No nuclear irradiation, no food irradiation
Eligibility - Queensland residentsPO Box 514
NEW FARM QLD 4005
Queensland Residents draw to the attention of the House their opposition
to food irradiation and the building of the nuclear irradiation facility
proposed for Narangba Industrial Estate (Caboolture Shire), as well as
the Electron Beam facility proposed for North Queensland.
Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to:
• prohibit the establishment of nuclear irradiation facilities at any
location in Queensland
• oppose the use of X-ray or Electron Beam facilities for the irradiation
of foodstuffs at any location in Queensland
• ban the import, export and sale of irradiated food in Queensland
• call on the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council and Food
Standards Australia New Zealand to amend Standards A-17 and 1.5.3 in the
Food Standards Code to ban food irradiation in Australia and New Zealand.