❓ I refer to the contamination of Mr Steve Marsh’s Kojanup organic farm with genetically modified (GM) canola, and I ask: (a) in reference to the Minister’s statement on 11 March 2010 that the trials pr
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I refer to the contamination of Mr Steve Marsh’s Kojanup organic farm with genetically modified (GM) canola, and I ask:
(a) in reference to the Minister’s statement on 11 March 2010 that the trials proved GM and non-GM canola can be segregated and marketed separately, does the Minister now concede that the trials were flawed;
(b) did the Minister write to Steve Marsh and ask him to lobby the National Association of Sustainable Agriculture Australia (NASAA) to drop its zero per cent threshold for accidental GM contamination of organic crops;
(c) has the Minister written to NASSA and asked it to drop its zero per cent threshold for accidental GM contamination of organic crops; and
(d) as the European Union recently adopted a 0.9 per cent threshold for unintentional presence of GM material, is it Government policy that Western Australia will do the same?
(a) in reference to the Minister’s statement on 11 March 2010 that the trials proved GM and non-GM canola can be segregated and marketed separately, does the Minister now concede that the trials were flawed;
(b) did the Minister write to Steve Marsh and ask him to lobby the National Association of Sustainable Agriculture Australia (NASAA) to drop its zero per cent threshold for accidental GM contamination of organic crops;
(c) has the Minister written to NASSA and asked it to drop its zero per cent threshold for accidental GM contamination of organic crops; and
(d) as the European Union recently adopted a 0.9 per cent threshold for unintentional presence of GM material, is it Government policy that Western Australia will do the same?
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14 March 2011
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Minister for Agriculture and Food
Response time
19 days
(a) No
(b) No. In my letter to Mr Marsh I urged him to discuss with NASAA the need to establish workable thresholds for organic produce.
(c) No
(d) No. Grain marketing thresholds are determined by the Australian grains industry.
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(b) No. In my letter to Mr Marsh I urged him to discuss with NASAA the need to establish workable thresholds for organic produce.
(c) No
(d) No. Grain marketing thresholds are determined by the Australian grains industry.
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