Public - Feb 17, 2023
Canada Brand Industry Launch
Registration to become a Canada Brand member is now open to the public using the following link. You will also be required to have a GCKey, if you don't have one you can register for one...
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Member - Feb 15, 2023
Canada and Mexico have signed an organic equivalency arrangement to support market access of organic products
The organic equivalency arrangement comes into effect on February 15, 2023. Organic products certified to the Mexican Organic Standard and imported to Canada cannot be re-exported to the United States (U.S.) or used as an...
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Public - Feb 14, 2023
USDA Publishes Strengthening Organic Enforcement Final Rule
News from AAFC’s Market Access Secretariat On January 18, 2023, the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) announced the Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) final rule. The rule calls for strengthening enforcement of organic standards, aims to...
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Member - Feb 9, 2023
New Attestation of commercial invoices in the United Arab Emirates
News from AAFC’s Market Access Secretariat Update - February 9, 2023 - We have been informed that some Canadian companies are encountering technical difficulties using the new system implemented by UAE for attestation of commercial...
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Public - Feb 3, 2023
FDA announces qualified health claim for cocoa flavanols in high flavanol cocoa powder and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today in a letter of enforcement discretion that it does not intend to object to the use of certain qualified health claims regarding the consumption of cocoa...
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Public - Jan 26, 2023
FDA Issues Response to Three Citizen Petitions Related to CBD and Dietary Supplements
Today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied the requests in three citizen petitions, from the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), and the Natural Products Association (NPA), that...
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