No Legal Contamination from Unsafe GMOs

Stop "Low Level Presence"

The Canadian Government is proposing to allow contamination of our food supply with genetically engineered foods that have not been approved for safe eating in Canada. The Canadian government wants to allow a percent, 0.1% or higher, of our food to be contaminated with genetically modified (GM) foods that have not been approved by Health Canada for safe human consumption. The GM foods will have been approved for safety in at least one other country but not yet evaluated as safe by our own regulators. The federal government calls this “Low Level Presence” or LLP and argues that this “low level” of contamination from unapproved GM foods is not harmful.

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Dear Minister Aglukkaq,

I am writing to ask you to ensure that the federal government does not allow imports to Canada with so-called "Low Level Presence" of unapproved genetically engineered (GE or genetically modified, GM) foods.

It is totally unacceptable that our government would allow a percent of GM foods into Canada that have not been approved by Health Canada. As our Health Minister, I ask you to strongly defend the need for Health Canada's full safety evaluation of all GM foods consumed in Canada.

Canadian regulation for GM foods is already inadequate and there is no labeling and traceability of GM foods in Canada. The proposal to allow a percent of GM foods that have not even been approved by Health Canada will destroy any last trust that I and fellow Canadians might have in our food supply and in the Minister of Health.

Food safety should be the highest priority for our government.

I demand that the government reject a policy of "Low Level Presence" and reaffirm "zero-tolerance" for any contamination by GM foods that have not been evaluated and approved by Health Canada. Instead of introducing LLP, the government should fully reform our regulation of GM foods, start a national consultation on genetic engineering in plants and animals, and establish mandatory labelling of all GM foods.

I look forward to your response on this urgent issue.

Sincerely,

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