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The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) brings together 15 groups to research, monitor and raise awareness about issues relating to genetic engineering in food and farming. CBAN is a projectof the MakeWay Charitable Society. cban.ca
Today, groups wrote to the Minister of Health asking for mandatory labelling of #GMOs, to ensure Health Canada fulfills its new commitment to the "highest level of transparency" in relation to the market introduction of a genetically engineered pig. cban.ca/food-from-ge...
Health Canada has just approved a gene-edited pig for human consumption. The food products will not be labelled. Demand mandatory labelling at cban.ca/labelGMOs
Strong court victory in the US will force companies to label genetically engineered foods. Today's the last full day to sign the petition for mandatory labelling in Canada: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign and share to show you care! House of Commons e-petition 6768 for mandatory labelling of genetically engineered (genetically modified) foods is important at a time when new GM fruits and veg could soon be introduced. Sign now: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
New poll commissioned by Can Health Food Association
finds 67% of Canadians say foods produced using gene editing should be considered genetically engineered & 91% believe consumers have the right to know. chfa.ca/news-post/ca... Sign the petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Once released, genetically engineered wildlife can’t be recalled.
Over 90 NGOs call for a global moratorium to protect biodiversity. 🌿
🤓 Learn more: www.engineeringnature.org
📢 Or sign here: www.saveourseeds.org/nature-is-no...
#IUCNCongress2025 #MoratoriumNow #NatureIsNotALaboratory
End of #GMO salmon: “AquaBounty’s operational halt is more than just a corporate setback; it’s a significant indicator of the formidable challenges facing the commercialization of genetically modified animals for food.” markets.financialcontent.com/wral/article...
Our new report finds 3 genetically engineered (genetically modified or GM) fresh fruits & vegetables on the market in Canada: GM sweet corn, papaya, pineapple. GM squash is discontinued for 2026. Unregulated, unlabelled GM gene-edited fresh foods could be next. cban.ca/three-geneti...
Proposed seed regulatory change threatens seed sovereignty in Canada by removing Farmers’ Privilege from new fruit, vegetable, and ornamental varieties. This encroaches on farmers’ age-old practice of saving seed.
📣 Sign the Parliamentary e-petition today!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It was 2002 when Health Canada hosted an international conference on post-market surveillance of genetically modified foods. This bag is what's left of Health Canada's notion to track #GMOs. Sign the petition for mandatory labelling: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign and share the House of Commons petition for mandatory labelling of #GMOs. Demand transparency and choice. Sign e-6768 at www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... Show your concern over genetically engineered (genetically modified) foods, unlabelled in grocery stores. More info: cban.ca/labelling