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Posted on July 31, 2007September 27, 2018 by Carol

Ottawa Citizen

Flak over trans fats frustrates producers: Campaign for ban forces some firms to ‘max out’ other fats

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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

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The latest Food Fax®

Food Fax illustration Many advocates of plant-based protein foods as an alternative to animal-sourced foods maintain that this selection is more environmentally-friendly than the raising of animal livestock.  However, a food scientist’s account of the chemicals, water and energy involved in the extraction of protein, as well as the inefficiency and cost of current techniques, raises an element of doubt.  Nevertheless, as the plant-based sector overcomes its growing pains, it is hoped and expected that plant-based foods which fulfill consumer demands, will provide diversification of the human diet.  Read now

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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
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Canada’s Food Guide

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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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