AreaCanada

Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals

CommodityGlyphosate

Date01/04/2017

Policy CategoryOther

Policy InstrumentHealth policy

DescriptionDetermined that glyphosate – a herbicide widely used in the cultivation of oilseeds, other arable crops and fruits – is neither genotoxic nor likely to pose a human cancer risk, and that dietary exposure associated with use of the herbicide is not expected to pose a risk of concern to human health.