Mr. Speaker, Codex Alimentarius, the United Nations food standards body, is meeting here in Ottawa this week.
One issue being discussed is a proposal for an international guideline on labelling food products containing GMOs or genetically modified organisms.
People have the right to know what they are eating. Without an international guideline, countries that enact mandatory labelling run the risk of a legal challenge at the WTO by large GMO producing countries. The Canadian government has previously opposed an international guideline.
Today, we call upon the government to do the right thing and join the majority of national delegations in supporting the proposed UN guideline on GMO labelling.