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Agence France Presse English Canadian health stores ask government to label genetically altered foods A group of Canadian health food stores has asked the government to require labels identifying foods that contain genetically altered components. "There has been no long-term testing to determine the impact of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) on human health and the environment, and no clinical trials have ever been held to prove that there are no health onsequences," said Domne Herringer, head the Canadian Health Food Association. "Canadians are being used as a scientific experiment," she told a news conference here. Herringer's group of stores presented the federal agriculture minister a petition signed by more than 30,000 of their clients, asking for the labeling. The stores in the association have decided on their own to label products that have no bioengineered ingredients. The debate about genetically altered foods has gained steam in Canada, as representatives of 138 countries are meeting in Montreal in a bid to finalize an international trade pact for all types of bioengineered products. |
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