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Health Canada Solicits Comments on Plant-Based Egg Alternative Labeling Guidance

Posted on September 25, 2024
  • At the end of July Health Canada announced a proposed guidance document on the labeling of plant-based egg alternatives with comments due by October 28, 2024.
  • The guidance is not
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Health Canada Proposes to Regulate Cloned Animal Products in the Same Manner as Traditional Animal Products

Posted on July 9, 2024
  • Health Canada is proposing to permit the sale of foods derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloned cattle and swine and their offspring without pre-market notification (other species such
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Proposed Changes to the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table

Posted on December 19, 2022
  • The manufacture, sale and import of livestock feeds are regulated in Canada under the Feeds Act and Regulations and Health of Animals Act and Regulations administered by the Canadian Food
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Cattle Industry Urges Health Canada to Reconsider Front-of-Package Proposed Rule

Posted on June 24, 2022
  • As previously reported on this blog, Health Canada published proposed Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Food and Drugs Act (Nutrition Symbols, Other Labelling Provisions, Partially Hydrogenated Oils

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FDA Publishes Guidance on Oversight of Food Covered by SRAs

Posted on June 22, 2022
  • On June 21, the FDA published a final guidance for FDA staff entitled “FDA Oversight of Food Covered by Systems Recognition Agreements” (SRAs). The guidance covers FDA’s regulatory

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Canada Publishes Dietary Guidelines Resource

Posted on May 4, 2022
  • On May 3, Canada published a new food guide resource, “Applying Canada’s Dietary Guidelines,” which provides information to help support the implementation of the food guide in policies

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CFIA Update on Simulated Meat and Poultry Proposal

Posted on August 6, 2021
  • The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently released a report on feedback it received during its consultation with stakeholders and consumers regarding its proposal to develop guidelines for simulated meat

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New Supplemented Foods Framework in Canada

Posted on June 28, 2021

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

Posted on October 9, 2020
  • 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

Posted on May 6, 2019

  

  • 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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