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Country of origin on food labels?

Country of origin labelling on food products

Just read in the paper this morning that American shoppers will soon see more foods at the grocery store labelled with country of origin.

That’s good news for anyone who has ever wondered where things actually come from – and with each international food scare, like the latest tainted milk powder scandal from China, more people join that crowd.

But what does it actually mean? Continue reading Country of origin on food labels?

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It’s about time!

The federal government announced changes to the “Made in Canada” labelling laws yesterday, making easier for us to know that what we’re buying is actually Canadian. All I can say is great move – finally!

I’ve long been annoyed by the fact that a product could be labelled as product of Canada even if only 51% of the transformation (processing or manufacturing) or packaging costs were incurred in Canada.

Continue reading It’s about time!

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