What GM foods are in the Australian marketplace?
There are no whole GM fruits, vegetables or cereals presently on the Australian market. GM ingredients are used in a range of processed foods such as foods derived from soybeans, canola, corn, potato, sugar beet and cotton. Most of these are imported products derived from GM crops grown and processed overseas. The crops have been genetically enhanced with traits that protect them from insects, allow farmers to use herbicides that are safer for the environment or improve their nutritional profile.
