The Agricultural Growth Act (Bill C-18) was recently passed by Canada’s House of Commons and is now in its final stages of becoming law. It has passed second reading in the Senate and was referred to the Senate
US fast-food giant proposes merger with Canadian coffee chain
Tim Hortons Inc. has agreed to be purchased by Burger King Worldwide, Inc., which would create the third-largest fast food company in the world with estimated combined sales around $23 billion USD and restaurants in 100 countries (reported here).
Avian Flu found in birds on eight farms in British Columbia; seven countries ban imports
In early December 2014, an outbreak of H5N2 strain of avian influenza was found in BC. To date, eight chicken and turkey farms have been affected, and more than 140,000 turkeys and chickens are to be euthanized. The outbreak marks
Health Canada announces intention to permit gluten-free claims for specially produced oats and for foods containing “gluten-free oats”
On November 14, 2014, Canada’s Minister of Health announced her intention to issue a marketing authorization permitting certain gluten-free claims for specially produced oats.
Whether or not oats that do not contain gluten from wheat, rye, barley, (or hybridized strains),
Canadian coffee wars escalate
On November 13, 2014, Club Coffee announced that it had filed a complaint with Canada’s Competition Bureau in connection with the conduct complained of in its Ontario court proceeding (see our previous report available).
Under section 9 of Canada’s
Canadian company launches competition lawsuit in coffee pod dispute
In a lawsuit recently launched in Ontario, Canada Club Coffee, a Canadian coffee roasting company, has sued the makers of Keurig coffee brewers for $500 million dollars for alleged breaches of the CanadianCompetition Act and Trade-marks Act. In
Health Canada proposes additional food additive uses
Health Canada recently published a proposal to extend Canada’s Lists of Permitted Food Additives to permit the use of tripotassium phosphate, potassium tripolyphosphate, sodium potassium tripolyphosphate and sodium potassium hexametaphospahte in certain standardized and unstandardized foods sold in Canada.
The
New export requirements for Canadian fish processors and brokers
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently announced that it is in the process of modifying the procedure for certifying compliance with the Fish Inspection Regulations. This step is the latest phase of a two-year plan originally identified by
Got (Unpasteurized) Milk? Cow-share program illegal under Health Protection and Promotion Act
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused leave to appeal in a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal regarding the rights of an individual to run a “cow-share” program providing unpasteurized milk and milk products to program members bringing
Health Canada proposes lowering the maximum acceptable concentration of industrial chemical in drinking water
Health Canada is conducting a consultation on a report recently released by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water (“CDW”) in July 2014 (the “Report”) that proposes lowering the maximum acceptable concentration (“MAC”) in water of a chemical, commonly used in