GM canola creates foreign customer concerns

ABC Queensland, Monday, 18 July 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200507/1416503.htm?queensland

Australian canola crushers are fielding a large number of inquiries from 
concerned overseas customers since the identification of genetically modified 
(GM) canola in an export shipment.

Grain exporter ABB Grain Limited detected low levels of GM seed in a small 
consignment of canola sourced from Victoria.

Pete Macsmith from Macsmith Milling in New South Wales says the Japanese in 
particular have been sending a lot of emails.

"A mountain of it would maybe be the best way to describe it," he said.

"I don't think panic is the right word...as I say they are just looking for 
some confirmation as to how this occurred, is it going to occur in the future, 
they just want to know the state of play.

"I mean that is what this is all about at the end of the day is that whatever 
part in the supply chain you fulfil, it's about giving them what they want, 
otherwise none of us have a market."