Bob Phelps
Director
GeneEthics Network
340 Gore St, Fitzroy 3065 Australia
Tel: (03) 9416.2222 Fax: (03) 9416.0767 {Int Code (613)}
email: geneethics@acfonline.org.au (Bob Phelps)
WWW: http://www.geneethics.org
The problem with the gene pool is, there is no lifeguard.
Knowing is not enough, you must also act.
"If the people will lead, the leaders will follow." David Suzuki
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