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In the news

Posted on September 8, 2015September 27, 2018

Carol is quoted in the UK prominent newspaper “The Guardian”, in an article that compares and contrasts EU and USA nutrition labelling

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/08/food-labeling-us-fda-eu-health-food-safety

Posted on April 27, 2012September 26, 2018

CBC National Radio-One

Carol Culhane interviewed by CBC – animal additives used in food. Listen to clipping of the interview below:

https://foodfocus.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/cf-starbucks.mp3
Posted on May 1, 2011September 27, 2018

Food in Canada, May 2011 Issue

“Zoom Zoom” The evolution of energy-boosting food and beverage offerings:
http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/food/food-trends/zoom-zoom-36243

Posted on April 1, 2011September 27, 2018

Food in Canada, April 2011 Issue

“A New Nutritional Era” Demand for healthier and safer food products is a market driver.
http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/food/food-research-and-development/a-new-nutritional-era-30071

Posted on September 1, 2009September 26, 2018

Chatelaine

Carol Culhane is quoted in “Ask an expert”; her role with the CIFST is one of her many volunteer positions.

Chatelaine, September 2009

Posted on April 7, 2008September 26, 2018

CBC National Television, April 2008

“On the National!” Cookie spokesperson for Girl Guides of Canada regarding the re-formulation challenges facing Canada’s leading national cookie brand — Girl Guide Cookies.

Posted on April 1, 2008September 26, 2018

CBC National Radio-One, April 2008

An inside peek at the re-formulation challenges of Girl Guide Cookies — retaining the much-loved taste of Canada’s traditional favourite cookie while meeting current nutritional challenges.

Posted on September 1, 2007September 26, 2018

News of IFFL making the News

News of Carol’s effective packaging of important nutritional facts even gets coverage!

Click here for the article.

Posted on July 31, 2007September 26, 2018

CanWest Regional Newspapers

Including but not limited to: The Regina Leader-Post, The Calgary Herald, The Edmonton Journal, The Vancouver Sun

Trans Fats under fire in food industry

Posted on July 31, 2007September 27, 2018

Montreal Gazette

Keeping the taste — without trans fats: Food industry seeks solution to tough issue

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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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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

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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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