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Health Canada’s new guidelines for novel foods take hands-off approach

In the place of government oversight and regulation, Health Canada has enacted a 'voluntary transparency initiative,' inviting plant breeders to self-regulate the risks of their genetic products. In effect, genetically modified plants, foods, and seeds have been deregulated.

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Health Canada’s new guidelines for novel foods take hands-off approach

In the place of government oversight and regulation, Health Canada has enacted a 'voluntary transparency initiative,' inviting plant breeders to self-regulate the risks of their genetic products. In effect, genetically modified plants, foods, and seeds have been deregulated.

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