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NIKU Farms bring sustainable packaging to Canada
TORONTO – NIKU Farms is proud to be the first meat company to bring ground-breaking Green Cell Foam insulated packaging to Canada for its farm-to-door meat subscription boxes. This step takes the Toronto-based company beyond its previous 100 per cent…
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Fleury Michon acquires Marfo Group
Regis Lebrun, General Manager of Fleury Michon SA and Claude Bergeron, President of Fleury Michon America have announced that the Fleury Michon SA Quebec subsidiary, Fleury Michon America is expanding its international airline catering business. With this acquisition, FMA will…
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Olympic launches yogurt made from milk from grass-fed cows
Olympic has announced the launch of its plain organic yogurt made from certified organic milk from 100 per cent grass-fed, free range cows. The new yogurt has three simple ingredients: organic, grass-fed milk; skim milk powder, and bacterial cultures and…
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Canada Golden Pencil Award recipients announced
The Food Industry Association of Canada will recognize the 2019 recipients of the Golden Pencil Award for career contributions to the industry. The award is the grocery industry’s highest honour and recognizes individuals who have made significant and worthwhile contributions…
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McDonald’s Egg BLT McMuffin features the Egg Quality Assurance certification
For the next four weeks, advertisements for McDonald’s Canada’s Egg BLT McMuffin sandwiches will promote the Egg Farmers of Canada’s Egg Quality Assurance (EQA) certification mark. The McDonald’s advertisements will be the first time that most Canadians see the new…
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New trade show in São Paulo, Brazil
INTECHTRA is the new trade fair for the beverage, food and packaging industries in South America. INTECHTRA will make its debut next year, opening its doors for the very first time between March 31 and April 3, 2020, at the…
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Lassonde becomes shareholder of Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits
Rougemont, Que. – Lassonde Industries announced that it has acquired 19.9 per cent of the common shares in Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc., a national wine and alcoholic beverage production, marketing and distribution company based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. This…
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Ardent Mills releases sustainability report
Ardent Mills, flour-milling and ingredient company, has released its annual Sustainability Report for Fiscal 2019. The report is available for download here. “Our sustainability pillars focus on agriculture, operations, procurement and transportation,” said Dan Dye, CEO of Ardent Mills. “We…
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Processors in fresh fruit and vegetables have six months to comply with new SFCR regulations
On Jan. 15, 2019, the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) came into force along with the Safe Food for Canadians Act. While some requirements were to be met immediately upon coming into force by some businesses in the fresh…
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Government invests in nations most valuable food export
MORELL, P.E.I. – Jasper Wyman & Son Canada Inc. received over $971,000 in funding under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, AgriInnovate Program. Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, announced an additional repayable contribution of $500,000…
