Small Scale Food Processor Association

RR #1, Site 43, C-53
Fanny Bay, BC V0R 1W0
Canada
(250) 335-3001
frank@ssfpa.net

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December 2004

News From Health Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency

  • Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating is being revised with the idea of ensuring that it reflects evolving scientific knowledge on diet, health, and nutrition-related chronic diseases. Targeted date for completion of the revision is Spring 2006. For more details about the revision process, refer to: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/nutrition.

  • Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Check here to find out how and why the Food Guide is being updated.

  • Does your product line require you to be up-to-date on a wide range of adverse reactions? If so, you will probably be interested in the Canadian Adverse Reaction Newsletter published by Health Canada.

  • Health Canada's "warnings and advisories" are available on a variety of items, not only food or nutritional products.

  • The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issues recalls that could be of concern to some food processors as well as consumers.

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  • Nutritional Labelling

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    News from BC's Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries (MAFF)

    The SSFPA is distributing this important information at the request of Debbie Hellbach, Food Industry Specialist, Industry Competitiveness Branch, Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries, PO Box 9120 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9B4. Tel: 250.356.1852. Fax: 250.356.2949.

    A presentation on the following is available:

    To learn more about this, contact Debbie Hellbach at the address or phone numbers given above.

     

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    Agri-Food Trade Service (ATS) web site is Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's electronic service providing international trade and market information for Canadian agri-food exporters. Check it out for market information, export news and analysis, and much more. Latest ATS headlines are also available.

    au courant, the newsletter of the Food and Consumer Product Manufacturers of Canada, provides information of interest to those who produce and package consumer goods - including food - in Canada.

    BC Food Protection Association's web site is worth a visit. The BCFPA's most recent newsletter, The Grapevine, is also available.

    British Columbia Institute of Technology offers many courses of interest to small scale food processors.

    CEDTAP (Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program). These are the great people who helped SSFPA get started and are still investing in our cause. Windmills on the Toronto waterfront, fish processing in Saskatchewan, immigrant women sewing conference bags in Edmonton - learn more about the innovative projects CEDTAP supports all across Canada.

    Local Food System Masters Project - University of Michigan. In the US, food travels an estimated 1500 miles before it reaches the dinner table. Read some interesting research on local food economies and farming systems.

    Smart Growth BC launches the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) Watch Listserve. Agriculture and food processing support the livelihood of over 200,000 British Columbians and contribute over $2.2 billion to the economy. All this occurs with less than 5% of the province's land base. Smart Growth BC has established a new ALR Watch listserve to inform people who are passionate about its protection. To join, send a blank e-mail to:
    alrwatch-subscribe@smartgrowth.bc.ca

     

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    Coming Events

    BC Association of Farmers' Markets Conference. February 18-20, 2005. This will feature a workshop in which SSFPA will introduce the Local Flavours Products and Services Co-op. More information on time and place in the next issue of sound bits.

    Certified Organic Associations of BC: Annual Conference and Trade Show, "Seeds for the Future." Sidney, BC. February 25-27. SSFPA will hold an organic value-adding workshop during the AGM and host a meeting on the Local Flavours Products and Services Co-op on February 27, 2005. Check future editions of sound bits for more information.

    Economics and Management of Co-operative Enterprises: University of Bologna and Vancouver. A study of the Emilia Romagna model, sponsored by the BC Co-operative Association. June and July, 2005.

     

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    Small Scale Food Processor Association
    RR #1, Site 43, C-53
    Fanny Bay, BC V0R 1W0
    Canada
    (250) 335-3001
    frank@ssfpa.net