CFIA temporarily lifts food labeling requirements and re-prioritizes “low-risk” compliance activities due to COVID-19
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) yesterday temporarily lifted certain food labeling restrictions that have no impact on food safety as an initiative to support the economy, alleviate supply disruptions in Canadian grocery stores, and avoid food waste due to COVID-19. This is making way for retail sale of products that are packaged and labelled in Canada intended for food service, products packaged and labelled in the past 90 days and food products that are labelled according to U.S. labeling requirements to sell without label changes.This initiative by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is part of their ongoing [...]