This document describes how the potential risks of RNAi technology (gene silencing) are considered when preparing Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plans (RARMPs).
This document describes how the potential risks of plant genetic modification (plant transformation) are considered when preparing Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plans (RARMPs).
Glowing or fluorescent fish such as GloFish® are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and it is illegal to import them into Australia for personal or commercial use without an authorisation from the Regulator.
In 2014 the Gene Technology Regulator (the Regulator) approved a trial of an oral live genetically modified cholera vaccine. Up to 1000 people were given a dose of the vaccine in a drink.
This protocol outlines the broad framework used by the Monitoring and Compliance Section when undertaking risk assessments. It also informs any risk management plans.
Five genetically modified (GM) crops have been approved for cultivation in Australia: cotton, canola, Indian mustard, banana and safflower. GM flowers have also been approved for growing or importing into Australia. Other crops are undergoing field trials.
GM canola can only be grown with the approval of the Gene Technology Regulator, who carries out a science-based risk analyses before a GM crop is approved for release. Several GM canola varieties have been approved for commercial release in Australia.
This fact sheet provides information for the control of unwanted herbicide-tolerant GM canola for example along roadsides.
Several types of GM canola and GM cotton are grown commercially in Australia. GM safflower was approved for commercial production in Australia in 2018.
When gene technology is used to create a genetically modified (GM) plant, animal or other living thing (organism), the genetically modified organism (GMO), for example GM canola, is regulated by the Gene Technology Regulator to protect people and the environment.