Hidden pressures in the case of bringing genetically modified salmon closer to markets

Will Canadians in the end be eating foreign unlabelled GM salmon and will the GM fish feed impact human and environmental health and safety? Will there now be other GM animal applicants and products? Canada's less than adequate and none too transparent captive regulatory system does not help.
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, left, pictured on an agricultural delegation to China last November, is responsible for the CFIA.
OTTAWA—Access records obtained and used by CBC's The National call into question the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's conflicting dual mandate. On the one hand, the CFIA helps companies get international market access, by ways such as issuing export safety certificates. On the other ...

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