Stop the shift to corporate self-regulation of GMOs

Biotechnology companies have an open door to the Canadian market for some genetically engineered foods produced with new gene editing techniques.

Instead of ensuring government oversight, the federal government has handed responsibility for determining the safety of some products over to the companies that develop them, writes Lucy Sharratt, coordinator of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY Lucy Sharratt

September 12, 2022

The minister of health recently allowed Health Canada to give up its role as independent regulator when it comes to the safety of many future genetically engineered (genetically modified or GM) foods, and the minister of agriculture and agri-food is contemplating a similar set of proposals on seeds ...

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