Confirming once again that consumers want clean and healthy food, a UK survey has found food safety concerns mostly involve new technologies.
What the survey fails to note is that, without clear labeling, these food technologies are hard to choose to avoid. While people might read labels to avoid trans-fats and additives, even traditional mea [...]
Consumers dislike GM, irradiation, na...
Confirming once again that consumers want clean and healthy food, a UK survey has found food safety concerns mostly involve new technologies.
What the survey fails to note is that, without clear labeling, these food technologies are hard to choose to avoid. While people might read labels to avoid trans-fats and additives, even traditional mea [...]
Govt approves nuclear irradiation of ...
The irradiation of tomatoes & capsicums (bell peppers) has been approved by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). In Australia, all irradiation is done with nuclear material.
the average Australian consumes an estimated 23kgs of tomato-based products per year – FIWatch in submission to FZANZ
A1069 and the FSANZ assessment of [...]
Would you like radiation with that? ...
Two toxic chemicals, fenthion and dimethoate, nerve inhibiting pesticides used in Australian food production, are under review and are to be phased out. Use of these organophosphates is severely restricted overseas. Australian growers have known about potential problems with these chemicals for a long time. In fact, the review of fenthion beg [...]
Say NO! to irradiated tomatoes and c...
A1069 – the application for the irradiation of tomatoes and capsicums must be rejected.
Public submissions on A1069 – Application to Irradiate Tomatoes and Capsicums – are due by 6pm (Canberra time) on November 7, 2012.
Let the government know that you will refuse to accept irradiated tomatoes.
A sample letter is attached! Just cut and paste& [...]
Australian company caught selling unl...
An Australian company busted for not labelling irradiated spices!
Thanks to Western Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam and his trusty crew.
Senator Ludlam asked:
What are the irradiation labelling requirements for imported food? For example, where a box containing individual packets of meat curry premix for wholesale sale is labelled as i [...]
Court challenge to persimmon proposal...
Food Irradiation Watch supports Gene-Ethics and the Safe Food Institute in their Federal Court challenge to Food Standards Australia New
Several fruits are already approved for nuclear irradiation in Australia
Zealand’s (FSANZ) processing of Application A1038. Yesterday thecourt placed an injunction on the irradiation of persimmons.
The [...]
GeneEthics challenges Food Irradiatio...
Gene Ethics started proceedings in court challenging Food Standards Australia over thier failure to give public notice of an attempted change to food labelling and lack of public notice of changes to a proposal for the irradiation of persimmons. The case highlights the lack of scrutiny being given food approvals, and irradiation in particula [...]
FI Watch calls on Food Standards to r...
We are calling on Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to halt all further approvals of food irradiation and retain and strenghen the obligation on producers to label irradiated products. We are calling on our supporters to write to their local members and health ministers ask for the same. Consumers don’t want to eat irradiat [...]
Another approval pushed through
In July 2011 Food Standards Australia approved the irradiation of persimmons with a devious back door process that would have removed the legal requirement for labelling. Consumers would have been deprived of the right to choose irradiated foods if this part of the application had been approved. While labelling requirements were not removed, [...]
Cat deaths raise questions for human ...
2008-9 up to 100 cats became ill, paralyzed and many died as a result of eating imported cat food that had been irradiated. The irradiation process changed the structure of oils in the foods, which caused the breakdown of the myelin nerve sheath, causing neurological problems and in extreme cases death.
As a result the irradiation of cat f [...]
Food irradiation is the practice of exposing foods to radiation. In Australia all irradiation plants use Cobalt 60, a nuclear material that emits gamma rays. Herbal teas, spices and some tropical fruits are permitted for irradiation in Australia.
Food Irradiation Watch are an independant consumer watchdog, advocating clean, nuclear-free food. We recieve no government funding.
