The Namgis closed containment facility on Vancouver Island is the first salmon farm in North America to grow Atlantic salmon on a commercial scale in a completely land-based aquaculture system.
A mussel processing plant in Newfoundland, Canada has earned the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA)'s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, marking the first mussel processor to do so, according to the GAA.
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a detailed safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of ice structuring protein, to modify the texture of unstandardized edible ices and unstandardized frozen desserts.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Western Rice Mills Ltd. people with allergy to gluten not to consume Grande Harvest brand 12 Grain Blended Rice described below.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Thrifty Foods Port Place are warning the public not to consume the products described below due to possible chemical contamination.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Leese Enterprises International Inc. are warning people with allergy to milk not to consume certain Simply Lite brand Dark Chocolate described below.
Canadian meat processors want to see action on an initiative to eliminate border re-inspection of meat products traded between the United States and Canada.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has suspended the operations of Leslie Leger & Sons, effective 20 December 2013 as the site failed to implement adequate controls for food safety.
Canadian poultry wholesaler Sunchef Foods is set to receive C$17.5m funding, which it intends to use for the phase III expansion of its Anjou plant and broaden its product portfolio.
The Fall 2013 Report of Canada's Auditor General, released November 26, criticized several aspects of the way the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) handles food recalls.
Canada’s agricultural industry will benefit from an enhanced food safety audit system that will increase consistency throughout the sector, with the help of an investment from the Government of Canada.
Aurora Importing & Distributing Ltd. is recalling Aurora brand Corn Gnocchi and Rice Gnocchi because they may contain gluten which is not declared on the label.
