Proposed New Regulatory Framework for Supplemented Foods in Canada
- Prepackaged foods marketed in Canada as providing specific physiological or health effects, based on containing one or more added supplemental ingredients,
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Canada Sets Import Conditions for US Romaine Lettuce
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- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that it is temporarily imposing import restrictions on romaine lettuce grown in the U.S. CFIA specifies a number of ways to demonstrate that
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Canada Expands Use of Fines for Food Safety Noncompliance
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- Under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act and Regulations (AAAMPR), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) may issue an Administrative Monetary Penalty (AMP) as an enforcement measure to
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FDA Publishes Findings from Investigation of Romaine Lettuce E. coli Outbreak
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- As previously reported on this blog, in November 2018 FDA, in conjunction with the CDC, state officials, and Canadian food and public health officials, investigated an outbreak of E.
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Canada’s New “Food Guide” Does Not Include Separate Dairy Category
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- Canada has released its updated “Food Guide” for 2019. Later this year, Health Canada will release Part II of the Guide, which will include descriptions of healthy eating
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New Canadian Food Safety Law Takes Effect in One Week
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- The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations will become effective one week from today, on January 15, 2019. As previously reported on this blog, Canada proposed these regulations in January
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Canada Legalizes Recreational Marijuana
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- Last week, we published a blog post regarding a proposed bill in the United States Senate that would provide more autonomy to individual States in regulating marijuana. On June 20,
Health Canada Proposes Updates to Canada’s Food Guide
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- Pursuant to its mandate under the Food and Drugs Act, Health Canada is responsible for setting safety and nutritional quality standards for all foods sold in Canada. Health Canada
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CFIA Launches New Online Consultation to Streamline Regs Between Canada and U.S.
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- The Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) is a joint initiative between Canada and the United States that facilitates regulatory cooperation between the two countries and aims to enhance economic
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Health Canada Proposes Banning PHOs in Foods
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- Health Canada announced on April 7, 2017, that it intends to implement a prohibition on the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in food by adding PHOs to Part One
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