Lucy Sharratt

GMO regulatory changes jeopardize safety and remove transparency

Jul 7, 2022

Health Canada’s May 18th change to regulatory guidance will exempt many new genetically engineered foods (genetically modified organisms or GMOs) from the Novel Food Regulations. This change allows confidential corporate self-regulation of product safety. It will...

Consumers to eat new gene edited foods with no government safety checks

Jun 3, 2022

Letter to the Editor, Published in the Toronto Sun, June 2, 2022 Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos has very recently allowed Health Canada to give up its role as independent regulator when it comes to the safety of some genetically modified (GM) foods. The decision...

Federal government abandons safety assessments and transparency for new gene-edited foods

May 18, 2022

May 18, 2022, Halifax – Consumer, environmental, and farmer groups across Canada are denouncing an announcement today from Health Canada that will allow private companies to release many new genetically engineered (genetically modified or GM) foods without any...

Federal ministers urged to reject proposals to remove government safety checks of some GMOs as new polling confirms most Canadians want public regulation

Apr 28, 2022

April 28, 2022 – The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) is renewing its call for the federal Ministers of Health and of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Jean-Yves Duclos and Marie-Claude Bibeau, to reject proposals to remove government oversight of some...

Poster: Where are GM Foods?

Apr 25, 2022

A chart of the GM foods on the market in Canada, with basic tips on how to avoid GM foods. Sept 2024. Click here to download this poster.

GMO regulatory changes jeopardize safety and remove transparency

Consumers to eat new gene edited foods with no government safety checks

Federal government abandons safety assessments and transparency for new gene-edited foods

Federal ministers urged to reject proposals to remove government safety checks of some GMOs as new polling confirms most Canadians want public regulation

Poster: Where are GM Foods?

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GMO regulatory changes jeopardize safety and remove transparency

Consumers to eat new gene edited foods with no government safety checks

Federal government abandons safety assessments and transparency for new gene-edited foods

Federal ministers urged to reject proposals to remove government safety checks of some GMOs as new polling confirms most Canadians want public regulation

Poster: Where are GM Foods?

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