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...
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...
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,...