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Regulation

Food Law: Health Canada proposes a new pre-market submission process for supplemented foods
Health Canada is proposing a new pre-market submission process…
FDA proposes a unified body to regulate human food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposes to create…

Good Meat earns approval to commercialize serum-free media
Good Meat, the cultivated meat division of foodtech company…

Regulatory Affairs: Good vs. bad
The eternal battle between good and bad foods has…
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Food Law: Clean labelling can be a mess
The trend toward clean labelling with simple terms, symbols…

Regulatory Affairs: Let it rain regulations
A monsoon of regulatory and food labelling changes rained…
Chinova Bioworks earns FDA GRAS status
Chinova Bioworks receives a No Questions Letter from the…

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

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…
New labelling regulations for Canadian baked goods, special meeting July 7, 11 a.m. EST
The baking industry of Canada has been engaging with…
Government of Canada unveils new front-of-package nutrition symbol
The federal government announces new nutrition labelling regulations for…

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

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

Food Law: One fish, two fish, pink fish…grey fish?
It’s been said that we eat first with our…

Regulatory Affairs: Nutrition labelling goal posts are on the move
Canada’s first mandatory nutrition labelling regulations were registered in…

Regulatory Affairs: U.S. plans to modernize food labels
Food labelling modernization is not just a Canadian phenomenon.…

Regulatory Affairs: Revising nutrient claims
In the case of prepackaged foods, the aim of…

Food Law: Amplifying AAAMPs
After 23 years, the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary…

Regulatory Affairs: The path forward for supplemented foods
Health Canada is drafting regulations for supplemented food. While…

Regulatory Affairs: A case for uniform compliance dates
There is something new about making food rules in…

Food Law: Legal challenges for simulated meat and poultry makers
It is undeniable that one of the largest developments…

The danger of warning labels
Have you heard of the new Toxic Substances Warning…
Canadian food industry comes together to develop a code of practice
In November 2020, Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) agriculture and food ministers…

Canada must change management of aquaculture sector or slide into irrelevancy
There is no question of Canada’s great opportunity for…

Empire and FHCP agree on Grocery Supply Code of Practice for Canada
Today, Empire Company Limited, Canada’s second-largest grocery retailer, and…

The recent Supreme court decision on the deadliest foodborne disease outbreak in Canadian history – from the latest ‘Food in Canada’
Gladys Osien and Ron Doering from Gowling WLG explain…

How food safety regulations are evolving – IbR explanation from Gary Gnirss in our latest issue
IbR regulations represent a small step forward in food…

Codex Alimentarius update – new ‘Food in Canada’ column by Dr. Ron Wasik
Established in 1963 by the Food and Agriculture Organization…

More CFIA protections against food fraud in honey and other products
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is working to…

Effective Wednesday Oct. 7 – new import requirement for romaine from parts of California
From 2016 to 2019, romaine lettuce from California was…

Grocery code of conduct could strengthen Canada’s food system, says DPAC
Statement from Mathieu Frigon, President and Chief Executive Officer,…

Leading associations join forces to strengthen voice
Food & Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) and Consumer Health…

NSF Canada receives cannabis research licence
July 13, 2020, Guelph, Ont. – NSF Canada recently…

LCBO requires customers to follow municipal bylaws regarding use of masks
July 8, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – LCBO has announced…

N.B. potato farmers call on government to take action
June 12, 2020, Grand Falls, N.B. – Delays rolling…

Federal agency to restart suspended food inspection services
June 12, 2020, Ottawa, Ont. – The Canadian Food…