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duBreton Responds to Health Canada's Pause on Cloned-Animal Novel Food Policy
Health Canada paused the policy update after receiving significant input from consumers and industry to allow more time for discussion on unlabeled cloned meat sales.
- Health Canada announced it has indefinitely paused a proposed update to its novel-food policy covering foods from cloned cattle and swine.
- After receiving wide feedback, regulators had planned to remove cloned meat from the novel foods category, but the Government of Canada received significant input from consumers and industry stakeholders.
- Health Canada's scientific review found foods from cloned cattle and swine are as safe and nutritious as conventional meat, with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois agreeing cloned meat poses no extra risks.
- Allowing unlabeled sale meant local grocery stores could sell meat from cloned animals without identifying labels, central to removing it from the 'novel foods' category.
- DuBreton welcomed the pause as an opportunity for Canadian food officials to deepen engagement with producers, retailers and consumers, Vincent Breton said `Canadians expect clarity, transparency, and meaningful consultation on issues that directly touch their food supply`, while gene-editing technologies remain under active regulatory consideration.
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