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Federal government to crack down on food fraud
EDMONTON – The Canadian government invested $24.4 million through the recently launched Food Policy for Canada to help the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) eliminate food fraud. The funding will help the CFIA tackle the mislabeling and misrepresentation of food…
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Pan-Canadian industry survey on food fraud released
A study outlining industry’s perceptions and practices around food fraud was released by the Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organization (CIRANO). The study, Perceptions et préoccupations de l’industrie agroalimentaire canadienne face aux défis de la fraude alimentaire, was conducted…
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UBC researchers can tell what else might be in your ground meat
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a technique that can easily and quickly identify if there are unwanted animal products in ground meat and in what concentration
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Study finds that Canadian consumers are concerned about food fraud
A study from Dalhousie University has found that Canadians are concerned about food fraud. It also turned up evidence that food fraud is prevalent in the Canadian marketplace
