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Canadian Nutrition Facts for Fruits and Vegetables

WEBThe nutrition data provided in the Canadian Nutrition Facts for the Most Commonly Consumed Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Canada, has been adapted from USFDA and other reliable data for voluntary use in a Canadian Nutrition Facts Table or to provide nutrition information at retail. The serving sizes, calculations and allowable nutrient …

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CPMA Vancouver 2024

WEBCanadian Produce Marketing Association 162 Cleopatra Drive Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2G 5X2 Telephone: (+1) 613-226-4187 Fax: (+1) 613-226-2984

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Food Safety Recalls

WEBThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issues food recalls in the event of a public safety hazard Recalls could be the result of physical, chemical or biological hazards associated with food meant for human consumption. These hazards could be foreign objects such as plastic or metal fragments, cleaning solution contamination, or a …

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Q&A Sheet Canada import requirements for U.S. romaine …

WEBQ&A Sheet Updated October 7, 2020 packaging process at the processor in the USA. If the romaine is to be further processed in Canada, Canadian processors do not need to test product after processing; romaine would need to have already tested negative and been “released” before receipt by the Canadian

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Fruit and Vegetable Irradiation

WEBFruit and vegetable irradiation is a food safety and preservation technology, similar to pasteurization. While pasteurization uses heat to kill microorganisms, irradiation uses a form of energy called ionizing radiation. The process involves exposing food, either in bulk or packaged, to gamma rays for a specified amount of time.

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Protective Coatings for Fruits and Vegetables

WEBProtective edible coatings and waxes are applied to fruits and vegetables as a method of preservation during post-harvest treatment. In Canada, components of fruit and vegetable coatings are not regulated as food additives, with the exceptions of mineral oil, paraffin wax and petrolatum, which are regulated as food additives under the Food and Drugs Act …

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Health Canada Regulatory Initiatives

WEBOn December 14th, 2016 Health Canada published final regulatory amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations in Canada Gazette, Part II which include amendments reflecting industry’s requests. The regulatory amendments will come into force immediately and there will be a transition period of 5 years from the date of this publication to enable

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Produce Coding and Identification in Canada

WEBProduce Coding and Identification in Canada. For many years, consumer item identification in Canada has been primarily generic in nature, utilizing the industry-coordinated UPCs and PLUs. However, the industry is slowly transitioning to the global standards for identification using GTINs (Global Trade Item Numbers). At the case and pallet level

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Board of Directors

WEBJack Howell. Fyffes North America, Inc. Grower or Packer or Shipper. Jerry Dzikowski. Giant Tiger Stores Ltd. Regional Retail. John Corsaro. The Giumarra Companies. Grower or Packer or Shipper.

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GOVERNMENT OF CANADA RESPONSE PLAN COVID-19

WEB1.4 Scope. This plan provides a high level description of how all departments in the Government of Canada will work together in this COVID-19 emergency and supports the Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Planning Guidance for the Health Sector(CPIP) coordinated by the PHAC.

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COVID-19 Commercial Update to Industry Stakeholders May …

WEBAnnex A – Listing of Health Canada Program Combinations All Health Canada programs with the exception of Radiation Emitting Devices match on three pieces of information, which are: HS Code + Intended Use Code (IUC) (SG117.APP) + Canadian Product Category Code (CPC) (SG117.PGI). In addition, a qualifier code may be required for the …

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Plastic Packaging Landscape Review: 2023 Update

WEBThis translated to approximately 79,000 metric tonnes of plastic. The 2023 update estimates that approximately 64 percent of the tonnage within these 20 products are sold prepackaged in PP. The total volume of plastic associated with these 20 types of fresh produce was 107,400 metric tonnes.

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Traceability Guidance Document for Industry Compliance with …

WEB6 A: On January 15, 2020, most businesses in the fresh fruits or vegetables (FFV) sector became subject to new requirements under the SFCR. These include: preventive controls, preventive control plans and traceability. New requirements for lot code labelling of consumer prepacked fresh fruits or vegetables will also come into

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