New regulatory guidance sets up corporate self-regulation of GMOs

Sep 11, 2023

The Hill Times, Opinion by Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, September 11, 2023. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/09/11/new-regulatory-guidance-sets-up-corporate-self-regulation-of-gmos/396402/ The emergence of new genetic...

Reverse New GMO Regulatory Guidance, to Ensure Safety and Transparency

Jun 6, 2023

Federal government allows biotechnology companies free reign in the food system, removes safety checks on corporate science and denies transparency to farmers and food companies

May 3, 2023

May 3, 2023 -Today, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food has approved changes to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulatory guidance that, along with similar changes permitted by the Minister of Health in May of 2022, allow product developers to assess the...

Forest Stewardship Council Backs Away from Genetic Engineering Following Global Campaign Calling on them to Uphold their Ban on GE Trees

Apr 4, 2023

4 APRIL, 2023 – The Board of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the world’s leading forest product certifier, decided [1] at their March meeting to back away from a process that critics charge would have put forests at risk and would have opened the door to...

Comments on the proposed federal Sustainable Agriculture Strategy

Mar 29, 2023

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