CBAN publications re: regulatory exemptions (2020-2022)
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On regulatory guidance:
CBAN Opinion article in The Hill Times – September 2023: New regulatory guidance sets up corporate self-regulation of GMOs
CBAN Briefing to Members of Parliament – May 2023: Reverse New GMO Regulatory Guidance, to Ensure Safety and Transparency
RE: Primary Roles of CFIA Regulation – The Need to Regulate Gene Edited Seeds, Submitted to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, July 25, 2022.
Briefing for Members of Parliament, July 2022
Rebuttal: Responding to Health Canada’s Public Relations on GMO regulation, June 13, 2022
Report: New Proposals Would Eliminate Transparency on GMOs in Canada: Regulatory guidance changes would result in unregulated, unreported genetically engineered foods and seeds, April 13, 2022 (Report in French)
Summaries:
- Briefing for Members or Parliament: Proposals on GMO regulation jeopardize safety and remove transparency, April 22, 2022 (Briefing in French)
- Briefing for Members of Parliament: Regulatory guidance proposals on gene edited foods and seeds, October 20, 2021 (Briefing in French)
- Summary of the regulatory guidance proposals, November 2021 (Summary in French)
CBAN responses to CFIA’s consultation on proposals re: GM seeds regulation:
- CBAN’s comments submitted to the CFIA, Sept 7, 2021
- CBAN’s Guide to the CFIA Consultation, July 20, 2021
CBAN responses on Health Canada’s consultation on proposals re: GM foods regulation:
- CBAN comments on Health Canada’s primer on gene editing, June 23, 2021
- CBAN’s comments submitted to Health Canada, May 11 2021
- Summary of CBAN’s comments to Health Canada, May 11, 2021
- CBAN’s full Guide to Health Canada’s proposals, April 8, 2021
On genome editing (gene editing) and safety risks
CBAN and Testbiotech Report – Unintended effects caused by techniques of new genetic engineering create a new quality of hazards and risks, March 2022- CBAN Factsheet – Introduction to Genome Editing, 2020
- CBAN Report – Genome Editing in Food and Farming: Risks and Unexpected Consequences, 2020
Opinion articles:
- “Health Canada proposes blind trust in the safety of GMOs,” opinion article by Lucy Sharratt, CBAN, rabble.ca, December 15, 2021
- “Health Canada proposes to leave many new GMOs unregulated,” opinion article by Lucy Sharratt, CBAN, The Hamilton Spectator, May 20, 2021
