Category Archives: Regulatory

Advocacy Technical Webinar on the Supplemented Foods Regulations Health Canada’s Food Directorate is holding technical webinars on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 related to the Supplemented Foods Regulations published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on July 20, 2022. Register for the webinar here. New Guidance Documents Available for the VOC… Read More

Advocacy Challenges: Natural Health Products Site Licences, Renewals, and NPN Registrations To update our clients who are engaged with the Non-prescription and Natural Health Product Directorate at Health Canada (NNHPD), for natural health products, we are experiencing increased delays beyond the service standards that are laid out for both site… Read More

Advocacy Book of condolences for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Canadians are invited to sign and view the online book of condolences. You may also express your condolences in other ways. New Funding – Plastics Reduction Challenge The Food Innovation Challenge is a unique funding opportunity for Canadian food industry… Read More

Advocacy Occupational health and safety integral to successful food businesses This week’s newsletter regrettably features some disturbing items on workplace fatalities and injuries in the food sector. These incidents were all preventable. Please remember that as an employer you are required to provide a safe workplace and every employee has… Read More

Advocacy Fact-checking nutritional facts table For food importers, there is now a legal requirement that the foods you import have labels that are compliant for Canada, including the Nutrition Facts Table (NFT).  Importers are often provided with very little information about how these NFTs were developed.  Here are a few… Read More

Advocacy The importance of conformance and stability testing A recent health product recall underscores the need for importers and manufacturers to ensure that products meet specification and provides the required risk information.  Conducting adequate due diligence would have prevented this recall which can impact a brands reputation and profitability. The… Read More

Advocacy Canada takes next steps forward on better plastic recyclability, compostability, and tracking New labelling rules would prohibit the use of the chasing-arrows symbol and other recyclability claims on plastic products unless at least 80 percent of Canadians have access to recycling systems that accept and have reliable end markets… Read More

Advocacy Food past its “best-before” date? Don’t throw it out! A “best-before” date, also known as a durable life date, tells you when the durable life period of a prepackaged food ends. An expiration date is not the same as a best-before date. Expiration dates are required only on certain… Read More

Advocacy Daily temperature logs prevent recalls A recent recall of hundreds of products from a US retailer exemplifies the need to maintain daily temperature logs. The recall was initiated as the products were stored outside of labelled temperature requirements. The list is impressively long and expensive. Improvements to the online… Read More

Advocacy Join the CFIA’s next Plant Research Seminar: July 27 – 1pm EDT Looking to learn more about research aimed at plant health protection? The CFIA’s Plant Research Seminar Series is an opportunity for CFIA plant scientists and partners to share their research and engage with those who are interested… Read More