Response to concerns about the new guidance on Novel Food Regulations, products of plant breeding

Health Canada implemented a new guidance on the Novel Food Regulations, focused on products of plant breeding. Canadians have expressed a number of concerns regarding the regulation of these products, including those developed using gene editing technologies and other methods of genetic modification. Here are the department's responses to these concerns.

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Title (French) Réponse aux préoccupations au sujet des nouvelles orientations règlementaires relatives au Règlement sur les aliments nouveaux axées sur les produits issus de la sélection végétale
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Open Canada Date Published 2022-05-18 00:00:00
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Open Canada Subject ["health_and_safety"]
Open Canada Keywords {"fr": ["règlements sur les nouveaux aliments", "produits de la sélection végétale", "utilisation des technologies d'édition de gènes", "méthodes de modification génétique", "préoccupations des Canadiens", "réponses du ministère"], "en": ["novel food regulations", "products of plant-breeding", "using gene-editing-technologies", "methods of genetic-modification", "Canadians concerns", "department's responses"]}
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