On March 25, 2021, Health Canada launched its consultation on “Proposed new guidance for Novel Food Regulations focused on plant breeding”. The consultation website has a page of introduction and page that summarizes the proposals.

There are also two consultation documents available upon request from Health Canada, or posted here:

Proposed Health Canada Guidance on the pre-market assessment of foods derived from Retransformants under of Division 28 of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations (the Novel Food Regulations)

Changements proposés aux orientations réglementaires de Santé Canada sur l’interprétation du titre 28 de la partie B du Règlement sur les aliments et drogues (le Règlement sur les aliments nouveaux) : À quel moment un aliment dérivé d’une plante mise au point par sélection végétale est-il considéré comme un « aliment nouveau »

Proposed Changes to Health Canada Guidance on the interpretation of Division 28 of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations (the Novel Food Regulations): When is a food that was derived from a plant developed through breeding a “novel food”?

For action and updates, return to www.cban.ca/NoExemptions