Opinions
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Measuring the success of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations
Every business assesses its performance against well-defined business goals on a weekly, monthly or quarterly frequency to ensure that the company is on track to meeting those goals and ultimately achieving success. Although the comment period for Canada Gazette Part…
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Fishy food labelling
Seafood labelling in Canada was a recent focus of SeaChoice.org, an environmental group operated by the David Suzuki Foundation, Ecology Action Centre, and Living Oceans. Their March 2017 report, Canadians Eating in the Dark: A Report Card of International Seafood…
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Happy birthday, CFIA
The 20th anniversary of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) seems to have gone by unnoticed, even by the CFIA. Has it lived up to the original vision? Has it achieved its promise from 20 years ago? Of course I’m…
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Canada’s Food Sector: What’s going to change?
Our complex food sector requires collaboration with government across all sectors of the industry
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SIAL Innovation Finalists
Now in it’s 10th year, SIAL INNOVATION celebrates innovative products exhibited at the annual SIAL trade show. It was a pleasure to be one of eight food industry experts judging innovative products from around the globe. Here are the 10…
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SFCR and food safety – Part II
This month I’ll continue to look at some of the benefits and costs to be expected from the introduction of the Safe Foods for Canadians Regulations (SFCR). Benefits 1. Reduced food safety risk – The Canada Gazette Part I (CG1)…
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The flavour in food labelling modernization
The flavour of food must be appealing in order to sell a product. But it’s not too often we get to sample food before we buy. Instead, the principal means of communicating flavours on a packaged consumer food is via its label.
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Harvey’s Undresses the Burger: 5 Takeaways for Brand Owners
I had the pleasure of a behind-the-scenes look at Build-A-Bowl, Harvey’s new fast food concept, at the Cara Culinary Centre. Now burger lovers can have it bunless. A choice of beef, chicken, veggie or fish on a generous helping of…
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Canada’s Food Sector: A Strategy for Change?
Developing a national food strategy for the Canadian food and beverage industry is key, writes Gary Fread. But with major changes coming at the sector, developing a strategy is fraught with challenges. Here are some of the big ones
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Protein by any other name
An ever widening array of protein sources is now available to consumers
