Bill C-257
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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-257
An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (mandatory labelling for genetically modified foods)
R.S., c. F-27
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Section 2 of the Food and Drugs Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
“genetically modified”
« modifié génétiquement »
« modifié génétiquement »
“genetically modified”, with respect to a food or one of its components, means that the genetic make-up of the food or component has been modified by a technique that combines DNA fragments of the food or component with DNA fragments from another source in a way that could not occur without the use of modern technology;
2. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 7:
Genetically Modified Food
Duty of Minister
7.1 (1) The Minister is responsible for establishing, on the basis of scientific evidence, that a food or one or more of its components are genetically modified.
Publication in Canada Gazette
(2) As soon as the Minister declares that a food or one or more of its components are genetically modified, the Minister shall cause the name of the food to be published in the Canada Gazette.
List
(3) The Minister shall prepare a list of all foods whose names have been published in the Canada Gazette under subsection (2) and shall cause a copy to be sent at no cost to any person who requests it.
Internet
(4) The Minister shall cause an electronic version of the list to be posted on a site of the Government of Canada that is accessible online.
Access to
the Internet
(5) The Minister shall ensure that an electronic version of any list posted online under subsection (4) is accessible, without a password, at no charge and in downloadable form.
Sale prohibited
7.2 Beginning on the sixteenth day following publication of the name of a food in the Canada Gazette under subsection 7.1(2), no person shall sell the food or a food product of which the food is a component in a package, unless a label in the prescribed form containing the following notice is affixed to the package:
This product or one or more of its
components have been genetically
modified.
Ce produit ou un ou plusieurs de ses composants ont été modifiés
génétiquement.
Sale prohibited
7.3 Beginning on the sixteenth day following publication of the name of a food in the Canada Gazette under subsection 7.1(2), no person shall sell the food or a food product of which the food is a component without a package, unless a sign in the prescribed form containing the following notice is posted near the food:
Genetically modified
Modifié génétiquement
3. Subsection 30(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (e):
(e.1) respecting the form of the label referred to in section 7.2 and the sign referred to in section 7.3;
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