Food and Grocery News

The New Brunswick Farm Products Commission officially updated its Wholesale and Retail Pricing Order for fluid milk on June 1, 2023. As noted in previous RCC communications, the Commission also amende...Learn More

On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food released “Grocery Affordability: Examining Rising Food Costs in Canada,” a report which takes a look at the i...Learn More

Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.4% year over year in April, following a 4.3% increase in March according to the latest report from Statistics Canada.This was the first acceleration in...Learn More

Health Canada has published their updated Front-of-package nutrition symbol labelling guide for industry (Version 2) (Guidance).   In July 2022, Health Canada published Front-of-Package...Learn More

Last week, Health Canada released a policy proposal on the marketing of foods to children. The government is proposing to introduce regulations to restrict the marketing to children of certain food...Learn More

Last week, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) published the following consultation documents for stakeholder comment: Technical Paper: Federal Plastics Registry Recycled Content and Labellin...Learn More

Last week, RCC submitted comments to the House Standing Committee on Health on Private Members Bill C-252, the proposed Child Health Protection Act.  The Bill would restrict the advertising ...Learn More

Alberta’s government is helping fund the resurrection of the Made in Alberta voluntary labeling program designed to help consumers easily identify Alberta-made products. Alberta producers and proces...Learn More

The proposed Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning the Disclosure of Cosmetic Ingredients have been published by the federal government in Canada Gazette Part I. The proposed regulations...Learn More

The Manitoba government has introduced a liquor modernizing act that would enable some retail stores to be licensed to sell liquor as part of a five-year pilot project to bring greater convenience and...Learn More