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Germany: Food Retailers Reject GE Soybeans

The Federal Association of the German Retail Grocery Trade (BVLH) has adopted a position paper on the feeding of livestock.
Health Canada published proposed changes to the Canadian nutrition labelling regulations on June 13, 2015, in the Canada Gazette Part I.
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Germany: Objection against CIBUS rapeseed rejected

The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) have rejected the objection against its decision to not classify an herbicide-resistant rapeseed as GE.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Canada: CFIA Consultation on Food Safety Regulations

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) re-opened consultations in May on the implementing regulations under the Safe Foods for Canadians Act.
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Germany: Turnaround in GE labeling policy

The new agricultural policy report of the German government declares that mandatory labeling for GE products is exhaustively regulated at EU level.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has begun the second phase in its Food Labelling Modernization initiative.