How food safety regulations are evolving – IbR explanation from Gary Gnirss in our latest issue

March 15, 2021 by Food in Canada Staff

IbR regulations represent a small step forward in food safety regulation, but hopefully a streamlined central platform is coming, says Gary Gnirss, a Food in Canada columnist and partner and president of Legal Suites Inc., specializing in regulatory software and…

20 years of writing for Food in Canada – Part I

September 15, 2017 by Food in Canada

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

Fishy food labelling

May 4, 2017 by Food in Canada

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…

The year ahead in food regulation and labelling

February 10, 2014 by Food in Canada

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.