Contract harvesters unhappy GM protocols not established

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 14 October 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200510/1482508.htm?newengland 

Contract harvesters are angry that protocols acceptable to all parties have 
not been established for dealing with canola crops contaminated with 
genetically-modified (GM) material.

They say with harvest just around the corner, there is no protection for them 
against liability claims should they be accused of transporting contaminated 
material from farm to farm.

President of the Australian Grain Harvesters Association, John Murphy, says it 
is worrying that no-one knows for sure which crops might contain contaminated 
material.

"That is one of the biggest worries that as harvesters ... I mean, it's getting 
close to harvest, the liability of us contaminating someone else's product, 
someone else' property is a major worry to us as an industry and that is why 
we have been attempting to get a protocol that is acceptable," he said.