Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 1.5.2 - Food Produced Using Gene Technology
Division 1Sale and use of food produced using gene technology
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Division 1 – Sale and use of food produced using gene technology
1 Interpretation
(1) For the purposes of this Standard –
a food produced using gene technology means a food which has been derived or developed from an organism which has been modified by gene technology.
Note: Editorial note:
Note: This definition does not include a food derived from an animal or other organism which has been fed food produced using gene technology, unless the animal or organism itself is a product of gene technology.
conventional breeding means all methods used to produce plants, excluding techniques that use gene technology.
gene technology means recombinant DNA techniques that alter the heritable genetic material of living cells or organisms.
line means –
(a) a plant, the genetic material of which includes a transformation event or events; or
(b) any plant, descended from the plant referred to in paragraph (a), that is the result of conventional breeding of that plant with –
(i) any other plant that does not contain a transformation event or events; or
(ii) any other plant that contains a transformation event or events, whether expressed as a line or event, that is listed in Column 3 of the Schedule;
but shall not be taken to mean any plant derived solely as a result of conventional breeding.
transformation event means a unique genetic modification arising from the use of gene technology.
(2) To avoid doubt, columns 1 and 2 of the Schedule contain additional information that is not part of this Code. Information in these columns may be added to or edited in any published version of this Code.
2 General prohibition on the sale and use of food produced using gene technology
A food produced using gene technology, other than a substance regulated as a food additive or processing aid, must not be sold or used as an ingredient or component of any food unless it is listed in Column 3 of the Schedule and complies with any corresponding conditions in Column 4.
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