Group calls on Health Canada to make labels mandatory for gene-edited pork

Group calls on Health Canada to make labels mandatory for gene-edited pork

HALIFAX — An advocacy group of farmers and environmental organizations wants Health Canada to implement mandatory labelling on pork from gene-edited pigs. Earlier this year, the federal agency approved the sale of gene-edited pigs as food. The pigs ar...

Because Health Canada found no health or safety concerns, no special labelling is required for foods from these PRRSV-resistant pigs, the agency said. In fact, aside from deleting one part of the ge… [+4891 chars]
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