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SUMMARY |
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This enactment amends the Food and Drugs Act and provides that
the Minister of Health is responsible for establishing that a food or one
or more of its components has been genetically modified. If it is
established that a food or one or more of its components has been
genetically modified, the Minister shall cause the name of the food to
be published in the Canada Gazette. The Minister shall also prepare a
list of all such foods and cause a copy to be sent at no cost to any one
who requests it.
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No one may sell this food or a food product containing this food in
a package unless a label is affixed to the package containing the
following notice:
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This product or one or more of its components has been genetically modified |
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In addition, no one may sell a food or food product containing the
food in a package unless a poster in the prescribed form has been placed
near the food containing the following notice:
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Genetically modified |
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