SUMMARY

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.

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:

This product or one or more of its components has been genetically modified

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:

Genetically modified