Canada Close to Allowing Unapproved GM Food Contamination in Imports

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By noreply@blogger.com (Activist)

The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) has denounced the federal government’s proposal to allow exceptions to Health Canada’s safety assessment of genetically modified (GM) foods.

The new policy would accept a “low level presence” (LLP) of contamination in food imports from GM products that have not yet been assessed for safety by Health Canada, if the GM food has been approved in a foreign jurisdiction that Health Canada judges trustworthy.

“This trade policy is unjustifiable from a health and safety perspective,” said Lucy Sharratt of CBAN. “Health Canada’s assessment of GM food safety should be …read more

Read more here: Natural Blaze

    

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