Saturday, 11 June 2016
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
GCSE-FHP - Student Representatives
Weina YU, Centennial College, Toronto, Canada
We express our sincere thanks and congratulations to Ms. YU, our first volunteer student representative as of June 8, 2016.
Reaching Out to Students Everywhere: More student
representatives are needed at other colleges or universities world-wide. You may add your name to the list.
Friday, 3 June 2016
Possible Back-Door FSMA Surprise for Canadian Food Businesses
FDA Recognizes Canada (Health Canada and CFIA) as “Having
a Comparable Food Safety System to the U.S.” and Canada recognizes the U.S
back.
You
may read the full text of the Agreement:
What are the implications of this
agreement? For example, should food companies in Canada and the U.S. rejoice or
regret? Will meeting the Canadian food safety modernization requirements under
the Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA) exempt food companies in Canada from
needing to meet the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)?
While the SFCA implementation regulations
are still being drafted, the U.S. FSMA Compliance Dates have
been published:
Will the development and enforcement
of the SFCA regulations now be hastened in honour of this
agreement?
For any food business that conducts
interprovincial trade in Canada but is not exporting food to the U.S. and
therefore thinks that the FSMA is a distant rumble, this agreement will soon
change that perception. The logic is simple: Every food business engaged
in interprovincial trade must meet SFCA requirements. The SFCA needs to be
equivalent to the US-FSMA in honour of this agreement. Therefore, food businesses
in Canada that conduct interprovincial trade must meet FSMA requirements. This back-door
FSMA imposition is so predictable that it is even a joke to say it will be a
surprise.
Posted by Felix Amiri
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