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New SFCR requirements for fresh fruits or vegetables come into effect
Starting today, new requirements of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) come into force for most businesses in the fresh fruits or vegetables (FFV) sector that import, export or engage in interprovincial trade. The SFCR makes Canada’s food system…
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Canada’s Food Price Report forecasts an increase in food costs
Food prices for 2020 are expected to increase, according to Canada’s Food Price Report by the University of Guelph and Dalhousie University. Overall, they predict that food prices will increase by two to four per cent, costing the average family…
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Food is fundamental
As campaigning from the leaders of Canada’s major political parties began ramping up in mid-September, agriculture and agricultural policies seemed to be missing on the agenda. Sure, there was some mention of the usual suspects in the general media —…
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Waste not, want not
Canadian-made natural preservative Chiber will be launched in the U.S. by October
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B.C. government plans regional food-processing hub with funding feasibility study
Victoria, B.C. — Farmers and food producers in the region received a boost with the BC Ministry of Agriculture’s announcement that it will provide $50,000 to fund a feasibility study for a food-processing hub in the region. The feasibility study…
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New network supports food and beverage manufacturing innovation and collaboration
WINNIPEG– A new Canadian Food Innovators Network is being established to boost collaboration, innovation and commercialization in Canada’s food and beverage manufacturing sector. Federal investment of up to $30 million was announced today by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada…
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Grow the value-added food sector to capitalize on its untapped potential: Senate committee
Canada should expand the value-added food sector by improving regulations to allow for the expansion of international trade of processed food products, investing in innovation, and reducing the barriers to growth inside its borders, a Senate committee said. Currently, only…
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In defence of “ultra-processed” foods
By: Sylvain Charlebois Ultra-processed foods, coined by a Brazilian pediatrician many years ago, have been targeted as a menace to society for quite some time, mostly by environmental advocates and health professionals. Few have dared to counter the argument and this…
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Government proposes changes to labelling requirements
Canadians rely on food labels to make informed decisions on what they buy and eat. The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and the Minister of Health announced that the government is consulting with Canadians on proposed changes to food labels…
