Category Archives: Food
Incoterms® for Food Importers: Creating a Recipe For Your Success
In the 11 item menu of Incoterms®, there are some specific clauses that are essential to making your shipments palatable. The food industry is one...
Safe Foods for Canadians Regulation: Infographic: Everything You Need to Know About SFCR as a Food Importer/Exporter (Almost!)
Rolling 14 regulations into one is no small feat. Figuring out how all those changes will impact your food business on your own? That’s the...
Exporting Chicken or Chicken Products from Canada to the USA
Exporting chicken or chicken products from Canada to the USA is a straightforward process – especially if you’re using our handy checklist of documents that...
FDA Renewals – 2016
Section 415 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) [21 U.S.C. § 350d] requires food facilities required to register with FDA to renew...
The advantages of imported foods
When it comes to imported foods, public opinion is divided. There are groups and opinion-makers who claim that all imported foods are bad. They might...
Notice to Industry – Importation of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables with Sulphites
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is reminding importers that fresh fruit and vegetables intended to be consumed raw and that are treated with sulphites...
Summary of Proposed Changes to Food Labels
The FDA is proposing to update the Nutrition Facts label found on most food packages in the United States. The Nutrition Facts label, introduced 20...
How to Import Fish and Seafood into Canada
What to expect: Fish and fish products imported into Canada are inspected to prevent the marketing of unsafe or unwholesome or mislabeled products. These goods require...