Ms. Susan Abel at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On February 26th, 2013. See this statement in context.

February 26th, 2013 / 12:35 p.m.

Vice President, Safety and Compliance, Food and Consumer Products of Canada

I'm afraid that's not my area of expertise within FCPC.

Certainly this has been a big topic of discussion. Because GMOs have been recognized as perfectly safe food, when Health Canada approves that novel trait that commodity then becomes food. We understand Health Canada's position that once it's been declared a safe food it should not be labelled any differently because there's no risk when you consume it.

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