Food Safety

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

Last month, Health Canada revealed a new front-of-pack food labeling system that features a magnifying glass icon directing customers to saturated fats, sugars, and sodium totals in food. The Fro...Learn More

Health Canada’s policy on “Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Foods” sets forth control measures for the pathogen in high-risk foods, and provides retailers with certainty on application of ...Learn More

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a recall on certain Abbott brand baby formula linked to a similar recall issued by the FDA in the U.S. because of possible microbial contamination...Learn More

On September 30, 2021, the National Assembly officially unanimously adopted Bill 99, “An act to amend mainly the Food Products Act“. This is a major step forward in the current regulatory ...Learn More

As a result of RCC’s efforts, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed that pre-harvest sampling and testing will be an acceptable option under certain conditions for importing romaine lettu...Learn More

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is currently investigating three cases of acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection.  Based on the investigation findings to date, exposure to frozen mango...Learn More

RCC has provided comments in response (members only) to Health Canada’s “Call for Data” on food uses of titanium dioxide. Some members, including grocers, sell national brand and private label f...Learn More

RCC recently confirmed that additional food safety mitigation protocols, similar to what were in place in the fall of 2020 for romaine lettuce from Salinas Valley, California (advance sampling and tes...Learn More

On June 30, the B.C. Provincial Health Officer made a new Food and Liquor Serving Premises Order. The new order replaces earlier orders and provides the parameters for food and liquor-serving pre...Learn More