date:Oct 15, 2013
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has invite submissions on an application to change the Food Standards Code to allow food derived from genetically modified lucerne.
FSANZ said it had assessed the application from Monsanto Australia to allow food derived from lucerne genetically modified to have reduced levels of lignin.
In its application to FSANZ, Monsanto Australia said that as lucerne grows and forage biomass increases, the quality of conventional lucerne begins to decrease rapi