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Author: Carol

Posted on July 6, 2020January 4, 2023

Sustainable Food Packaging Expected to Make Comeback Post-COVID

Carol was quoted in this recent article on edible packaging, in which she explained that while the concept is not new, it has certainly advanced and will eventually find its place:

https://karmaimpact.com/sustainable-food-packaging-expected-to-make-comeback-post-covid/

Posted on June 7, 2019January 4, 2023

The Secret Sauce of Edible Cannabis in Canada

Read the article in the Spring 2019 issue of Canadian Food Business

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Posted on March 25, 2019January 4, 2023

Carol is quoted in the Spring 2019 issue of Western Food Processor

Kicking it Up a Notch
Automation Software is an overlooked food processing powerhouse
Download PDF (p. 47-48)

Posted on February 14, 2019July 3, 2019

Why Cannabis Edibles Are Creating a Buzz

Carol Culhane, President of International Food Focus Ltd., is one of the few experts in the emerging sector of edible cannabis.  Carol’s insight and advice is provided throughout the article, and, captured in the concluding paragraph of this comprehensive article on edible cannabis, published in the February issue of Food Technology.

Read article on the IFT website

Posted on December 20, 2018July 3, 2019

America is Soy Into Plant-Based Beverages

“In this issue of our Guest Post: Carol’s article explores the history, perspectives and important questions that the regulatory sector faces surrounding the naming and positioning of plant-based beverages in North America.“

Read article on Source Nutraceutical’s website

Posted on December 4, 2017July 3, 2019

Carol is featured in Cabbage Town Living Toronto article “Resolve to keep learning” December 2017

CABBAGETOWN LIVING [December 2017]
Posted on September 18, 2017July 3, 2019

Carol is quoted in the online food industry daily journal “Food Dive” in an article which focuses on the upsides and challenges facing functional foods

Read the article on the Food Dive website

Posted on January 18, 2017September 27, 2018

Carol is quoted in US News article “The Health Benefits of Vinegar”

https://health.usnews.com/wellness/food/articles/2017-01-18/the-health-benefits-of-vinegar

Posted on December 8, 2016September 27, 2018

Carol is quoted in Food in Canada article “Goodbye Diets”

Regarding the growing and here-to-stay trend of “clean labels”.
http://www.foodincanada.com/features/goodbye-diets/

Posted on November 2, 2015September 27, 2018

Move Over, Yellow 6. More Natural Colors From Plants Are Coming

“Carol’s expertise in natural colours (the Canadian spelling) is profiled in this review of one of the major impacts affecting the food manufacturing industry”

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/11/02/452561192/move-over-yellow-6-more-natural-colors-from-plants-are-coming

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Food Fax®

Written to inform the food industry since 1994

Our quarterly one-page, complimentary newsbulletin devoted to an issue prevalent in the food industry

2022: “Care of food-producing animals”  •  Archives  •  Order

The latest Food Fax®

Food Fax illustration Honeybees produce approximately 1.9 million tonnes of honey on a global annual basis.  Yet, the species is plagued by unexplained and unresolved issues such as falling queen bee survival rates and colony decline.  Regulators worldwide, who understand as well the pollination role of all bees in the agricultural crop ecosystem, have implemented research programs to understand and solve this problem, and established guidelines and/or legislation to protect the bio-security of bees.
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What’s New

Finalization of Canada’s Edible Cannabis Regulations, which received Royal Assent on June 26, 2019, and came into force on October 17, 2019.  See the 2019 Q2 edition of Food Fax for more on this ground-breaking development.

Plant-based “meat”
Read The Economist’s October 12, 2019 article “Plant-based meat could create a radically different food chain – Fake moos”, a comprehensive article on the marketplace dynamics of the emerging sector of pulse-based meat alternatives.

Canada’s new food policy
This first-in-Canada multi-sectorial guideline supports evidence-based decisions in, and accountability of, the entire Canadian food sector and includes action on food waste and climate change

Overview of Canada’s Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) – came into force January 15, 2019
Click here for overview (PDF)

Canada’s Food Guide

Upcoming Seminars, Webinars & Speaking Engagements

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What’s Next

Here we list the emerging factors which have the potential to carve out new and permanent sectors in the agri-food industry.  For each dynamic, we provide links to solid information and knowledgeable opinion.

Cannabis Cuisine

Cell-grown main dishes (aka cultured meat, cultured tissue, clean meat)

Growing concern about UPF (Ultra Processed Food)

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