GMO Debate

New Zealand’s free trade deal with China, our biggest market, has seen increased investment in New Zealand, because of assurance of quality and GE-Free status.  A Nielsen survey has shown that 70% of Chinese consumers avoid GMOs in foods and actively seek to buy GE-free products.

Responding to USA consumer demand, Fonterra has also launched products specifying their GE-free status.
 
The GMO debate will surely continue.  Being a logical, evidence-based method, science is well positioned to challenge entrenched ideologies and, hopefully, change minds. There is now overwhelming scientific evidence (totalling hundreds of peer-reviewed papers) to support the safety of GM technology.

The sentences below were published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
"The scientific evidence is clear: global climate change, caused by human activities, is occurring now, and it is a growing threat to society."

"The science is quite clear: crop improvement by modern molecular-biotechnology techniques is safe."

GM is a thought provoking and controversial subject that will, no doubt, continue to have a huge impact on the future of the food manufacturing sector.