If Breast is the Gold Standard, where does Infant Formula fall?
New Mom,New outlook, & New struggles thanks to the need for infant formula I am back, have you missed me? If you have noticed, I …
Health Canada
Health Canada Provides Risk Appropriate Regulation to Genome Edited Foods
Genome-edited crops and foods are no different from other products The importance of, and reliance upon, evidence-based regulations was reaffirmed last week in Canada! It …
Health Canada’s New Guidelines on Gene-Edited Crops
Kaylee Dodds University of Saskatchewan Student Guest Blogger A year ago, on March 23, 2021, Health Canada proposed new guidelines for the regulation of gene-edited …
Canada’s novel plant regulations are a barrier to innovation
Of surveyed plant breeders…. 77% 77% felt that Canada’s current novel plant breeding regulations do not reflect current levels of knowledge. You’ve heard it before …
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Registration
After years of varietal development, the most promising varieties are selected to begin the process of registering them for commercial use. Under Canadian legislation, the Seeds Act and Seeds Regulations govern the testing, inspection, quality, and sale of all seeds. This legislation ensures that all seeds, whether imported or developed domestically, are proven to be safe for production and consumption before they reach the fields of Canadian farmers. In this final blog of the #LabtoField series, we explore how newly developed crop varieties become registered seed for use in Canada.
The Skinny on Future Canadian Food Label Changes
SAIFood is always concerned about the use of food labels and what message they convey to consumers. The label which can be the most confusing …