Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
shares responsibility with Health Canada for regulating products derived from
biotechnology. The Agency is responsible for assessing the safety of plants,
animal feeds and animal feed ingredients, fertilizers and veterinary biologics.
Health Canada is responsible for assessing the human health
safety of products derived through biotechnology including foods, drugs,
cosmetics, medical devices and pest control products.
CFIA
is responsible for the development of non-health and safety food labelling
regulations and policies.
CFIA regulatory responsibilities include:
The Office of Biotechnology is a focal point for coordination between
programs on policy matters concerning the regulation of agricultural products of
biotechnology. Responsibilities also include working with
CFIA program experts
to provide input and develop positions for interdepartmental, national and
international biotechnology initiatives.
Additional government and international information can be found at:
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