Court Tosses Out Appeal Challenging AquaBounty's GM Salmon Egg Production Operation in PEI
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] October 25, 2016
A federal court in Canada tossed out an appeal that challenged the environmental legality of AquaBounty’s generically modified salmon egg production facility in Prince Edward Island.
The appeal was filed by EcoJustice on behalf of the Ecology Action Centre and Living Oceans Society against Canada’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Minister of Health and AquaBounty Canada Inc.
The NGOs claimed Canadian authorities did not adhere to their own rules listed in the Environmental Protection Act. The group said not enough assessment was conducted to show the environmental risk to PEI’s wild salmon streams related to AquaBounty’s proposed operation in PEI...
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