Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN)

Despite the objections of over 105 groups and thousands of Canadians like you, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food have approved changes to remove regulation from some GM gene-edited foods and seeds. Health Canada announced (May 18, 2022) that it will allow companies to sell some gene-edited foods without any government safety checks and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced (May 3, 2023) that biotech companies can sell some gene-edited seeds without government assessments. Companies can now also sell these genetically engineered (genetically modified or GM) foods without telling the government about them. These regulatory exemptions apply to foods from gene-edited plants that have no foreign DNA (there is no DNA from other species incorporated).