Health Canada has indefinitely suspended plans to eliminate mandatory labelling of foods that come from cloned cattle and swine following considerable public pushback.
The decision follows a wave of objections from activists and the public that Canadians could soon be eating cloned beef and pork products without knowing it.
“The Government of Canada has received significant input from both consumers and industry about the implications of this potential policy update,” a Health Canada spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “The Department has therefore indefinitely paused the policy update to provide time for further discussions and consideration.”
Health Canada did not say what type of discussions are planned or who would be involved, but told The Epoch Times there are currently no approved foods from cloned products on the market in Canada….