Government Bodies
Sites
Biotechnology Australia- Co-ordinates non-regulatory biotechnology issues for the Commonwealth Government of Australia while seeking to provide balanced and factual information on biotechnology.
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- Department of Agriculture
- Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) Ngā Kaiwhakatūpato Whakararu Taiao
- Controls the introduction to New Zealand of new hazardous substances and new plants and animals, including genetically modified organisms.
- The European Commission Directorate General XXIV
- Consumer Policy and Consumer Health Protection body of the European Commission
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- The Food and Agriculture Organization was founded in October 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. A specialized agency within the United Nations system.
- Gene Technology in Australia
- aims to explain the science of gene technology, describe the work of Australian scientists and covers some aspects of public debate about gene technology.
- Genetic Modification
- Government site about genetic modification in New Zealand - how it is used and how it is controlled.
- Ministry for the Environment Manatu mo te Taiao
- MfE is responsible for the following areas: resource management; land, air and water quality; waste, hazardous substances and contaminated sites; protection of the ozone layer and global warming.
