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Best cybersecurity practices for the food supply sector
The food processing industry is Canada’s largest manufacturing industry…

Food Law: Health Canada proposes a new pre-market submission process for supplemented foods
Health Canada is proposing a new pre-market submission process…

Focus on Food Safety: Best practices for best before dates
Reducing food waste is top of mind for many…

Sustainable Change: Turning risks into opportunities
In the world of risk management, there are two…
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Packaging: Bio-based, biodegradable, or compostable?
With Canada and other countries around the world banning…

Regulatory Affairs: Good vs. bad
The eternal battle between good and bad foods has…

Focus on Food Safety: Effective QA tactics are key to reducing waste
Throughout the industry, there are conversations about food waste…

Sustainable Change: Lost in translation
Felix Frankfurter, the 20th century U.S. Supreme Court Justice,…

Recipe to Retail: What do grocers want from brands?
Competition is fierce among Canada’s food retailers, and they…

Food Law: Clean labelling can be a mess
The trend toward clean labelling with simple terms, symbols…

Focus on Food Safety: The ‘ERA’ of increasing risk management
We all hear the words, “Big Data,” but most…

Packaging: Upcycling in food packaging
Food waste is a global issue. According to the…

Regulatory Affairs: Let it rain regulations
A monsoon of regulatory and food labelling changes rained…

Sustainable Change: Meaningful ESG goals can help address labour issues
My drive to the office only takes a few…

Focus on Food Safety: You can’t just build a plant, and assume it’s safe
It’s an exciting time for food businesses. During the…

Canadian brewers having a hard time staying afloat
When listening to reports about people going out and…

Are you ready for FDA’s new food traceability rule?
The United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) new…

What’s really behind higher milk prices
Every year, the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC), a branch…

Sustainable Change: A giant leap into the unknown
It increasingly feels like we have taken a giant…

How the supply chain crisis brings opportunities
The ongoing supply chain crisis continues to bring challenges…

Food Law: Impact of supply chain disruptions on food labelling
Global events can cause long lasting disruptions in the…

Recipe to Retail: Is packaging redesign a sound investment?
Are you planning a packaging redesign? Changing the graphic…

Food Law: Health Canada targets saturated fat, sugars, and sodium with its new FOP labelling regulations
On June 30, 2022, the health minister announced the…

Focus on Food Safety: How do you know if someone is skilled for a food safety job?
Late spring is a great time for academicians because…

Sustainable Change: One giant leap
Loblaws’ commitment to be net zero by 2050 reminds…

How to meet an uncertain future amidst a chronic labour shortage
There is an acute labour shortage in food businesses…

For Health Canada, some saturated fats are more equal than others
Looks like we will all see different symbols on…

How to navigate the impacts of the war in Ukraine and other events on the supply chain
Disruptions to the supply chain are not unusual for…

Packaging: Evolution of beverage packaging
Beverage packaging has evolved over the years. In the…

Regulatory Affairs: Supply chain constraints versus compliance
The current supply chain and inflationary challenges will remain…

Focus on Food Safety: Are you ready for the upcoming changes to traceability?
The United States is updating Section 204(d), which relates…

The world is running out of vegetable oil
Funny how sometimes we take the simple things in…

Automation for food processors starts with food safety and traceability
Amid supply chain and labour disruptions, building resilience in…

Equipment updates can set beverage manufacturers up for success
Shifting consumer preferences are creating new production realities for…

Sustainable Change: An action plan to meet 2030 goals
There are fewer than 100 months until 2030, the…

A beef with greed
We recently learned that a Quebec-based group is leading…