Food Standards Australia New Zealand Revised Regulations for Monsanto and BASF

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has revised its regulations  to permit the sale and use of food derived from from Monsanto Herbicide-tolerant Maize MON87427 and BASF Plant Science Herbicide-tolerant Soybean Line CV127.

• The corn line MON87427, genetically engineered to provide tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate, is considered by FSANZ to be as safe for human consumption as food derived from conventional corn cultivars. 
• Read the FSANZ notice regarding MON87427 (.pdf)

• The genetically modified (GM) soybean line CV127, which is tolerant to the imidazolinone class of herbicides,is considered by FSANZ to be as safe for human consumption as food derived from conventional soybean cultivars. 
• Read the FSANZ notice regarding CV127 (.pdf)