Canada - SNI Inc.

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Jul

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UncategorizedBilingual Packaging Design, Canada, Canada Package Compliance, Canada Regulatory Compliance, Canadian Package Compliance, cannabis, Cannabis Edibles, Cannabis Regulations, Edibles, Food Business, food safety, health canada, labelling, regulations, specialty food

Get Your Edible Answers Here!

The new class of Cannabis Regulations have been finalized. These regulations will come into force on October 17, 2019 and new products will be available for sale by mid-December 2019 at the earliest to allow you to stuff your Christmas stockings or to ring in the New Year with whatever…

27

Jun

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UncategorizedCanada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, CFIA, food labelling, labelling, packaging, Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, Temporary Market Authorization, TMA

TMA’s

What does TMA stand for? Too many acronyms? Take my advice? Test Market Authorization! With the coming into force of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), test market provisions now apply to ALL foods. Test Market Authorizations (TMAs) are granted to test market a food exempting them from certain requirements for…

17

Jun

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UncategorizedBilingual Packaging Design, Canada, Canada Food Regulations, Canada Package Compliance, Canada Regulatory Compliance, Canadian Package Compliance, CFIA, compliance, food, Government of Canada, Made in Canada, Product of Canada

Where Was Your Food Made?

When shopping, do you find yourself looking for some indication that your food was made in Canada? But what does that really mean? As of now, the Canadian government allows for a couple different types of “origin” claims. Product of Canada Means virtually all major ingredients, processing and labour used…

10

Jun

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UncategorizedCanada, Canada Regulatory Compliance, cannabis, compliance, Edible Cannabis, Edibles, food, food safety, health canada

Regulating Weed Eaters

The newly published survey results from Deloitte anticipates the Cannabis edibles and infused products will create a booming $2.7 Billion annual market. From the 2,000 adult Canadians surveyed online, the likely edible users plan to consume gummy bears, cookies, brownies or chocolates at least every three months. The proposed new…

24

May

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UncategorizedCanada, cannabis, Canopy Growth, Environment, Plastic, Recycling, San Packaging, TerraCycle, Tweed

Not a Half-Baked Idea

Now that cannabis is legal in Canada, consumers are taking notice at the amount of packaging that comes with it, and the cannabis players are starting to take note as well. Some estimate that the cannabis industry will produce about 1 billion units of plastic waste annually by 2020. As one…

Adding a bit of Colour to your Ingredient List

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Apr

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UncategorizedCanada, colouring agents, compliance, food, Food and Drug Regulations, health canada, Ingredient list

Adding a bit of Colour to your Ingredient List

Ingredient lists in Canada are getting more colourful, but not in the way they look! The specific common names of all colouring agents must be used, as opposed to the formerly allowed (and very non-descriptive) “colour”. With amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations coming into force December 2016, industry…

Health Canada: Front-of-Package Labelling

07

Feb

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Uncategorizedbeverage labelling, Canada, food labelling, Front-of-Packaging, health canada, health professionals, healthy choices, mandatory change, strategy

Health Canada: Front-of-Package Labelling

Are you ready for another potentially huge change in food and beverage labelling? Health Canada is developing a healthy eating strategy aimed at improving the food environment in Canada and make it easier for Canadians to make healthier choices. Consultations have been underway for the past 2 years taking suggestions…

Four No More – New Canada’s Food Guide Released

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Jan

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UncategorizedCanada, canada's food guide, health, health canada, news, nutrition

Four No More – New Canada’s Food Guide Released

The traditional four food groups that we’ve known for decades have been eliminated with the release of a new and improved version of Canada’s Food Guide. On January 22, 2019 Health Canada presented Canadians with new recommendations for a healthy diet. Health Canada has done away with the rainbow design…

03

Jan

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UncategorizedCanada, CFIA, food safety, Recalls, Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, Traceability Program

New Year, New Traceability Goals

2019-what better year to ensure your Food Recall and Traceability program are robust and compliant with the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations. Food recalls are expensive and time consuming, placing a strain on the food industry, inspectors and consumers. Although there are many steps in place to eliminate food hazards,…

07

Dec

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UncategorizedBilingual Packaging Design, Canada, Canada Package Compliance, graphic design, Inside Source, packaging

INSIDE SOURCE: Meet our New Designers

It was Abram L. Urban who said: “The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.” Source is embracing change and growth and we’ve recently added two new team members to our Graphics team! We wanted to take an opportunity to introduce them to you…