CGSB - Canadian General Standards Board - Voluntary Labelling And Advertising of Foods That Are and Are Not Products of Genetic Engineering

Voluntary Labelling And Advertising of Foods That Are and Are Not Products of Genetic Engineering

Committee

Committee Scope
Committee Membership List
Statements by the Chair and the Committee

Committee Scope

The CGSB Standards Committee on Voluntary Labelling of Foods Obtained or Not Obtained Through Genetic Modification shall be responsible for the development and maintenance of a National Standard of Canada for the Voluntary Labelling of Foods to distinguish whether or not foods were obtained through genetic modification. The standard, C**/CGSB-32.315, will include, but is not limited to:

The development of general principles and models for voluntary declarations that are understandable, informative, verifiable, and not false or misleading for use as claims in food labelling and advertising;
Procedures required to verify the truthfulness of these declarations (or equivalent declarations) as claims in food labelling and advertising from production to final point of sale;
Principles of a certification mechanism, where applicable;
Definitions that are clear and concise.

Issues such as implementation and regulations are outside the scope of the CGSB Standards Committee on Voluntary Labelling And Advertising of Foods That Are and Are Not Products of Genetic Engineering.

Committee Membership List

Contact	Organization
Ms. Doryne Peace, Chairperson	Advertising Standards Canada
Ms. Marian Gaucher/ Ms. Patricia Dolhan, Secretary	Canadian General Standards Board

Voting Membership

Contact	Organization
Mr. Quentin Martin	AGCare
Mr. Tom Beach	Agricultural Institute of Canada
Ms. Lynn Stewart	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ms. Mary Allen	Allergy/Asthma Information Association
Mr. Jeremy Depow	BIOTECanada
Mr. Steve Thomson	British Columbia Agriculture Council
Ms. Patricia Ruth	British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Mr. Rolf Calhoun	Canadian Association for the Fifty-Plus
Ms. Jeanne Cruikshank	Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors
Mr. Bruno Marti	Canadian Culinary Federation
Ms. Jennifer Fellow	Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Mr. Alex Campbell, Jr.	Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers
Ms. Susan Powell	Canadian Food Exporters Association
Mr. Bart Bilmer	Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Ms. Anne Fowlie	Canadian Horticultural Council
Mr. Robert J. Armstrong	Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters Inc.
Mr. Robin Flockton	Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology
Ms. Carla Abbatemarco	Canadian Meat Council
Ms. Janet Duncan	Canadian Organic Advisory Board
Ms. Marie-Claude Thibault	Canadian Produce Marketing Association
Dr. Helene Delisle	Canadian Public Health Association
Mr. Dale Adolphe	Canadian Seed Growers Association
Dr. William Leask	Canadian Seed Trade Association
Ms. Diane Lohnes	Canadian Spice Association
Ms. Alexandra Lamont	Canadian Wheat Board
Dr. Dave Hickling	Canola Council of Canada
Ms. Edna Einsiedel	Citizens' Conference on Food Biotechnology
Ms. Jenny Hillard	Consultant-Consumer Representative
Ms. Lucienne Bushnell	Consumers Council of Canada
Ms. Denise Dewar	CropLife Canada
Ms. Sara Frost	Dairy Farmers of Canada
Ms. Marsha Sharp	Dietitians of Canada
Mr. James P. McCorry	Federal/Provincial/Territorial Food Safety Policy Committee
Mr. Keith Mussar	Food and Consumer Products Manufacturers of Canada
Dr. John Argall	Food Biotechnology Communications Network
Mr. Christopher Kyte	Food Processors of Canada
Ms. Mireille Prud'homme	Health Canada
Mr. David Clarke	Industry Canada
Ms. Jacynthe D'Amours	Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec
Dr. Bruce Sells	National Institute of Nutrition
Mr. Wilf Keller	National Research Council of Canada
Dr. Gord Surgeoner	Ontario Agri-Food Technologies
Ms. Brenda Miller-Sanford	Ontario Corn Producers' Association
Mr. Douglas Chapman	Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
Mr. Matthew McLean	Ontario Soybean Growers
M. Mickael Ricquart	Option Consommateurs
Mr. Larry Lenhardt	OCPP/Pro-Cert Canada Inc.
Ms. Lily Vallières	Regie Regional de L'Estrie
Dr. Shika Agblor	Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. John M. deMan	University of Guelph
Dr. Bryan L. Harvey	University of Saskatchewan

Information Membership

Contact	Organization
Mr. Sébastien Manuel	AES Laboratoire
Ms. Nathalie St-Pierre	Action Réseau Consommateur
Ms. Rachel Whissel	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ms. Sally Rutherford	Agriculture & Agri-food Canada
Dr. Donald J. MacKenzie	Agriculture & Biotechnology Strategies
Dr. Franco Di-Giovanni	Airzone One
Dr. Dale Armstrong	Alberta Dept. of Agriculture Food & Rural Development
Ms. Jacqui Barnes	Animal Alliance of Canada
Ms. Christine Mercier	Animal Nutrition Association of Canada
Ms. Jocelyne Filion	Association of Canadian Biscuit Manufacturers
Mr. Paul Hetherington	Baking Association of Canada
Dr. Kent R. Jennings	BASF Canada Inc.
Ms. Margo Dewar	Brewers Association of Canada
Mr. Brewster Kneen	British Columbia Biotechnology Circle
Mr. Dick Gathercole	British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Mr. Murray Driediger	British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission
Dr. Karen Finlay	Canadian Agri-Food Research Council
Mr. Myles Frosst	Canadian Agri-Food Marketing Council
Ms. Jean Szkotnicki	Canadian Animal Health Institute
Mr. Joel Taller	Canadian Association of Health Products
Mr. Scott Campbell	Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Gary Sands	Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers
Ms. Phyllis Tanaka	Canadian Food Information Council
Mr. Bernie Leblanc	Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Ms. Barb Buchanan	Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fair Labelling Practices Program
Mr. Gordon Pugh	Canadian Grain Commission
Ms. Anne Wilkie	Canadian Health Food Association
Ms. Heather Clay	Canadian Honey Council
Dr. Todd Watkins	Canadian Medical Association
Mr. Gordon Harrison	Canadian National Millers Association
Mr. Robert Broeska	Canadian Oilseeds Processors Association
Mr. Wendell Joyce	Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council
Mr. Michael Ferrabee	Canadian Restaurant & Foodservices Association
Mr. Jamie Dolynchuk	Cargill Limited
Mr. Douglas Hobbs	Casco Inc.
Mr. Jan Rus	Chicken Farmers of Canada
Mr. Elbert Van Donkersgoed	Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario
Ms. Heide Ciplin	Contemporary Information Analysis Ltd.
Mr. Bahaa Elattar	Embassy of Egypt
Mr. Terry McIntyre	Environment Canada
Mr. Paul Arnison	Faar Biotechnology Group Inc.
Dr. John Taylor	Federal-Provincial-Territorial Agriculture Policy Committee
Mr. Robert Beauchemin	Filière biologique du Québec
Mr. Jim Strickland	Fishery Products International Ltd.
Dr. Fred Comer	Flavour Manufacturers Association of Canada
Dr. Sheila Forsyth	Friends of the Earth
Mr. Gordon Hamblin	Hamblin's Organic Farm Milling
Ms. Patricia Sisk	Health Canada, Legal Services
Mr. Dan Wilson	Hensall District Cooperative
Ms. Hélène St. Jacques	Informa Market Research Co. Ltd.
Mr. David Shambrock	Manitoba Food Processors' Association
Dr. M.G. Fortin	McGill University
Dr. John Henning	McGill University, MacDonald Campus
Mr. Bob Ingratta	Monsanto Canada Inc.
Mr. Keith Were	Moore-Clark, St. Andrews (Division of Nutreco Canada)
Mr. Darrin Qualman	National Farmers Union
Mr. Shirlyn Coleman	New Brunswick Department of Agriculture - Rural Development
Mr. Michael Coyle	Nova Scotia Free Range Poultry Producers Marketing Association
Mr. Jorge Passalacqua	Office de la protection du consommateur
Ms. Debra Straathof	Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Ms. Jane Graham	Ontario Food Processors Association
Mr. Dave Buttenham	Ontario Agri Business Association
Mr. Peter Tuinema	Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board
Ms. Joy Shinn	PEI Food & Beverage Processors Association
Ms. Susan MacKinnon	PEI Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Ms. Luanne M. Lashyn	Saskatchewan Food Processors Association
Ms. Michele Veeman	University of Alberta
Mr. Ed H. Guest	Western Grain Elevator Association
Dr. Farid Makki	Yves Fine Foods Inc./Yves Veggie Cuisine

Statements by the Chair and the Committee

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Date Modified:
Date Reviewed: 2004-04-13

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