On May 20, 2016, AquaBounty Technologies announced that Health Canada had concluded its review of the AquAdvantage Salmon (“AAS”) and had approved it for commercial sale in Canada.

Additionally the Animal Feed Division of the Animal Health Directorate of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency determined that feed ingredients derived from AAS do not present livestock feed safety or nutrition concerns when compared with feeds derived from other permitted salmon to be used as livestock feed in Canada.