Resource Centre - General Information on Biotechnology

Our resource centre contains information that will help you understand what biotechnology is and how regulatory decisions about biotechnology-derived products are made.

• Finding Out about the Regulatory Decisions Made for Products Derived through Biotechnology
• Government Responses to Environmental Petitions
• Modern Biotechnology: A Brief Overview
• Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology in Canada: An Overview

Animal Biotechnology

• Livestock and Animal Products Derived Through Modern Biotechnology: Roles and Responsibilities of the Government of Canada
• Fish Products Derived Through Modern Biotechnology: Roles and Responsibilities of the Government of Canada
• Technical Information - Animal Biotechnology

Food Safety

• Frequently Asked Questions on Biotechnology-Derived Foods (Health Canada)
• Genetically Modified Foods: Who Decides If They're Safe? (Health Canada)
• How Many Genetically Modified Food Products are Permitted in Canada? (Health Canada)
• Labelling of Genetically Engineered Foods in Canada
• Long Term Effects of Foods Derived From Biotechnology (Health Canada)
• Safety Assessment Process for Novel Foods and Agricultural Products of Biotechnology
• What are Genetically Modified Foods? (Health Canada)

Genetically Engineered Livestock Feeds

• Data Required for Safety Assessments of Plants With Novel Traits and/or Novel Livestock Feed Derived From Plants
• Novel Feeds - Frequently Asked Questions
• Pre-submission consultation procedures for novel foods and feeds derived from plants with novel traits
• Safety Assessment Process for Novel Foods and Agricultural Products of Biotechnology
• Technical Information - Novel Feeds

Plant Biotechnology

• Biotechnology Products: Plants that Tolerate Herbicides
• Confined Research Field Trials for Plants With Novel Traits (PNTs)
• Data Required for Safety Assessments of Plants With Novel Traits and/or Novel Livestock Feed Derived From Plants
• Do Bt Crops Affect Monarch Butterflies?
• Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs)
• Pre-submission consultation procedures for novel foods and feeds derived from plants with novel traits
• Regulating "Novelty" and Plants with Novel Traits
• Plant Molecular Farming
• Safety Assessment Process for Novel Foods and Agricultural Products of Biotechnology
• Stewardship of Plants with Novel Traits
• Weeds and Outcrossing to Wild Species
• Technical Information - Plants With Novel Traits