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Food fraud costs billions. Now there’s a new way to fight it!
“ Honey laundering ” is when the true origin of products is masked for financial gain. Mexican-grown greenhouse tomatoes labelled and sold as Canadian, earning the offending parties a $1.5 million fine and three-year period of probation. Such false claims of...
Federal Court of Appeal sends West Bank wine-labelling case back to Canadian Food Inspection Agency
May 17, 2021 – The Federal Court of Appeal has sent a dispute, concerning whether wine produced in the West Bank was properly labelled a product of Israel, back to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, after it found the Federal Court had not followed the...
Updated policies needed to support food supply chain, says Ontario chamber
April 19, 2021 – The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) is joining a chorus of advocates calling for more support to bolster the province’s food supply chain. On April 12, the chamber released Growing a More Resilient Food Supply Chain in Ontario, a new report...
Pandemic has put spotlight on Canada’s food chain challenges
April 15, 2021 – Canada’s pandemic crisis has put a spotlight on the many challenges faced by the country’s food supply chain. The latest policy brief by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) —Growing a More Resilient Food Supply Chain in Ontario — outlines...
Government of Canada takes action on fish fraud
March 25, 2021 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is addressing the issue of food fraud so Canadians can be confident that the food they buy is accurately represented. As part of the Government of Canada’s work to tackle food fraud, the CFIA...