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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 612 asked in the Legislative Council on 17 June 2014 by Hon Lynn Maclaren

Parliament: 39 Session: 1

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS — TOLERANCES

612. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the Minister for Agriculture and Food:

(1) What tolerances for genetically modified organisms has the Department of Agriculture and Food called for in its submission to the Organic Industry Standards and Certification Council?

(2) Will the minister table the department's submission on GMO tolerances to the Organic Industry Standards and Certification Council?

(3) Has the department completed any modelling on the economic losses to organic producers in WA through loss of organic certification?

(4) If yes to (3), will the minister table this economic modelling?

(5) If no to (3), why not?

Hon KEN BASTON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) The Department of Agriculture and Food has requested consideration of the inclusion of a 0.9 per cent tolerance of genetically modified organisms in line with the European Union's organic threshold.

(2) Yes.

(3) No.

(4) Not applicable.

(5) The department's submission supports the coexistence principle to allow for organic, conventional and genetically modified productions systems within a farming property.