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2007-03-19 | permalink
Cost to label genetic food in Canada is overblown
Mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods would cost much less than the food industry has claimed, a new study commissioned by Quebec’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food reveals.
The as-yet-unpublished study, obtained by The Gazette, estimates the yearly cost of such a program at $28 million to Quebec’s food industry and $1.7 million to the provincial government. Previous studies commissioned by the food industry - and cited by the federal and Quebec governments as reason not to act on the issue - pegged the annual cost of implementing such a system at up to $950 million (both government and industry) for the whole country, and up to $200 million in Quebec alone.
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2007-03-19 | permalink
Cost to label genetic food in Canada is overblown
Mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods would cost much less than the food industry has claimed, a new study commissioned by Quebec’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food reveals.
The as-yet-unpublished study, obtained by The Gazette, estimates the yearly cost of such a program at $28 million to Quebec’s food industry and $1.7 million to the provincial government. Previous studies commissioned by the food industry - and cited by the federal and Quebec governments as reason not to act on the issue - pegged the annual cost of implementing such a system at up to $950 million (both government and industry) for the whole country, and up to $200 million in Quebec alone.
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