Jun 2, 2021
Published in the Ontario Farmer, May 25, 2021 – By Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network Health Canada is proposing new regulatory guidance for products of gene editing. The biotechnology industry is pleased that many gene edited...
May 27, 2021
Apr 8, 2021
Health Canada wants to exempt some genome-edited products from safety assessments – even while genome editing techniques are known to result in a range of unintended effects. By Lucy Sharratt, CBAN. Click here to read the article published in the Watershed Sentinel,...
Jan 25, 2021
If approved, the genetically engineered “Darling 58” American chestnut will be the first genetically engineered forest tree planted in the wilds of North America. By Lucy Sharratt, CBAN. Click here to read the article published in the Watershed Sentinel,...
Nov 20, 2020
Domestically-produced GE salmon will be ready for harvest in 2021, and sold unlabelled to Canadians. Click here to read the article published in the Watershed Sentinel, November 2020.
Dec 19, 2019
Welcome to CBAN’s Year-End Catch-Up! Our Yule Blog is an occasion for us to share some of the important news and analysis that you may have missed this year, with some info or implications that we didn’t have a chance to share. All year long, we monitor a wide range...
