Jul 29, 2016
Le Canada ignore les normes internationales sur la salubrité alimentaire Ottawa et Montréal, mercredi 29 juillet 2009. Le Réseau canadien d’action sur les biotechnologies (RCAB) et le Réseau québécois contre les OGM (RQcOGM) exigent que le gouvernement fédéral retire...
Sep 29, 2015
September 29, 2015. Ottawa, ON. A national Ipsos Reid poll commissioned by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) reveals 88 per cent of Canadians want genetically modified (GM) foods labeled on grocery store shelves. Of the over 1000 Canadians polled, over...
Jul 7, 2015
July 7, 2015. Ottawa. The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) has denounced the federal government’s proposal to allow exceptions to Health Canada’s safety assessment of genetically modified (GM) foods. The new policy would accept a “low level presence” (LLP)...
Mar 23, 2015
GM apple approved over the objections of consumers and farmers March 23, 2015. Ottawa. The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) today denounced the Canadian government’s decision to approve the first-ever genetically modified (GM) apple. “Our government is not...
Mar 19, 2015
20 years after first GM approval, information is lacking March 19, 2015. Ottawa. Twenty years after approval of the first genetically modified (GM, also called genetically engineered) crops in Canada, information on the amount and prevalence of GM foods and crops is...
