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Navigating the Regulatory Landscape: Ensuring Safety and Compliance in the Energy Drink Industry

01

Feb

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Uncategorizedcaffeine, energy drinks, food labelling, food recalls, health canada, labelling, labelling issues, marketing authorization, Recalls

Navigating the Regulatory Landscape: Ensuring Safety and Compliance in the Energy Drink Industry

In a recent article released by the Government of Canada, concerns were raised about the safety of various brands of caffeinated energy drinks due to potential issues related to caffeine content and labelling. This announcement serves as a crucial reminder of the stringent regulations in place to protect consumers from…

Catch up on the Canadian Cannabis Industry!

10

Dec

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UncategorizedCanada, Canada Regulatory Compliance, cannabis, Cannabis Act, Cannabis Oil, Cannabis Regulations, Edibles, food safety, Hemp Seed Oil, labelling, Medical Cannabis, natural health, Recreational Cannabis

Catch up on the Canadian Cannabis Industry!

On October of 2018, the Cannabis Regulations came into force, bringing major change to how cannabis is regulated in Canada. Legalization of different types of cannabis products for medical and recreational use was implemented in a step-wise manner, as follows: How has legalization of Cannabis impacted Canadians?? Adult Canadians (aged…

05

Dec

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UncategorizedCanada, Canada Regulatory Compliance, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, compliance, consumer safety, Food Business, food labelling, health canada, health claims, Health misinformation, labelling, Packaging Compliance, scientific evidence

Debunking bogus health claims

With the holidays creeping around, many consumers are thinking of a New Year’s resolution. Most would say that their number one resolution is to become a healthier version of themselves. Whether that be exercising, dieting, or trying out supplements. Canadians spend hundreds of dollars each year on health products. It…

Are you ready for the U.S labelling changes?

30

Sep

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Uncategorizedcompliance, FDA, food, food labelling, labelling, nutrition, packaging, Updates, USA

Are you ready for the U.S labelling changes?

We mentioned in July that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given manufacturers a deadline to implement Nutrition labelling changes, and we wanted to remind you that it is fast approaching. For most manufacturers, January 1, 2020 is the date for compliance to the new Nutrition facts label.…

04

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…

04

Dec

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Uncategorizedfood, food trends, graphic design, labelling, natural health products, packaging

New Year, New Packaging Design Trends

Can you believe it? 2018 is almost behind us. Our team always likes to view the new year as a new opportunity for growth–and our in-house design team is no exception. Source designers are excited for this new year as an excuse to reflect on packaging design trends for the…

Health Canada’s proposed cannabis packaging/labelling requirements

22

Mar

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Uncategorizedcannabis, health canada, labelling, packaging, regulatory

Health Canada’s proposed cannabis packaging/labelling requirements

The impending legalization of Cannabis is a hot topic across Canada, including the packaging / labelling industry. On March 19, Health Canada released the Proposed Approach to the Regulation of Cannabis-Summary of Comments Received During the Public Consultation. This was a response to the feedback received from the public, stakeholders,…

Health Canada Considers Front-of-Package (FOP) Labelling for Canadian Pre-packaged Foods

15

Sep

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UncategorizedCanada's Healthy Eating Strategy, CBA, FCPC, Front-of-Packaging, health canada, labelling, RCC, regulatory, Webcast

Health Canada Considers Front-of-Package (FOP) Labelling for Canadian Pre-packaged Foods

Can you tell if a food is healthy just by looking the front of its packaging? Do you know if your favourite Canadian pre-packaged foods are high in sodium, sugar and saturated fat? Due to pending regulatory changes, this may be easier to do in the near future! Health Canada…

10

Sep

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UncategorizedCanada Package Compliance, Canada Regulatory Compliance, Canadian Package Compliance, compliance, health canada, labelling, nutrition, regulations

New Food Labelling Regulations

You may remember our Industry Bulletin (December 2016); summarizing Health Canada’s publication of updated Food and Drug Regulations – Nutrition Labelling, Other Labelling Provisions and Food Colours, in Canada Gazette, Part II. These changes to nutrition labelling align with the launch of Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy in the fall of…