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Agriculture committee Not that I'm aware of.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee Yes, I would, absolutely.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee As Paul mentioned, we also do a lot of pre-consultation—pre-submission consultation—with companies. We encourage them to do so and to come in, especially the ones who are not as experienced or are bringing in products for the first time. We have that discussion with them so they'
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee That's right, but in terms of production and development, for example, we do look at the molecular biology aspects of it. Although it's not a safety consideration on its own in terms of the final food, we do look at it for the potential to, perhaps, introduce a gene into the food
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee I would add that we've been approving GM food since 1993, so these products have been on the market for almost 23 years. As my colleague said, we're not aware of any events or any sort of health consequences that have been linked to GM foods.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee Yes, we are just talking about plants.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee We don't look at any other food in this kind of detail. We don't look at anything at a molecular level the way we look at these products. This is a thorough and comprehensive scientific safety assessment that's not just conducted by Health Canada scientists, but it is also conduc
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee It's a promoter gene that has been genetically engineered into the Atlantic salmon from that species. I'm wondering if your question is whether this actually changes the species.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee Yes, it will grow to its normal size in half the time, so instead of two years, it will grow to its normal size and weight in one year.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee That's correct.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee I'm not aware of that, but I know that all of the studies that are out there have been considered in terms of the assessment that has been done, and it has been determined to be safe. Again, I think it's important to remember that it is not approved for release into the wild. Th
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee Their role was to look at the impact of that organism on the environment.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee I think absolutely that the government does have a very important role in terms of explaining the safety assessment process and how decisions are made, and in making that information public and transparent. As I mentioned earlier, we publish very detailed scientific assessments o
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Agriculture committee I would suggest that you speak to Environment, but I can say that if they wanted to do something different than what they've applied for, then they would have to resubmit an application to Environment Canada in order to have that approval.
September 29th, 2016Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre