Food & Beverage Companies Help Canadians Lead Healthy Active Lives
Food and beverage companies are enabling Canadians to lead healthy active lives by offering new and reformulated food choices, providing consumer information programs on nutrition, and promoting healthy active living.

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FCPC and CCGD move forward on industry unsaleables initiative
A new joint manufacturer/retailer Unsaleables Steering Committee has been formed to review and update the Unsaleables Protocol, which has been in place since 2003. The objectives of the project are twofold: 1) to conduct an in depth analysis of the current joint industry protocol, specifically in relation to the incidence benchmark and the handling rate; and 2) to recommend changes to the current protocol for industry approval and adoption. Read more [ PDF ]

Workforce Ahead: A Labour Study of Ontario’s Food Processing Industry
In order to better understand the current state of affairs and outlook for Ontario’s food processing workforce, the Alliance of Ontario Food Processors, with support from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, commissioned a comprehensive labour study. The full report is available at www.aofp.ca.

Industry website on substances used in products
Product safety is important to all Canadians, including Canada's food, beverage and consumer products manufacturers who make products used by Canadians each day. Industry is committed to providing consumers with a range of products which are developed in accordance with Canada's rigorous substance management regulations. Read more

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