Published: Mar 03, 2016

Farmers now are eligible for a tax credit when they donate food to a registered charity, B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick announced Thursday 25 February.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

Many Canadian food box subscription companies have managed to keep the price of their delivery boxes steady by offering locally produced food.

Published: Feb 23, 2016

Over the past year, increasingly expensive fruit and vegetable prices in Canada have contributed to driving up the annual inflation rate which measured 2 per cent in January.

Published: Feb 23, 2016

VISTA, CA - Fresh Creative Foods is recalling 8oz containers of H-E-B Tartar Sauce due to an undeclared fish (anchovy) allergen. Some plastic tubs have the correctly labeled Cocktail Sauce lid with a container labeled as Tartar Sauce when the actual conte

Published: Feb 22, 2016

The summer of 2015 was a very exciting time for Canadian blueberry growers, trade agreements with South Korea and China were signed within days of each other, opening up a large Asian market to growers.

Published: Feb 18, 2016

Hillview Meat Processor in Ottawa has recalled raw pork and pork organ products from the marketplace for possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reports.

Published: Feb 17, 2016

Canada-based organic food company SunOpta has entered into an agreement to sell Opta Minerals business to Speyside Equity Fund for CAD$6.2m ($4.4m), in order to focus on its core business of food distribution.

Published: Feb 17, 2016

Canada-based ready-to-eat frozen foods manufacturer McCain Foods has issued a recall of 25,215 pounds of bacon fritters over suspected contamination with extraneous plastic materials.

Published: Feb 17, 2016

Canada-based ready-to-eat frozen foods manufacturer McCain Foods has issued a recall of 25,215 pounds of bacon fritters over suspected contamination with extraneous plastic materials.

Published: Feb 17, 2016

Consumption of the affected product could lead to lower intake of some nutrients due to reduced bioavailability

Published: Feb 16, 2016

Infants consuming recalled Good Start 2 concentrated liquid formula from Nestlé Canada Inc. are at risk of missing key nutrients because of a problem with the minerals in the product.

Published: Feb 16, 2016

SunOpta, the Canadian organic food specialist, has agreed to sell its Opta Minerals business to private equity firm Speyside Equity Fund for around $6.2 million, as it looks to focus on its core food distribution business.

Published: Feb 02, 2016

Higher food prices during the peak winter period are limiting the amount of food Canadian food banks can purchase as well as leading to greater demand for their services.

Published: Feb 01, 2016

In Canada, coyotes build snowmen. In Marin County, Calif., they get high on mushrooms—or so it seems. At least one and possibly two coyotes have been spotted acting a bit oddly along Highway 1 near Bolinas, reports Pacific Sun.

Published: Jan 28, 2016

CEO of grocery chain Metro Inc. Eric La Flèche has noticed a rising trend of consumers substituting fresh produce for frozen equivalents, in light of rising food price inflation, he said in a conference call Tuesday 26 January.

Published: Jan 25, 2016

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., is temporarily suspending operations at its Springfield, Ohio production facility, and is voluntarily withdrawing from the market all Dole-branded and private label packaged salads processed at that location Products subject t

Published: Dec 17, 2015

Food prices are set to outpace overall inflation and rise by as much as 4 per cent in 2016 as the low Canadian dollar drives up the price of imported fruits and vegetables, according to the Food Institute at the University of Guelph’s forecast.

Published: Dec 16, 2015

According to the government of Canada, one in eight Canadians will come down with a case of foodborne illness this year. How is it possible that so many Canadians fall victim to a preventable condition? According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control an

Published: Dec 14, 2015

The latest update from CFIA states that Everspring Farms Ltd is recalling Salba brand Chia Seeds -- Premium Ground on grounds of possible Salmonella contamination.

Published: Dec 04, 2015

Due to the remaining low rate of the Canadian Dollar and the fact that Canada has reached important trade agreements with China and Korea, the agriculture production of Canada British Columbia (BC) is increasing; especially the blueberry output and export