Monsanto Breaks Tasmania Rules for GE Crop Tests

(February 28, 2001 --Cropchoice news) -- Monsanto admitted that it broke Australia's guidelines for conducting trials on genetically engineered crops.

The Australian government found that Monsanto and Aventis, the maker of the StarLink transgenic corn that contaminated much of the U.S. corn supply, didn't adequately clean up 11 Tasmanian sites on which they performed trials on genetically modified canola.

The Tasmanian state government is examining its legal options.

Source: ABC News

March 2, 2001

BACON THREATENS TO IMPOSE PERMANENT BAN ON GM ORGANISMS

The Tasmanian Premier, Jim Bacon, was cited as saying the state is more likely to impose a permanent ban on genetically modified organisms following the "escape" of GM crops and that the Federal Government must reveal the locations of GM crop trials held in the state over the past three years. He says secrecy over the trials will only increase fears of gene technology. The Tasmanian Government has imposed a temporary moratorium on GMOs since July.

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