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Regulation
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LCBO requires customers to follow municipal bylaws regarding use of masks
July 8, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – LCBO has announced that customers will be required to follow municipal bylaws or orders requiring face coverings when inside stores. LCBO will not be making masks available for customer use, the company said in…
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N.B. potato farmers call on government to take action
June 12, 2020, Grand Falls, N.B. – Delays rolling out a COVID-19-related support program for Canadian agriculture may spell doom for potato farmers, according to Potatoes New Brunswick (PNB). While the government delays, millions of pounds of potatoes are sitting…
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Federal agency to restart suspended food inspection services
June 12, 2020, Ottawa, Ont. – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is announcing that it is now in a position to gradually resume some inspection services that were temporarily suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 23, 2020,…
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Feds move to mitigate impact of COVID-19 on dairy industry
May 19, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Parliament has adopted amendments that will increase the Canadian Dairy Commission’s (CDC’s) borrowing limit to $500 million from $300 million. The federal government had announced May 5 that it would be amending the Canadian…
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Canadian pork farmers seeking government help in light of COVID-19
April 29, Ottawa, Ont. – Canada’s pork producers are facing an unprecedented crisis as a result of COVID-19. The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) states that producers across the country are expecting to lose $30 to $50 a hog for every…
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Health Canada relaxes labelling policy on cleaning products and soaps
April 20, 2020, Ottawa, Ont. – In light of the unprecedented demand and urgent need for products that can help fight COVID-19 – including household cleaning products, hand soaps and body soaps – as an interim policy, Health Canada is…
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B.C. offers COVID-19 guidance to retail food and grocery stores
April 3, 2020, Vancouver, B.C. – As the challenges caused by the COVID-19 outbreak continue to shift, the British Columbia government and Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer (PHO), are taking unprecedented measures to slow the transmission of the disease,…
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Government steps in to help farmers and agri-food producers
March 24, 2020, Ottawa, Ont. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new measures to support farmers and agri-food businesses in Canada that are facing financial hardship due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Farm Credit Canada (FCC) will…
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Parliament hustles through CUSMA ratification
Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s Parliament rushed through ratification of the new Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA) trade pact on Friday March 13 before taking a three-week break to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, a top government official said. Canada was…
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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…
