Consultation: Healthy Eating Strategy

Health Canada is seeking input on two elements of the Healthy Eating Strategy. Growers are encouraged to provide input, as their insights will be used to help shape future proposals and advance the policy and regulatory process. Both public consultations run from June...

Government of Canada launches supercluster initiative

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) recently launched the Innovation Superclusters Initiative, which will allocate a small number of high-value, strategic investments in the form of non-repayable contributions to industry-led consortia....

New phytosanitary requirements for Ontario cherries

Effective June 1st, 2017, fresh cherries produced in Ontario will be prohibited from moving into British Columbia, and must be certified free from European cherry fruit fly before being moved to other provinces in Canada. The United States Department of Agriculture...

Santé Canada approuve l’herbicide glyphosate

Santé Canada a publié la décision de réévaluation définitive concernant le glyphosate. Au terme d’une évaluation scientifique rigoureuse, Santé Canada a déterminé que les produits contenant du glyphosate, s’ils sont utilisés conformément au mode d’emploi qui figure...