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Immediate Issues

Combined Auckland & Wellington Workshops

Mentions

		Auckland Group		Wellington Group
1.	Information that will allow consumers to choose				38
	Workable labelling for consumer choice			14
	Provision of information to consumers – incl. labelling		8
	Need for communication with consumers on factual issues re GM foods			12
	Education of consumers		4
2.	Credibility of regulatory authorities				37
	Lack of/ doubt in confidence in systems / authorities			14
	Credibility of regulatory authorities, including Codex.		12
	Preserving each individual nation’s freedom			5
	Need balanced public relations effort		4
	An early need for GM food regulations			2
3.	Basis for regulations for GM foods				18
	Role of science with respect to GM foods		5
	Cost of compliance should be taken into consideration			5
	Basis for regulations to be practical, valid and robust			4
	Lack of agreement on equivalence			4
4.	Tests needed for GM foods				18
	Tests needed for GM foods			10
	Appropriate basis for testing GM foods.		8
5.	Food safety from the consumer viewpoint				17
	Food safety from the consumer viewpoint		9
	Will consumers have confidence in GE food safety standards?		5
	Concern with GE foods highlights lack of knowledge of all foods		2
	Food safety should concentrate on the products not the processes		1
6.	Definition of GM foods and risk assessment				16
.	Need to define risks			13
	Food / medicine boundary line requirement.			2
	Need to manage risk		1
7.	Biotechnology interacts with other issues				13
	Other issues impact on GM food regulation		9
	Biotechnology interacts with other issues			4
8.	Long-term effects of GM foods				7
	Question of long term effects of GM foods.			5
	Long term effects of GM foods		2
9.	GM foods in international trade				6
	International trade – significance of a GM food policy		3
	Trade impact of GM food guidelines			3
10.	Issues for GM food producers				5
	Contribution of GM relative to conventional breeding		3
	Recognition of worth of existing New Zealand systems.			1
	Liability and responsibility			1

Contact for Enquiries

Dr Sharon Adamson
Manager, Innovation Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND

Phone: +64 4 894 0618
Fax: +64 4 4 894 0741
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