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Nestlé opens new R&D centre for maternal and infant nutrition
Nestlé has opened a research and development centre for maternal and infant nutrition in Limerick, Ireland. The opening marks the completion of a three three-year construction program with an investment of €27 million (~CDN $40.9 million). The new R&D centre…
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Forty Creek Rye named 2019 Whisky of the Year
VICTORIA, BC—The best whisky in Canada is an all-rye whisky, distilled 22 years ago at Forty Creek Distillery in Grimsby, Ont. After blind tastings of well over 100 whiskies, 10 independent whisky experts have declared Forty Creek 22-year-old Rye as…
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CCI has been retained by Waterloo Brewing to obtain Cannabis Licence
Cannabis Compliance Inc., (CCI) of Toronto, Ontario has partnered with Waterloo Brewing to help them obtain their Research and standard Processing Licence to develop cannabis-infused beverages. “CCI is working with Waterloo Brewing on the early stages of the application process and we…
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Food industry leaders commit to tackle food waste in Canada
Canada’s National Zero Waste Council and Provision Coalition applaud the formal commitment made today by eight leading Canadian companies — Kraft Heinz Canada, Loblaw Companies Ltd, Maple Leaf Foods, Metro Inc, Save-On-Foods, Sobeys Inc, Unilever Canada and Walmart Canada – to take measurable action to prevent and reduce food waste in their own…
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New 100% recyclable pouch with barrier by TC Transcontinental Packaging
Montréal, QC and Chicago, IL—TC Transcontinental Packaging has launched in North America one of the first-in-market, 100 per cent recyclable, multilayer barrier stand-up pouches in partnership with Harney & Sons Fine Tea, an American tea company, for their loose tea…
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Alkaline Water Company enters into brand development agreement with ArchPoint Group
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—The Alkaline Water Company Inc., has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, A88 Infused Beverage Division, Inc. has entered into a brand development agreement with ArchPoint Group to design the cans and bottles for its new hemp-infused sparkling and still water…
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New research shows 58 per cent of food produced in Canada is wasted
Nearly 60 per cent of food produced in Canada – amounting to 35.5 million metric tonnes – is lost and wasted annually, according to the Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste Report. Of that, 32 per cent – equalling 11.2 million…
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Nestlé accelerates action to tackle plastic waste
Nestlé has laid out its broader vision to achieve a waste-free future and announced a series of specific actions towards meeting its April 2018 commitment to make 100 per cent of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, with a particular focus…
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New USDA beef lifecycle assessment finds environmental impacts lower than perceived
A new study, recently published in the journal Agricultural Systems, is the most comprehensive beef cattle lifecycle assessment ever completed. In the report, titled Environmental Footprints of Beef Cattle Production in the United States,(1) the researchers found widely accepted measures related to…
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Food safety: Up against the wall
The following is an op-ed by Sylvain Charlebois, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Faculties of Management and Agriculture, Dalhousie University The government shutdown in the U.S. appears to be affecting many aspects of government, including food safety. The Food and…
