Bill C-205

1st Session, 40th Parliament,

57 Elizabeth II, 2008

house of commons of canada

BILL C-205

An Act respecting the labelling of food products

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE

1. This Act may be cited as the Food Products Labelling Act.

INTERPRETATION

2. The following definitions apply in this Act.

“genetically modified organism” means an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques causing the expression of modified traits in the organism.

“Minister” means the Minister of Health.

REGULATIONS

3. Despite anything in the Food and Drugs Act or the regulations made under that Act, the Minister shall, within nine months after the day on which this Act comes into force, make regulations providing

(a) that no person shall sell a meat product or poultry product that has been produced using hormones, antibiotics or rendered slaughterhouse waste unless a label is affixed to the package, meat product or poultry product clearly showing that the meat product or poultry product has been produced using hormones, antibiotics or rendered slaughterhouse waste; and

(b) that no person shall sell any food product that has been produced using pesticides or genetically modified organisms unless a label is affixed to the package or food product clearly showing that the food product has been produced using pesticides or genetically modified organisms.