Sumbissions are due to close tomorrow on an application by an American company, Monsanto, to amend the food safety code to allow a new corn that has been genetically modified to contain about twice the usual amount of a molecule called lysine.
The company says the corn will be used to feed pigs and chickens which "require the addition of supplemental lysine for optimal animal growth and performance".
Although the corn is intended solely for animals, the application says it is possible it "will inadvertently be commingled with conventional corn and enter the human food supply", so it wants the food code changed to allow this.
Click on link below to read the initial assessment by Food Standards Australia NZ.
GE corn assessment
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