Ethyl Carbamate: Enforced for Forty Years, Law Since July
Canadian importers of rhum agricole, the French AOC- and IG-bearing cane-juice rums of Martinique and Guadeloupe, have told me more than onc...
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Welcome to the Food Court
Welcome to the Food Court is an opportunity to deep-dive into legal issues related to food law from people who work in law and in the food sector. We focus on how food sector stakeholders in...
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One in Three Olive Oil Samples: CFIA's 2024-25 Food Fraud Report and your supply chain
Of the olive oil the Canadian Food Inspection Agency tested for authenticity in 2024-25, 67 percent matched what its label claimed. Close to...
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Codex CCFL49: What Came Out of Five Days in Ottawa
Allergen statements, bilingual claims, country-of-origin language, and joint-presentation rules for multipacks are some of the rules that de...
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The Credibility Problem with AI-Drafted Compliance Documents
For context, on April 2, 2026, the FDA issued what appears to be its first warning letter with a dedicated AI-manufacturing section, to Puro...
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Three Regulators at the Meat Counter: Who Governs Weight Accuracy in Canadian Food Retail
On April 14, CBC News published the second instalment of an investigation familiar to anyone following Canadian food retail. Reporters visit...
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The Federal Plastics Registry is now Compliance Infrastructure
Five days before Ottawa amended the Federal Plastics Registry reporting notice, I was presenting on an Alberta Agriculture panel on Sustaina...
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Maple Syrup Fraud and Regulatory Blind Spots
Radio-Canada's Enquête recently reported that cans sold as "pure maple syrup" by a Quebec producer contained substantial cane sugar. The sto...
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Inspecting the Algorithm: What CFIA Cuts Mean for Food Brands After Joriki
I have wanted to write about the 2024 Joriki plant-based milk listeria outbreak and the 2025 CFIA audit of the perceived shortcomings of its...
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Canada-China Agrifood Reset: What Is Actually Fresh?
I’ve had a chance to think about the Canada–China Summit in January, which included widely reported agrifood announcements being described a...
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Food Recall: how missteps in the implementation of a recall procedure can lead to judicial action
Mistakes happen. With food manufacturing, mistakes can take the form of malfunctioning equipment or cross-contamination of ingredients. Some...
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Contested Territories: CFIA Launches Consultation on Country of Origin Claims
In 2017, bottles of wine appeared in Liquor Control Board of Ontario (“LCBO”) stores, which displayed labels with “Product of Israel” as the...
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Food Composition Standards: CFIA Opens Consultation to Remove Standards from Regulations
Compositional standards for food, prescribed by law and found in the Canadian Food and Drug Regulations (“FDRs”) and Safe Food for Canadians...
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Reduce, Reuse, Re-label: Environment and Climate Change Canada Release Consultation on Plastics
The Government of Canada has a broad goal of moving toward zero plastic waste. This goal includes requiring at least 50 percent recycled con...
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Présentation de notre nouvel associé - Consolider nos services en français et l’expertise réglementaire canadienne
Nous sommes ravis d'annoncer l'arrivée de notre nouvel associé, Luc Bélanger. Cet ajout stratégique renforce non seulement l'expertise de no...
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Introducing Our Newest Partner - Expanding Our Services in French and Canadian Regulatory Expertise
We are thrilled to announce the addition of our newest partner, Luc Bélanger. This strategic addition not only strengthens our team's depth...
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Canadian Cosmetic Regulations to Receive a Makeover
Health Canada proposes to address the issue by updating the Cosmetic Regulations to disclose certain fragrance allergens on cosmetic labels....
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Canada and Mexico Agree to Organic Equivalency
Mexico and Canada have signed a memorandum of understanding in relation to the equivalency of their organic standards this past week. From t...
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The Future of Milk Alternatives: Regulating Precision Fermented Plant-Based Beverages in Canada
Any trip that Canadians take to the grocery store reveals that plant-based alternatives to dairy milk have increased in popularity over rece...
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GSJ&Co's Annual Review of Food Law in Canada
Each year at G. S. Jameson & Company, we develop a video where we try to capture the most significant developments to food regulation that a...
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For Ontario Charities and Not-for-Profits, it's time to move to a new Act
Food charities make up some of Canada’s oldest not-for-profits. These charities continue to play an integral part in Canada’s public support...
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