加拿大水果种植者协会要求两位联邦部长介入并暂停转基因苹果“北极苹果”的种植与销售,尽管转基因苹果在美国已得到批准。具体而言,该协会要求加拿大中止北极苹果的监管程序,协会会长担心由于转基因苹果引发的争议对苹果产业带来负面影响,同时也表示转基因 The Canadian Fruit Growers Association called for two federal ministers to intervene and suspend the cultivation and sale of genetically modified apples “Arctic Apples”, although genetically modified apples have been approved in the United States. Specifically, the association demanded that Canada suspend the Arctic Apple regulatory process. The president of the association feared that the controversy caused by genetically modified apples will have a negative impact on the apple industry and that the transgenics