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REGULATORY NEWS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 22, 2024
Please note that the amalgamation of Food Preventive Control Services Canada Inc. and Chemical Compliance CA Inc., completed on July 9, 2024, created Preventive Controls & Compliance Inc. Changes to our website and email addresses will be made soon. The new entity is led by Susan Abel as CEO, Dave Saucier as CFO, and Pavan Basani as COO. More information will be provided to our customers shortly. In keeping with Global Affairs Canada’s policy, the Government of Canada is seeking input from Canadians on the administration of the import quotas for beef and veal products under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ). This consultation will run from July 8, 2024, to August 2, 2024. Stakeholders have until 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) on August 2, 2024, to submit their responses, comments and suggestions. All the major Canadian grocers are now on board for a grocery code of conduct, paving the way for industry guidelines several years in the making. The voluntary grocery code is meant to level the playing field for suppliers and smaller retailers by providing guidelines for fair negotiations, including applying penalties and fees. The annual conference of Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture was held in Whitehorse, Yukon, from July 17 to 19, 2024. FPT Ministers of Agriculture discussed several areas of interest for Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector. Nature is fundamental to capturing harmful greenhouse gas emissions, since plants pull carbon dioxide out of the air. That is why it’s important to conserve and restore nature as well as safeguard the places and species that are part of our communities. The Government of Canada has launched the largest conservation campaign in the country’s history in order to meet its emissions reduction targets and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Since being introduced into the Laurentian Great Lakes region in the 1980s, destructive Zebra Mussels have spread to waterbodies in southern Ontario, south and central Manitoba, southern Québec and New Brunswick. This aquatic invasive species (AIS) reproduces very quickly, and in addition to its negative ecological impacts, it can deteriorate infrastructure and property by attaching itself to hard surfaces, including boats, docks, rocks, plants and water intakes. Health Canada’s Food and Nutrition Directorate has recently modified the List of Permitted Supplemented Ingredients.
The Governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $12 million in market development efforts under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to help eligible agri-food businesses and industry organizations expand into domestic and foreign markets. The Grow Ontario Market Initiative is a new, cost-share initiative that helps food and beverage processors, farm businesses and agri-food sector organizations take actions to reach new markets. Under the Grow Ontario Market Initiative, applicants can receive up to 50 percent cost share for eligible costs, to a maximum of $60,000 per business for producers and food and beverage processors, and up to $125,000 for sector organizations. Beginning on July 1, 2024, Temporary help agencies and recruiters are now required to hold a licence. Clients, employers, prospective employers and other recruiters are prohibited from knowingly engaging or using the services of temporary help agencies or recruiters that do not hold a licence. Pollinators, insects and animals are critical to our sustainable food system. According to the USDA, about one-third of global crops rely on insect or animal pollinators to reproduce and produce food crops. The new SQF Integrated Pest Management Sustainability Addendum was created in response to Walmart and other retailers’ drive for suppliers to improve pollinator health. Study finds backyard chicken flocks show higher rates of Campylobacter and Salmonella | Food Safety News From August 1, 2024, Onward: What Your Dog Needs to Enter the United States | Importation | CDC Launch of a new Global Partnership for the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils initiative (fao.org) FAO supports Caribbean governments after the impact of Hurricane Beryl Safety Share Correct techniques for manual materials handling can reduce the load on an individual’s body and the risk of injury to their back, shoulders and more. Keep your employees safe, healthy and productive by using the manual materials handling section of the Ontario MSD Prevention Guideline, which includes strategies to position the body and suggestions for the best tools or equipment when performing different tasks. A new study finds that excessive unpaid overtime hours are associated with high-stress levels and burnout. The more unpaid overtime hours worked, the more likely a worker is to report stress and burnout. Have an event you would like to share? Please send details to [email protected]. ChemEdge is a conference and trade show tailored for the chemical distribution channel. It provides training and education on issues important to chemical distributors, manufacturers, warehouses and service support companies. Canadian Institute (CI) is pleased to announce that the 2nd Advanced Summit on Food Law and Regulation Canada will be returning to Mississauga, ON on September 25 – 26, 2024 Brett Greenlee, the Key Accounts and Sales Manager at Trace Analytics, will lead a discussion covering all the basics of compressed air testing.Advocacy
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Many urban cities now allow residents to keep chickens in backyards or on their residential property. A study on backyard chicken flocks in North Carolina shows these animals harbour almost twice the prevalence of the foodborne bacterium Campylobacter compared to commercial farms.
The United States (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced upcoming changes to the import requirements for dogs entering the U.S. These changes will come into effect on August 1, 2024 and will impact all dogs entering the U.S.International News
An initiative to build resilient agrifood systems grounded in diverse, nutritious, and climate-adapted crops grown in healthy soils today marked another milestone through a new partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and CIMMYT, a CGIAR Research Center.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of the United Nations Emergency Technical Teams (UNETT), is deployed in the areas affected by Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean to advance rapid needs assessment and preparation of proposals under the leadership of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), to restore production and livelihoods.Other Relevant Information
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