A Japanese delegation is in Australia to deliver a petition to State Premiers from groups who represent over 2.9 million Japanese consumers, requesting an extension to the moratoria on GM food crops. The States are currently reviewing the moratoria, which are due to expire next year, and are facing growing pressure from farm and science leaders to drop the ban on genetically modified crops. But the Japanese delegation from the ’No! GMO Campaign’, an alliance of over 80 Japanese consumer groups, farmers groups and 300 individuals, says lifting the moratoria would damage Australia’s reputation in the international market.