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Regulation
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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…
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Changes to tomato and carrot processing in Ontario
Guelph, Ont. — Last week Ontario’s minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ernie Hardeman, released a letter informing Ontario tomato and carrot growers that the province is opening up the processing tomato and carrot market to direct negotiations with processors,…
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Canada could be last to ratify CUSMA deal, Trudeau says
Ottawa | Reuters — Canada could be the last of the three North American countries to ratify a new trade deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, indicating that his plan to match the U.S. timetable was set to…
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CFIA cancels licenses of three Ontario meat packers
Citing “false or misleading information” given them during an E. coli probe, food safety officials have now permanently pulled the federal slaughter, processing and export licenses for Toronto’s Ryding-Regency Meat Packers and related companies. The cancellation, announced Monday Dec. 1,…
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The imitation game
Alternatives to conventional meat, egg and dairy foods have been around for decades (margarine, for example) but developments in the past few years with plant-based meat and dairy products, in particular, have been keenly focused on enhancing the appeal of…
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The future of good food
The challenge is that the current measures of environmental impact, and the data being used to drive these measures, need to be modernized and expanded
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PFAS in food packaging
By Carol Zweep Certain PFAS chemicals are found in food packaging. Some PFAS have known human toxicity and tend to accumulate in the human body. As such, migration of PFAS from food packaging into food has raised concerns about the…
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Study finds non-GM produce earns ‘halo effect’ under new labelling laws
Consumers were more willing to buy unlabeled produce after being shown food tagged as “genetically modified” in a new Cornell University study that comes two months before a new federal law, requiring genetically modified organism disclosure labels on food products,…
