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Health Canada approves stevia for tabletop and food use
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Canada
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- December 7 2012
Health Canada has issued a notice of modification adding steviol glycosides derived from the stevia plant to its list of permitted sweeteners
Safe Food for Canadians Act consolidates CFIA oversight
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Canada
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- November 30 2012
Canadian Governor General David Johnson has approved through royal assent the Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA), which aims to improve food safety by focusing on unsafe practices, import surveillance and food traceability
Canadian victims of contaminated beef file class action claims
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- Canada
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- October 19 2012
Two British Columbia residents have reportedly filed individual and putative class action suits against the Canadian meat processor that was forced to recall 1,800 ground beef products in an E. coli contamination outbreak that involved retail chains in the United States and Canada
Alleged E. coli injury claims filed in Canada
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Canada
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- October 5 2012
An Edmonton, Alberta, resident has filed a putative class action against a beef processor with operations in Alberta and Nebraska, alleging that he became severely ill from consuming the company’s beef, which was recalled in September 2012 due to an E. coli outbreak
Health Canada backs safety of BPA in food packaging
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- Canada
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- September 28 2012
Health Canada has released an updated assessment of bisphenol A (BPA), concluding that dietary exposure through food sources “is not expected to pose a health risk.” The September 2012 assessment takes into account surveys performed after the agency issued its first conclusions in 2008, when it found “Probable Daily Intakes (PDI) for BPA of 0.18 μgkg bwday for the general population and 1.35 μgkg bwday for infants.” These surveys sought to measure concentrations of BPA in canned drink products, bottled water products, canned food products, and soft drink and beer products, as well as in total diet samples
Canadian agency issues draft model for food inspection modernization
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Canada
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- August 17 2012
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a draft food inspection model as part of its Inspection Modernization: Optimizing Confidence in Food Safety plan
New claims filed: medical monitoring sought for animals from pet food co., foie gras ban challenged, trade secret dispute over beer bottle design, challenge to “guiltless” alcohol beverage trademark
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Canada, Netherlands, USA
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- July 13 2012
A New York resident has filed a putative class action against Diamond Pet Foods and Amazon.com, seeking medical monitoring for pets that consumed recalled Salmonella-tainted pet food
Health Canada releases voluntary sodium guidelines for processed foods
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Canada
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- June 15 2012
Health Canada recently issued “Guidance for the Food Industry on Reducing Sodium in Processed Foods” as part of its effort “to help Canadians achieve the average sodium intake goal of 2300 mg per day by 2016.”
Canada targets food safety inspections
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Canada
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- June 8 2012
The Canadian government has issued a discussion document outlining a plan for a “stronger, more comprehensive inspection approach to further strengthen food safety”
Health Canada closes natural health product loophole
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- Canada
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- April 27 2012
Health Canada has reportedly notified companies that it will no longer accept natural-health product (NHP) applications for functional foods and similar products that are “represented, packaged and sold as foods.”
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- Author - Mark Anstoetter
- Workarea - Product Liability
- Jurisdiction - Canada
- Firm Name - Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP