June 15, 2018. Halifax – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced the discovery of unapproved genetically modified (GM, also called genetically engineered) wheat near a farm in Alberta, but says the contamination is an isolated event. “We’re...
May 31, 2018.Ottawa – Canada’s Competition Bureau has approved a merger between seed and pesticide companies Bayer and Monsanto, creating the largest seed and pesticide company in the world. “This is an unprecedented level of corporate control over seeds...
Legalizing “Low-Level Presence” of Unapproved GMOs By Lucy Sharratt, CBAN Published in British Columbia Organic Grower, Volume 21, Issue 2. Spring 2018. Contamination from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is a problem for some crop types. For example, most...
Letter to the Editor, published in The Western Producer, April 12, 2018 The editorial, “Health Canada is obligated to approve Golden Rice,” (WP, April 5), interprets the department’s decision as a “humanitarian gesture,” but that is an assumption — an incorrect...
