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The dating game
Best before dates

The cost of convenience
Convenient food options can reduce food waste, but packaging waste needs greater focus

Hard-earned success
How Wendell Estate Honey is marketing its premium Canadian honey to consumers at home and abroad

Food is fundamental
As campaigning from the leaders of Canada’s major political…
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Family: the main ingredient
With determination, the Plasse family has developed Alipro-Mistral Ingredients Inc. into a food industry leader

Waste not, want not
Canadian-made natural preservative Chiber will be launched in the U.S. by October

Looking to nature
By Treena Hein In an era when clean label…
Not just a fad
At the Institute of Food Technology’s (IFT) annual conference…
Learning from near disasters
Don’t ignore the lessons that can be learned from those near disasters

Office of food safety and recall
A 20-year retrospective

A grain revival
For a long period, bread remained unchanged. Now processors are tasked with using specialty grains to add nutritional value while keeping labels clean for consumers

Want to be part of a game change?
By Peter Henderson The Game Changers, the movie about…

Time and time again
More food labelling modernization

Score card for regulatory modernization
Recently, I had the privilege to be on a…
A move in the right direction?
Canada’s much anticipated National Food Policy was officially launched by the federal government on June 17 under the tagline “Everyone at the Table!”
Food entrepreneurs: Jumping in with eyes wide closed!
What to think about before creating a food product

Producing a new niche milk product
Sheldon Creek Dairy’s path to being the first commercial producer of A2 milk in Ontario

Safe practices the latest beverages
Whether the beverage is new or old to the market, there are still challenges when it comes to food safety

Plant-based protein in demand
Food producers have remained innovative, but plant proteins come with challenges

Canada Brand
Proposed changes to voluntary ‘Product of Canada’ and ‘Made in Canada’ claims

The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations are now in force
What they mean for businesses

No pickle goes to waste at Sunshine Farms
New organic pickle line limits on-farm food loss

Bioengineered food disclosure statements
When it comes to food labelling, there’s always political drama

Sustainable innovation recognized at the Canadian Food Summit
Renamed the Canadian Food Summit for 2019, the 54th…

Single-use plastics ban: Issues and challenges
By Carol Zweep On June 10 of this year,…

Keeping up with the demand
Companies are developing plant-based food products to keep up with consumer demands, but they also see opportunities in developing co-products and extraction technologies.

Protecting the bottom line
Martin Joyal has steered Yourbarfactory’s expansion in the past 15 years
Bold action required
Canada’s food and beverage processors urgently need a national ecosystem Superfund for scale-up, research and innovation.

Setting the stage for pet products with CBD
By Treena Hein Cannabidiol, or CBD for short, is…

My dog is vegan, just like me
A look at the growing interest in vegan diets for Canadian canines

Curbing deceptive marketing
Consumers don’t like to be manipulated, but brands manipulate…

Agricultural administrative monetary penalties
On May 1, final regulations amending the Agriculture and…

Made in Canada
Have you ever heard anyone say “let’s go out…
CFIA’s establishment-based risk assessment model
I recently attended a B.C. Food Protection Association event on…
The return of uncertainty
By: Larry Martin Two natural, and one, distinctly unnatural,…

A dirty little secret: Water management in craft breweries needs greater focus
By: Jordan Whitehouse Craft beer continues its boom in…