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Growers Supported During COVID-19

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 8/20/20

By Heather Gale and Amelia Balsillie When the coronavirus took the world by storm earlier this year, we all found ourselves trying to make difficult decisions in real time, facing new challenges and adapting to rapidly changing circumstances – all in the absence of complete information. When the pandemic hit, CanadaGAP Program’s first step was […]

New Regulations? Time to Tune Up Your Food Safety System

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 6/07/19

By Victor Muliyil The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), which came into effect in January 2019, are intended to make food safety systems more outcome-based and flexible, allowing facilities to comply using innovative ideas or risk-justifiable food safety criteria. A key aspect of the SFCR is the expanded requirement for certain types of […]

Industry-Government Collaboration: The Changing Role of Controlling Bodies

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 4/05/19

By Cesare Varallo Our first blog post in this series looked at why changes are needed in the regulatory systems affecting imported food, and how the EU is dealing with this crucial issue. Today’s blog post examines the approach being taken by Canada and the United States. After an evaluation that started back in 2016 […]

New Food Safety Rules for Imports: EU Focuses on Prevention, Record of Compliance

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 3/11/19

By Cesare Varallo First in a two-part series In a world of growing complexity and fast-moving international trade, ensuring the safety of food is becoming a daunting task for the controlling authorities, especially when it comes to enforcing domestic food safety requirements on imported food. Indeed, while trade is expanding, the amount of resources available […]

Ensuring Food Safety in Your Organic Products

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 1/25/19

By Tim Livingstone Concerns over the health implications of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, the pharmaceuticals given animals raised for their meat, and the environmental damage attributable to the chemicalization of farming, have helped make organic food increasingly popular over the past decade or so. There is also a growing concern over the factory-like conditions in which […]

Food Allergen Standards: Do Canadian Labelling Requirements Fall Short?

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 11/10/17

By Marilyn Allen Food allergies can be seriously life-threatening and since a very small amount of a food allergen can cause a serious allergic reaction when ingested, avoidance is key to staying safe. That makes appropriate labelling vital. In Canada alone, close to 2.7 million Canadians are at risk. The passing of the 2012 Amendment to […]

Growers can Improve Processes and Compliance with CanadaGAP

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 9/13/16

When the CanadaGAP certification program first became available in 2008, no one realized that program uptake would expand so rapidly: as of last year, there were 3,000 companies enrolled in the program nation-wide, with a 14% increase in participants logged in 2015 alone. Designed as a food safety program for companies that produce, handle and […]