Government-level talks have started between Canada and India over the supply of canola oil in the Indian market with the same name.
Canola Council vice-president Bruce Jowett was in India recently to discuss the issues related to the branding and labelling of canola oil, FnBn News reported.
The Food Safety Standards Authority of India's (FSSAI) regulation demands that the labels should include the mention of imported rapeseed low-erucic acid oil.
Jowett was quoted by FnBn News as saying: "The Canadian government officials were in talks with their Indian counterparts to help them understand the challenges on how we label canola oil coming into India.
"We would try to convince the Indian government that canola is different from the oil extracted from the conventional rapeseed."
However, according to the report, canola oil contains less than 2% of erucic acid.
According to Oil World data, India imported around 49,000t of canola oil in 2013 and out of this, 1,700t was directly imported from Canada and about 47,000t indirectly through UAE.
Canada cultivates canola on 20 million acres of land and supplies around 90% of the canola seed to the UAE.
