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Dairy
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Use of Dairy Farmers of Canada’s iconic ‘Blue Cow Logo’ expands
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) and Lactalis Canada announce Lactalis Canada will begin featuring the iconic Blue Cow logo on yogurt products marketed under the Astro and Stonyfield brands this year. In adopting the Blue Cow logo on these popular…
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Danone Canada signs the Canada Plastics Pact
Danone Canada is now a signatory of the Canada Plastics Pact (CPP). Through this commitment, and as a founding member of the Circular Plastics Taskforce (CPT), which will join forces with the CPP as an implementation partner, Danone is reinforcing…
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Lactalis Canada to Acquire Agropur’s Canadian Yogourt Business
Lactalis Canada Inc. (‘Lactalis Canada’), formerly Parmalat Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Lactalis Group, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with Agropur Cooperative to acquire all shares of its Canadian yogourt business, Ultima Foods Inc., including the…
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Chapman’s Ice Cream plans to provide storage of COVID-19 vaccine
Markdale-based Chapman’s Ice Cream will play a significant role in the storage of the COVID-19 vaccine. Special subzero freezers are needed to store the Pfizer doses, so Chapman’s has offered to help. “We hooked up with one supplier who had two low…
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Compensation for trade concessions for dairy, chicken, egg, turkey sectors
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has announced “full and fair compensation for the market access concessions made under the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).” Canada’s supply-managed dairy, poultry…
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Dairy Distillery releases Canada’s first lactose-free dairy cream liquor
Almonte, Ontario-based Dairy Distillery has pioneered technology to transform unused milk sugar into a sustainable vodka called Vodkow. Its spirit of innovation continues with the launch of Vodkow Cream. Blending fresh Canadian cream with Vodkow vodka created a delicious cream…
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Academics warn that supply management in Canada’s dairy sector must change
“For the first time, two Canadian universities unite to provide a strategic roadmap to support the ailing dairy sector in Canada. The roadmap is not only inspired by the opinions of Canadians, but it is also supported by fundamental underpinnings.…
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New federal investments in worker safety at three dairy processors
Neil Ellis, Member of Parliament for Bay of Quinte and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced today funding totaling more than $2.5 million under the Dairy Processing Investment Fund to support Empire Cheese Co-operative, Kawartha Dairy…
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Reiser to hold virtual trade show
Registration is now open for the Reiser 2020 Virtual Trade Show, an online, live event to be held November 2-6, 2020. The event is an opportunity to spend time with Reiser’s Application Specialists, each an authority in their industry, with deep…
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Danone partners with renowned Canadian street artist with a mural and limited-edition packaging
Danone Canada’s Light & Free, its newly launched unconventional yogurt brand, has partnered with renowned Canadian street artist, Scott Martin, also known as Burnt Toast. The partnership includes a stunning hand-painted mural by Burnt Toast at Toronto’s Stackt market (located…
