{"id":286130,"date":"2025-11-16T05:13:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T05:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/286130\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T05:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T05:13:05","slug":"if-cloned-meat-enters-the-food-supply-will-canadians-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/286130\/","title":{"rendered":"If cloned meat enters the food supply, will Canadians know?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meat from the offspring of cloned animals could soon enter the Canadian food supply, and a leading food researcher warns that consumers may not know they\u2019re buying it.<\/p>\n

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Sylvain Charlebois, director at Dalhousie University\u2019s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, told Global News Saturday that Health Canada will allow meat from the offspring of cloned animals to be sold in the country without labels or a formal risk assessment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe science is pretty clear from a food safety perspective. There shouldn\u2019t be any concerns at all,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s actually a lot of literature on this issue the last 25 years. But the science is not really the problem here. It\u2019s the silence, really, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Health Canada<\/a> began a consultation in 2024 to gather feedback from Canadians on its proposed approach to food derived from cloned animals and their offspring.<\/p>\n

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The change would remove cloned animals from the definition of \u201cnovel foods,\u201d ending a requirement for a pre-market safety assessment or mandatory labelling. The agency emphasized it does not participate in cloning practices \u201cnow or ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In early November, duBreton, a Quebec-based certified humane and organic pork producer, sounded alarm over meat from cloned animals entering Canada\u2019s food supplies. The company stated that the regulatory change will allow stores to sell beef and pork from cloned animals without a safety review or mandatory labels.<\/p>\n

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In a\u00a0release<\/a> Vincent Breton, duBreton\u2019s chief executive, wrote: \u201cConsumers have the right to decide for themselves. The government quietly changing the definition of a novel food, means that unless it\u2019s labeled organic, there is no way to distinguish brands that support animal cloning \u2014 from brands that don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople want and deserve to know that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Charlebois said consumers, many of whom are attracted by lower prices, won\u2019t know when cloned products are in front of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I give you two pieces of meat, one is conventional, the other one is cloned, you won\u2019t be able to tell the difference,\u201d he said. \u201cHowever, if it is labelled and I offer you the cloned meat half price, which one would you choose?\u201d<\/p>\n

He stated clone products could eventually be cheaper for industry to produce, adding, \u201cWithout labelling, how can consumers possibly benefit from these technological advances? That\u2019s really the matter here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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