Food In Canada


  • Opinion Packaging Processing Regulation

    20 years of writing for Food in Canada – Part I

    September 15, 2017 by Gary Gnirss

    Regular columnist and regulatory guru, Gary Gnirss, dishes on how Canadian food regulations and the food industry have changed over the last 20 years

  • Opinion Packaging Regulation

    Fishy food labelling

    May 4, 2017 by Gary Gnirss

    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…

  • Opinion Regulation

    The year ahead in food regulation and labelling

    February 10, 2014 by Gary Gnirss

    Last year was a year of breaking bad that included much discussion and anticipation over the future of food regulation in Canada. It also threw in a few surprises, such as transitioning the authority of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to Health Canada. Many questions concerning the future of how food will be regulated still need to be addressed.