Dear & Food Forum Ministers: I want you to keep labels on all irradiated foods so I am informed and can decide between fresh and irradiated food when shopping. For clarity, the words with “irradiated” “or “treated irradiation” should be required on the label. My comments and answers to FSANZ questions follow: Are you aware of, do you understand, and how do you respond to food irradiation labels? • Do you buy, or would you consider buying, irradiated food? Yes/No? Why? • Should required labels on all irradiated foods be removed? Yes/No? Why? • Should the wording of irradiation labels be optional instead of required? • Should irradiated ingredients in restaurant meals still be labelled? • Should irradiated ingredients in processed food still be labelled? • Should information on the 'safety and benefits' of food irradiation be on food labels? • Should food irradiation's and benefits’ be publicised in other ways, without labels? • ‘safety now only requires a very general statement: "to the effect that the food, ingredient or • component has been treated with ionising radiation”. Would requiring words such as 'irradiated"' or 'treated with irradiation' be clearer? Please send a reply to my comments. Submitters Honorific Firstname Lastname Ms Aaltonen Ms Monica Castelo Ms Nicole Alexander Ms Jan Chamberlain Ms Linda Andrews Mr Chris Chapple Ms Salome Argyropoulos Ms Cathy Cheadle Ms Karen Armstrong Mr Clancey Ms Elaine Attwood Mr Peter Clarke Mrs Robyne Bell Ms Annette Clement Mrs Florence Benattar Ms Anna Clements Ms Juliet Bennett Miss Heather Coleman Ms Christine Berrill Mr Lee Coles Ms Leah Bloomfield Mr Graham Connell Mr Alex Mrs Marion Cook Ms Leonie Brand Mrs Cheryl Cooper Mr Adam Breasley Mr Peter Cooper Mr Darren Bridge Mr Kevin Cotter Ms Carole Bristow Mr James Creagh Ms Susan Brooking Mr Paul Crebar Ms Monica Budd (Ruedi) Miss Tania Cummings Mrs Lorraine Bull Ms Gilda Davies Ms Suzanne Butler Ms Louise Davies Ms Lorna Cameron Ms Annie Davies Mr Jon Carapit Miss Alexandra Davis Mr Joe Carr Mrs de Graaf
Dear & Food Forum Ministers: I want you to keep labels on all irradiated foods so I am informed and can decide between fresh and irradiated food when shopping. For clarity, the words “irradiated” “or “treated with irradiation” should be required on the label. My comments and answers to FSANZ questions follow: • Are you aware of, do you understand, and how do you respond to food irradiation labels? • Do you buy, or would you consider buying, irradiated food? Yes/No? Why? • Should required labels on all irradiated foods be removed? Yes/No? Why? • Should the wording of irradiation labels be optional instead of required? • Should irradiated ingredients in restaurant meals still be labelled? • Should irradiated ingredients in processed food still be labelled? • Should information on the 'safety and benefits' of food irradiation be on food labels? • Should food irradiation's ‘safety and benefits’ be publicised in other ways, without labels? • now only requires a very general statement: "to the effect that the food, ingredient or component has been treated with ionising radiation”. Would requiring words such as 'irradiated"' or 'treated with irradiation' be clearer? Please send a reply to my comments. Submitters Honorific Firstname Lastname Ms Aaltonen Ms Nicole Alexander Ms Linda Andrews Ms Salome Argyropoulos Ms Karen Armstrong Ms Elaine Attwood Mrs Robyne Bell Mrs Florence Benattar Ms Juliet Bennett Ms Christine Berrill Ms Leah Bloomfield Mr Alex Ms Leonie Brand Mr Adam Breasley Mr Darren Bridge Ms Carole Bristow Ms Susan Brooking Ms Monica Budd (Ruedi) Mrs Lorraine Bull Ms Suzanne Butler Ms Lorna Cameron Mr Jon Carapit Mr Joe Carr Ms Monica Castelo Ms Jan Chamberlain Mr Chris Chapple Ms Cathy Cheadle Mr Clancey Mr Peter Clarke Ms Annette Clement Ms Anna Clements Miss Heather Coleman Mr Lee Coles Mr Graham Connell Mrs Marion Cook Mrs Cheryl Cooper Mr Peter Cooper Mr Kevin Cotter Mr James Creagh Mr Paul Crebar Miss Tania Cummings Ms Gilda Davies Ms Louise Davies Ms Annie Davies Miss Alexandra Davis Mrs de Graaf
1%20DoGooder%20campaign%20email.docx