AUSTRALIA: Japan consumers call for ban on GM crops
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A delegation representing Japanese food buyers has arrived in Australia to lobby state governments to maintain bans on genetically modified crops. They plan to deliver a petition to state premiers to extend the moratoriums on GM crops. Australia remains Japan's last hope for maintaining its supply of non-GM canola.
Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speakers: Peter McGauran, Australian federal agriculture minister; Ryoko Shimizu, steering committee member of the No! GMO campaign in Japan; Louise Sales, genetic engineering campaigner from Greenpeace Australia
