- Trade impact of GE food guidelines
- Contribution of GM relative to conventional breeding
- Long-term effects of GE foods
- Concern with GE foods highlights lack of knowledge of all foods
- Need to manage risk
THIRD TIER
Trade impact of GE food guidelines Mentions 3
Consumers
Producers / Manufacturers / Marketers / Retailers
- New Zealand exporters need to know Codex will be the international reference point.
- The standard must not be a filter on trade.
Research
- Lack of appropriate safety guidelines will negatively impact on the international trade in GE foods.
Contribution of GM relative to conventional breeding Mentions 3
Consumers
Producers / Manufacturers / Marketers / Retailers
- Practicality: How do we manage / control the growth in GE technology, the supply of raw materials and the consumption of consumer goods.
- Degree of GM. Gene manipulation versus selective breeding.
- Benchmarking. Conventional versus GE.
Research
Long-term effects of GE foods Mentions 2
Consumers
- Food safety – new technology with unknown long term effects. Assessment based on commercial / vested interests. Research – who or what organisation anywhere in the world is funded to test possible negative effects.
- No testing process is ever all encompassing or infallible. The long-term effects of these foods are still unknown. Scientists themselves are in disagreement and many are extremely concerned that we are not looking for the right effects instead of putting full faith in company sponsored scientists – just how much does the profit motive compromise safety testing? Again the rBGH (?) case in Canada is a cautionary example.
Producers / Manufacturers / Marketers / Retailers
Research
Concern with GE foods highlights lack of knowledge of all foods Mentions 2
Consumers
- Methodology – GE technology raises issues of how little we know about our “typical” food supply. Therefore, unknown + unknown + panic!
Producers / Manufacturers / Marketers / Retailers
Research
- Composition of food is poorly understood. More effort is needed in analysing food so that “food safety” is placed on a sound scientific footing.
Need to manage risk Mentions 1
Consumers
Producers / Manufacturers / Marketers / Retailers
- Issue that man cannot know everything and trust everything. We need effective management of risk.
Research
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