Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
nor a risk assessment. No scientific assessment of Triffid flax was done prior to the import ban. The import regime put in … place to deal with the contamination of flax with the GM-flax CDC Triffid provides no rationale for the thresholds of safety … been gained. Thus, while costly, the testing regime for flax exports to the EU has allowed for the resumption of Canadian …