Sep 20, 2022
Published in The Hill Times, September 12, 2022. By Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator, CBAN The Minister of Health recently allowed Health Canada to give up its role as independent regulator when it comes to the safety of many future genetically engineered (genetically...
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...
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...
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...
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...
