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Australian Chefs Reject GMOs 5-30-08
More than 50 of the country's top chefs have united to protest against the
introduction of genetically modified (GM) food crops to Australia.
Last month, GM canola crops were planted for the first time in NSW and Victoria
after the two states announced they would let their bans on genetically
engineered food crops expire.
In response, local celebrity chefs including Neil Perry and Kylie Kwong have
signed on to the GM Free Chefs' Charter, launched in collaboration with
Greenpeace in Sydney.
The charter, unveiled at chef Jared Ingersoll's Danks Street Depot restaurant in
the inner-city Sydney suburb of Waterloo, calls for the NSW and Victorian
governments to reverse their position on growing GM canola and demands thorough
labelling of all food products that contain GM ingredients.
Oils, starches and sugars, as well as animal feed derived from GM ingredients,
should all come with a label, says the charter, which will be presented to
Australian governments later this year.
Meat from animals which have eaten GM feed should also be signposted, it says.
There are currently no laws on the labelling of food containing GM canola.
Speaking at the charter's launch, Mr Ingersoll said the unknown long-term
effects of eating GM foods were a major concern to him, both as a chef and a
parent.
"I don't really want to put food in the mouth of my children that I'm not sure
whether or not it's going to be damaging for them," he said.
"I'm not the sort of person that stands in the way of technology making
advancement to make things better for people ... but with genetically modified
food, once we go down that path then there's no going back.
"We are in the very unique position of having an amazing countryside that can
produce lots of beautiful food and if we do take the path of Canada and other GM
nations, it's going to be really limiting as to what direction we go in," he
said.
GM food crops are known to be difficult to contain, and a 2001 Western
Australian parliamentary inquiry into gene technology found the segregation of
GM crops from non-GM crops was not practical and cross-contamination was
"inevitable".
Mr Ingersoll said the rigorous labelling of GM foods was essential to allow
consumers to make informed choices about what they ate.
"What I want to see happen today is that we start to see some labelling, we
start to see some responsible action being taken that gives the consumer the
opportunity to make the decision, because one thing I know is that politicians
will do what they want, big companies will do what they want, but everybody
relies on customers," he said.
"Without people supporting these (GM) businesses then these businesses won't be
there. So we need to get this labelling in place to give consumers the ability
to make their decisions."