Archives for October 13, 2011

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Canadian food recalls up as inspections increase

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

The number of food recalls in Canada has increased in the past year – and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it is a trend that is likely to continue, as it boosts the number of inspectors and frequency of testing.

GMA: There is no middle ground on kids marketing proposals

By Elaine Watson

Food manufacturers will not support a controversial government proposal on food marketing to kids - even with the promised ‘significant’ revisions – because it is not supported by evidence, says the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).

First seizure of food under new food safety law

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Officials have seized food products for the first time under the provision of the Food Safety Modernization Act, after they found “widespread and active rodent and insect infestation” at a Dominguez Foods facility in Washington State.

Australian watchdog puts Coles and Woolworths on notice

By Ankush Chibber

Australia’s top competition regulator has said that it would keep an eye on the country’s two top supermarket chains over long-standing concerns that they were wielding too much power in the country’s food sector.