The Canadian government has passed the Safe Food for Canadians Act,S-11,which has been designed to modernize,consolidate and add consistency to the country's food inspection system. The bill was tabled in the Senate in June.It passed a ...
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Arcadia Biosciences has signed an agreement with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center(CIMMYT)and the US Agency for International Development(USAID)to develop heat-tolerant wheat variants. The wheat varieties will be ...
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Health Canada has reaffirmed that bisphenol A(BPA)is safe to be used in food packaging and does not pose a health risk. This is the latest update by the agency,which conducted an assessment in 2008.The announcement comes when the ...
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Kosher food specialist G.Willi Food has said it will pursue acquisitions after seeing profits plunge in the first half of its fiscal year. Israel-based G.Willi's chairman,Zwi Williger,said on Wednesday(15 August)that the firm sees an ...
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