[BCFSN] Fwd: [cban e-News] GM apple approved in Canada over consumer and farmer objections

[Abra Brynne]

Hello all,
please read on for some important and useful information from our friends
at the Canadian Biotech Action Network. CBAN will be producing a series of
reports this year, as part of the GMO Inquiry 2015
<http://cban.ca/GMO-Inquiry-2015>, after 20 years of of biotech crops in
Canada. See at the very bottom for options to subscribe for future reports
and information if you are so inclined. And also please share with your
networks and friends, as you see fit.

in good food,
Abra

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Abra Brynne
PO Box 684, Nelson, BC V1L 5R4
phone: 250.352.5342


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lucy Sharratt - CBAN Coordinator <coordinator at cban.ca>
Date: 19 March 2015 at 08:23
Subject: [cban e-News] New report from CBAN's GMO Inquiry 2015! "Where in
the world are GM crops and foods?"
To: cban-e-news at cban.ca



[image: GMO Inquiry 2015]
<http://cban.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=565bfe41b8929ac9f324edb0d&id=e2b0e67fec&e=403ca1d1d1>Some
of you wondered, *“Where in the world are GM crops and foods?”*

We did too!

[image: Where in the world are GM crops and foods?]
<http://cban.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=565bfe41b8929ac9f324edb0d&id=d85d03f661&e=403ca1d1d1>Now,
the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) brings you the answer, in
this first report of the *GMO Inquiry 2015*. Click here
<http://cban.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=565bfe41b8929ac9f324edb0d&id=c8d318b494&e=403ca1d1d1>
 to read the full report or the summary pamphlet
<http://cban.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=565bfe41b8929ac9f324edb0d&id=d1b481a192&e=403ca1d1d1>
.

The question is simple, but the answer is not easy to uncover.

*The Challenge: *Without mandatory labelling, finding out what foods on the
shelves are genetically modified or “GM” (also called genetically
engineered or “GE”) is a mammoth task. Also, did you know the federal
government doesn’t track all GM crops in the fields?

*The Research: *To answer this first question of the GMO Inquiry, CBAN dug
into limited data from Statistics Canada, along with US government reports
and information from industry and international organizations. Combining
this information with our knowledge of Canada’s regulation and market
analysis we are able to provide you with a comprehensive answer.

*The Findings:* Canada only grows 4 GM crops – corn, canola, soy and white
sugar beet. Around the world, 4 GM crops – corn, canola, soy and cotton –
are 99% of all GM; and two GM traits – herbicide tolerance and/or insect
resistance – are in almost 100% of all GM crops. But this could change if a
GM apple and GM salmon are approved, or if GM alfalfa is introduced in
Canada.

Now that we know where GM crops and foods are, we can find out what they
mean to people and the planet. Join us
<http://cban.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=565bfe41b8929ac9f324edb0d&id=9878bf3385&e=403ca1d1d1>
 in our ongoing investigation.

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.

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*Hot topic*

The GM apple has been approved in the US, but not yet in Canada.

On February 13, 2015 the US Department of Agriculture approved the GM
“non-browning” apple. *But it is not yet approved in Canada.* If it is
approved it won’t be clearly labeled and it won’t be tracked. Write to your
grocery store today. For this and more actions check www.cban.ca/apple
<http://cban.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=565bfe41b8929ac9f324edb0d&id=7b6eeec150&e=403ca1d1d1>
*The GMO Inquiry 2015 is a project of the Canadian Biotechnology Action
Network (CBAN). CBAN is a campaign coalition of 17 organizations that
researches, monitors and raises awareness about issues relating to genetic
engineering in food and farming. CBAN members include farmer associations,
environmental and social justice organizations, and regional coalitions of
grassroots groups. CBAN is a project of Tides Canada Initiatives.*

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