25
Sep
As it has since 2019, the CFIA is once again implementing seasonal temporary import restrictions on romaine lettuce originating in the U.S., but this year, CFIA is providing a new option for the entry of California Salinas Valley romaine. As...
20
Aug
Earlier this summer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada published a National Food Security Strategy (2026) outlining new initiatives to address the structural causes of food insecurity that are affecting Canadians, particularly the most vulnerable. In detailing a federal plan to build a...
28
Jul
Through marketplace monitoring, targeted sampling and label verification during the 2024-2025 fiscal year, CFIA prevented more than 150,000 kg of misrepresented food from being sold in Canada. The foods’ removal, voluntary destruction, or relabelling were the result of the agency’s...
22
Jun
Good news for Canadian consumers: Canada’s food industry is achieving “very high rates of compliance” in food safety according to the CFIA. CFIA’s most recently published annual national testing and monitoring program results are showing that foods that are both...
22
May
There has been a great deal of discussion on CFIA’s inspection and enforcement crackdown, focused particularly on licensing compliance by food manufacturing establishments. With the effort having been underway for several months now, what changes have been made by CFIA...
20
Apr
The CFIA takes labelling issues seriously and has amped up its efforts to address the growing concern over inaccurate and misleading Canadian product claims. Not only is the agency issuing financial penalties to businesses for inaccurate or misleading claims, it is including...
23
Feb
by Cameron Prince Executive VP, Regulatory Affairs, TAG; Managing Director, TAG Canada. Former CFIA VP of Operations We have recently learned that the agency will be cutting 587 jobs and transitioning another 1,371 as part of the Government of Canada’s...
26
Jan
Acknowledging the industry’s continuing concerns with its proposed amendments to Part XV (Traceability) of the Health of Animals Regulations, the CFIA has published a statement pausing publication of the livestock traceability regulations “until the proposed changes are more widely understood and...
01
Dec
With a goal to remove the barriers of interprovincial trade of goods and services, the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act was passed in June. However, while the Act eliminates all federal exceptions of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement...
21
Oct
After notifying the industry in July that it would be conducting inspections on SFC licence holders, the CFIA has begun blitzing SFC licenced manufacturers. The aim is to confirm that all licences are correct and to verify that SFCR requirements...
