Who else promotes or supports genetic engineering?
Here in Australia there are also a few bodies that speak on behalf of the genetic engineering companies. These include: The Life Sciences Network, Avcare (the peak body of the agricultural chemicals industry) and Agrifood Awareness. The Australian Food and Grocery Council which represents big food companies has also consistently supported GE foods. Three government-funded agencies also actively promote the genetic engineering of food. They are Biotechnology Australia who promote public support for GE foods, ANZFA (Australian New Zealand Food Authority) whose job is to regulate individual GE foods but who also regularly defend GE foods as a whole and also some parts of CSIRO who undertake research to develop new GE foods in partnership with the grains industry.
