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Regulation
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New agrifood immigration pilot aims to help processors address labour shortage
Some Canadian food processors will be able to maintain foreign workers with more ease thanks to a new federally-funded pilot program that will allow foreign workers the opportunity to apply to become residents after one year of full-time employment. The…
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FEMA GRAS approves Vitosa stevia as a natural flavour
CALIFORNIA — The Flavor Extracts Manufacturers Association (FEMA) has issued GRAS approval for Vitosa natural flavours, a new line of stevia products from HB Natural Ingredients. The FEMA GRAS classified Vitosa as a “flavouring with modifying properties” (FMP). Vitosa natural…
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Canadian government changes vodka standards
Canada’s vodka compositional standard has been updated to allow the country’s spirits industry to use ingredients other than potatoes in vodka, announced today by Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. Canadian distillers can now use agricultural ingredients other than…
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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…
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Cannabis edibles clear for legal launch before year-end
Food products containing cannabis are expected to be on the retail market by mid-December at the earliest under new federal regulations announced Friday June 15. Health Canada announced amendments to the Cannabis Regulations will be published June 26 to come…
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Canada to ban single-use plastic
The Government of Canada announced a ban on single-use plastics by 2021. Less than 10 per cent of plastic used in Canada gets recycled. At this rate, Canadians will throw away an estimated $11 billion worth of plastic materials each…
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Canada’s superclusters meet with EU delegation for signing ceremony
The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) boosted Canada’s trade with the world’s second-largest market. Signed in October 2016, CETA entered into force in September 2017. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, joined Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European…
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Curbing deceptive marketing
Consumers don’t like to be manipulated, but brands manipulate us all the time. Case in point, a can of Canada Dry Ginger Ale highlights “Made from Real Ginger,” but “ginger” is nowhere to be found in the ingredient list, only…
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Agricultural administrative monetary penalties
On May 1, final regulations amending the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations (AAAMPR), were published in Canada Gazette II. AAAMPR has been around since the mid-1990s, but the application of administrative monetary penalties (AMP), to food labelling is new.…
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Yes to edibles, not so fast to food companies
By: Lewis Retik Conventional food clients regularly ask us about participating in the edible cannabis market. Many expect edibles to become a significant segment of the cannabis industry, and see opportunities to leverage existing resources to expand into edibles. Conventional…
