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Version- September 22, 2006 In
Canada, the regulations of the biotechnology products is coordinated by
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Health Canada and Environment
Canada. The CFIA is responsible
for regulating the import, environmental release, variety registration and use
in livestock feeds of plants with novel traits. Health Canada is solely responsible for assessing the
human health safety of foods.
Environment Canada is responsible for administering the new substances
notifications regulations and for performing environmental risk assessment of
toxic substances, including organisms and microorganisms that may have been
derived from biotechnology.
These agencies regulate biotechnology products under the authority
derived from atleast ten pieces of preexisting legislation that have been
amended time to time to deal with new products. A list of regulatory responsibilities of these agencies
alongwith the relevant legislation is given below for agriculture
biotechnology products: Regulatory
agencies for agricultural biotechnology products in Canada and the products
regulated
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