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Hence, observed around Canada, because of Worldwide observation. It's really an international day using a worldwide mission to stop food wastage. Mainly for sustainability reasons and for the sake of the ecosystem. An attempt that'll unquestionably be a huge boost for ecological health & security precautions. All these are worldwide measures in place all around the globe. It's observed especially in Canada to the interest of environmental security and exceptionally synchronized efforts that are being made for Environmental safety & health.

Canada is a country that is quite aware of its uniform campaigns regarding food wastage. Furthermore, they have incredibly increased their performance levels in reference to the. Their efforts are parallel & synchronized with the efforts of many health & safety stakeholders. These stakeholders also include restaurants and takeaways. Canada is a multicultural & diverse society with all people, notable immigrants from other nations of the earth. Viewed as a challenge in vast land Canada will be the federal food conservation attempts. A nation that is aware as a result of sustainability reasons in addition to climate change.

Your afternoon is a huge acknowledgement of their efforts of this Canadian Govt. Ironically, in cooperation with the folks, i.e. the authentic citizens of Canada. It's ironic that these efforts are for environmental awareness and bringing novelty into food reforms. The meals health & security bodies in Canada are playing their role considerably every day. Although Canada is a gigantic property, and also regional food reforms are a struggle. Something which should be injected into Canadian society. Thus, this really is a CSR or even a Corporate Social Responsibility for all the Food Health & Safety bodies legitimately busy in Canada. However, the efforts will need to be more persistent and consistent in key areas of the Food Industry.

BRINGING EDUCATION & AWARENESS IN PEOPLE:

While bringing your fight closer once we fight food waste. The assignment is to draw attention and also at the identical time instruct individuals. Thus, with respect to the possible hazards of food wastage. This really is by way of awareness and educational programs at all levels. In addition to the, as well as making people conscious of their attached pitfalls of food wastage. These are disadvantages to these surroundings in addition to the hazards attached to the financial climate in Canada. Furthermore, the mission aims to be practical, creative and bringing impact ways to change behaviours regards to food wastage.

Food Produced worldwide holds a huge percentage of food wasted or lost, i.e. 35%. This is based on the study on World Wide Food Wastage. Increase for this, wasted or lost per year worldwide is just a mammoth 43 per cent of vegetables, fruits & origin crops. The annual price of food payable from the Avg. American family is $1,966 based on research in the United States. Surprisingly, 8% of the greenhouse gas emissions per year are brought on by food reduction and degradation.

These stats are rewarding enough to establish that Canada needs to improve their efforts on global food wastage. Hence, for this purpose, they will need to be much more aggressive esteem to the policy frame. Furthermore, the regulations in place from the food market.

There are certain mandates and some highly critical roles attached with the Canadian federal Food Safety partners. These mandates helps in sustainable developments in the Food Safety measures. Furthermore, they help in identifications of precautions needed in the food industry. A very sensitive area regards to Quality assurance and defining roles. These roles are imperative in the Canada’s food safety industry. Apart from the efforts of WHO, i.e. The World Health Organisation. Justifiably, Canadian Food safety industry is merged with certain defined stakeholders. All these stakeholders helps playing a pivotal role in their defined fields.

These includes Govt. bodies known as CFIA or Canada’s Food Inspection agency & Health Canada. Apart from these, one of the most important ones is PHAC i.e. Public Health Agency of Canada. These are organisations that helps in strict monitoring & maintenance of strict quality standards. All of them in relation primarily to the Food industry. Also, known as ISO’s or International Standards Organisation. This is as the food industry’s compliance for certain health & safety protocols. Especially, a vital part in the current times of pandemic. Hence, as the challenges have been highly increased lately in Canada.

The key areas where Canada’s federal food safety partner’s role comes into play are restaurants & takeaways. Also includes the hospitality industry Canada, and finally online food selling partners. All these stakeholders are for the health & safety of the general public. Hence, while making Canada a highly Safe society, especially regards to Food maintenance standards.

The roles & mandates of the Federal Food Safety Partners are as follows;

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY (CFIA):

CFIA or Canadian Food Inspection Agency is a science-based regulatory body. The body is dedicated for the protection of Health & Well-being of Canadians. This is especially by safeguarding the Canada’s food supply. Furthermore, the plants and animals on which the food quality are highly dependant. The responsibilities of CFIA are shared with some other federal departments and agencies. These are agencies with provincial, territorial, and other municipal authorities. Also, includes private industry as well as national & international stakeholders. The international stakeholders holds especially key priorities for CFIA. More importantly, for the sake of the international reputation of Canadians in food industry.

HEALTH CANADA:

Health Canada is another key organisation that is responsible for the health & safety standards in Canada. This is a Govt.’s federal department that is responsible for helping the Canadians maintain & improve their health. Another science-based department working under the Govt.’s rules & regulations. Hence, the aim of Health Canada is the reduction of risks to individual health. Furthermore, making an overall evaluation of the risks associated to a department. Other aims also includes the promotion of healthy lifestyle activities. Apart from this, ensuring high-quality health services that are efficient as well as accessible. Finally, providing all the relevant health information to the general public.

Significantly, the role of Health Canada during the current pandemic was highly integral. Primarily, in determining their overall efforts for the Canadian public. It significantly helped a great deal in controlling and monitoring of the pandemic. This is vitally in all the provinces & territories of Canada.

PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA (PHAC):

PHAC, also known as Public Health Agency of Canada was established in September 2004. It was established following the recommendations in response to the 2003 outbreak of SARS. The acronym for SARS is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The key mandates of the Public Health Agency are contributions to the federal efforts. Eagerly to identify and for the reductions of public health risks factors significantly. Also, to support national level awareness and readiness for public health threats. Hence, these threats includes carrying out the disease surveillance and some vital control activities.

Hence, this is generally with an emphasis of promoting co-operation with both the provincial and territorial governments. Primarily, also because monitoring and creating awareness can be a challenge. Ironically, as Canada is a huge country w.r.t covered area. Therefore, what’s best is to divide the efforts in provincial and territorial grounds. This significantly reduces the risks of mismanagement & helps in making the efforts more synchronised. Hence, the sync is more in terms of results. PHAC has some key objectives that they need to focus over a short span of time;

• Timely identification of outbreaks;
• Identification of risks to inform risk management instantly;
• Detection of increases amongst the vectors indicating potential increased risk of infections.
• Provision of timely public health data; and
• Contributions to international surveillance efforts, e.g. meeting WHO regulations.

The grocery shopping essentials in times of COVID-19 have changed due to the change in priorities. Shopping in Canada is highly dependent on the lifestyle of Canadian citizens. Mainly on how they celebrate their breakfast, dinner, and lunches. How the pandemic has changed shopping is evident from the pandemic’s huge impacts. Evidently, as people are aware of the health and safety-related issues in Canada.

Considered as essential food items, this generally describes the meaning of shopping essentials. These are essentials that come in front of the eyes of the common people. Hence, while shopping for groceries or other food products in times of pandemic. Shopping these days have changed a lot significantly due to social distancing measures, outdoor lineups, and health officials. Getting back on track every passing day, Govt.’s shopping restrictions imposed in Canada is once in a week. The best idea is to plan ahead and do healthy and smart shopping. This is important so that a shopper knows what they are doing with food. What needs to make sure is that they are not just throwing away. This is smart shopping because of the better utilization of food resources and not wasting any food products. Used to make homemade hummus, other famous beans are chickpeas.

CHEESE:

As they say, ‘Cheese’ while making a smile for a selfie or a family picture. Consumed in a high variety of food items every day to bring richness in food. Cheese has a high priority level in general grocery items of everyday use. Cheese is a product that lasts a while in the fridge, with some types, like Parmesan lasting over a month. Consider as smart shopping product it not only brings tastes in the food. Ultimately, also fulfills your demands of a medium-heavy diet. Consumed famously and commonly in dishes e.g. Pasta, or eaten with crackers for a snack. A very popular food item especially in times of pandemic.

GRAINS AND PASTA:

Pasta and Grains are very common products in the supermarket, especially Italian Pasta. Made with chicken, corn, and cheese and mixed with vegetables. Pasta is a blend of luxurious food items and the most convenient ones as well. Originated from Italy, pasta is a dish that is very common in the North American region and Europe. Hence, due to its ease of use, cooking, and convenience, it is famous. In the shortest possible time span of 15 minutes. Cooked with ease due to being smart shopping essentials are the two products pasta and grains. Hence, making it a handy food item for people to enjoy whenever and where-ever.

FRESH & FROZEN VEGETABLES:     

Fresh & Frozen vegetables, in the frozen section of a supermarket, holds value with added convenience being part of the shopping essentials. Includes all the necessary health ingredients apart from the freshness. Once the fresh veggies are done it’s good to have some frozen ones to lean on. Being a great source of Vitamin K, Vitamin C, antioxidants, and fiber. It is a popular grocery item especially in times of limited shopping days due to COVID-19. Finally, it saves you a great amount of time cutting the vegetables. The freshness levels of frozen vegetables are highly maintained at the same time It is highly convenient to have in current times of pandemic.

BEANS & LENTILS:

Beans are a famous breakfast item that is in form of canned beans, black beans, and pinto beans. Lentils are used with higher varieties in cooking. However, beans are considered a good protein diet along with a long shelf life. Also known as versatile food items and are used in Chilies, soups, bowls, and salads.

Talking about the varieties in lentils as they are rich in protein and fiber. Soups, baked goods, and bowls are part of the endless recipes in which lentils can be used. The lentil Indian Sheppard’s pie is one of the famous family-friendly lentil recipes. Loaded with flavor-packed green lentils is the traditional Indian recipes for lentils. Topped with mashed potatoes, added with spices that are traditional and South-Indian along with Tomato sauce.

On Nov.29 the Progressive Conservative government in Ontario unveiled a new plan to address the province’s environmental challenges
entitled Preserving and Protecting our Environment for Future Generations: A Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan. Below is a breakdown of
what foodservice operators need to know about the new Ontario environment plan.

A Shift Away from Cap-And-Trade

The new plan recommits the province toward meeting the emissions-reduction goals in the Paris Accord, but without the previous
cap-and-trade system. The cap-and-trade model put limits on the amount of pollution that companies in certain industries could emit but
permitted them to buy allowances at auction or from other organizations that came in under their limits.

Under the new Ontario environment plan. The province will spend $400 million over four years. The Ontario Carbon Trust is the name of the fund the investment will be made on. Hence, with the intention to incentivize the adoption of environmentally friendly practices and technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Supporting Businesses with Waste Reduction

A section in the new plan entitled “Reducing Litter and Waste in Our Communities & Keeping our Land and Soil Clean” talks about the need for
businesses, including restaurants, to contribute to waste reduction through largely voluntary diversion programs. Below are some of the actions
listed in the new Ontario environment plan that the government plans on undertaking to help businesses improve waste reduction practices.

Actions to assist businesses with reducing food waste:

1. Expand green bin or similar collection systems in large cities and to relevant businesses.
2. Develop a proposal to ban food waste from landfill. Further, consult with key partners such as municipalities, businesses and the waste industry.
3. Educate the public and business about reducing and diverting food and organic waste.
4. Develop best practices for safe food donation.

The restaurants generally don’t generate much food waste. Hence, the actions will be more welcomed by foodservice businesses. No food is such that it hasn’t been served. This means what’s prepared needs to be served. This is highly important is a tight-margin industry.

According to results from a recent quarterly Restaurant Outlook Survey. A huge 77 per cent of restaurateurs and other foodservice operators. This is all across the country already track, compost or donate leftover food.

Restaurants Canada is already working with organizations such as Second Harvest and FoodRescue.ca to assist restaurants with donating
safe, surplus food and looks forward to consulting with the Ontario government on best practices around food donation.

Actions to assist businesses with reducing waste from plastics and other packaging materials:

• Seek federal commitment to implement national standards that address recyclability and labelling for plastic products and packaging to
reduce the cost of recycling in Ontario.
• Work with municipalities and producers to provide more consistency across the province. Also, regarding what can and cannot be accepted in the Blue Box program.
• Explore additional opportunities to reduce and recycle waste in our businesses and institutions.
• The emerging green bin programs across the provinces introduced by the Govt. These are existing and emerging bin programs all submerged. These programs ensure the acceptability that ensures new compostable packaging materials in Ontario.

by working with municipalities and private composting facilities to build a consensus around requirements for emerging compostable materials.

These are actions that Restaurants Canada has long been advocating for from governments. The foodservice industry is facing increasing demand for delivery and take-out meals. This requires containers and other single-use items to ensure food quality, safety and accessibility needs are met. The rules set by the municipalities must be clear and set of common rules. This is for accepting products into their respective waste diversion programs. Instead of the waste end of in the landfills. The recycling and composition of the items beforehand is a huge responsibility.

Placing Responsibility on Waste Producers

The new Ontario environment plan states. “Making producers responsible for the full life-cycle of their products and the waste they produce. This will help companies to consider what materials they use in and to package their products. Also, find new and innovative cost-effective ways to recycle them and lower costs for consumers. It can also make recycling easier and more accessible.”

The plan lists the following actions that the Ontario government will take. This means more responsibility on businesses that produce waste:

• Move Ontario’s existing waste diversion programs to the producer responsibility model. This will provide relief for taxpayers. Also, make producers of packaging and products more efficient. The markets that recycle what they produce are better-off. Through sustainable connectivity, there must be an improve in the floating efficiency with similar markets.
• Consider making producers responsible for the end of life management of compostable products and packaging.

Sharing in funding i.e. 50% of the net for businesses known or considered as Blue Box Stewards. This is all according to the Ontario’s Waste Diversion Act.
cost of municipal recycling programs. Any increase to the level of responsibility that the industry must shoulder for costs of waste management
should come with a proportionate increase in control over the efficacy of those programs. Implementing a producer responsibility model for waste management programs. Heard globally in the form of discussions and seminars. Restaurants Canada wants to make sure that the voice becomes a common one. This voice is the voice of foodservice.

Alberta has elected to pick on Ontario as it is the biggest liquor market in Canada. May also be called out for trade barriers, this is for other provinces as well.

EDMONTON – The Alberta government is opening a new front in its beer war with other provinces. They are doing this by targeting Ontario for what it says are its unfair trade barriers. These barriers they claim are for Alberta-made suds and other alcoholic products.

The initiative emerged as Alberta announced a full retreat on its own craft beer subsidies. Some findings of a judge that were found as unconstitutional last spring.

“Alberta has the most open liquor policy in the country, offering Albertans a choice of over 3,700 Canadian products. … Alberta merchants stock and sell 745 alcoholic beverages from Ontario,” said Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bilous. He said that at an Edmonton brewery on Monday. “Ontario is the largest market in the country. This is three times larger than our own. Irrespective of that we can only find about 20 Alberta liquor products listed for sale in Ontario.”

Being made against Ontario, there is a complaint that has been lodged under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. The reason, it has the biggest liquor market in Canada. However, it could be expanded to include other provinces with similar barriers, Bilous said. He also added that he’s hoping for an amicable solution.

Under the CFTA, Ontario will have 120 days to respond to the complaint made in a letter sent Monday morning. The complaint may then proceed to a CFTA panel for a ruling on corrective actions. Furthermore, allowed retaliatory measures, with a provision for either side to appeal that ruling. This is explained by Jean-Marc Prevost, Bilous’ press secretary

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario said in a statement Monday. They said that it is aware of the Alberta action. Also added that “breweries from anywhere in Canada are equally able to access our listing process.”

In his letter to Ontario Trade Minister Todd Smith. Bilous complains that Ontario gives local brewers access to stores over Alberta brewers. It also gives Ontario beverages preferential shelf or refrigerated locations. Hence, requires Alberta brewers to provide commercially confidential information to their larger competitors. Required to be listed as this information holds some key facts. Further, it gives Ontario small brewers a significant discount on listing costs.

Surprised by Alberta’s move, here is what Smith said;

“Just last week, I sat across from representatives from the government of Alberta. Not even once did they mention this to me,” he said in a statement.

“Regarding the interprovincial trade barriers for reducing, this is a commitment from the Government of Ontario. This is as we made clear in our fall economic statement when we said we wouldn’t stand in the way of pipeline projects moving forward.”

Neil Herbst, the owner of Alley Kat Brewery of Edmonton, said he has faced numerous non-tariff barriers when trying to ship his products to Ontario, giving as an example a $400 laboratory fee assessed on a shipment of $1,600 worth of beer

Also Monday, Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said he will cancel by Dec. 15 a program of grants for small Alberta craft brewers in order to bring provincial beer regulations in compliance with Canadian trade law.

The province will return to a system similar that was in place before 2015. $1.25 per litre i.e. a tax collected for the province, also known as markups. The producers of 50,000 hectolitres per year of all the beer sold in Alberta, the costings are applicable to all of them.  Smaller brewers, regardless of the province of origin, will be able to apply for markups of between 10 and 60 cents per litre.

Alberta dropped its graduated markup system to go to a flat markup on all beer in 2015. It at first exempted brewers in Saskatchewan, B.C. and Alberta, then changed its rules so it applied to all Canadian brewers but introduced a subsidy program solely for Alberta’ small brewers.

It lost a CFTA panel ruling initiated by Artisan Ales, a Calgary-based beer importer, which argued the grant program unfairly tilted the market against its product.

Last June, a Court of Queen’s Bench judge ordered the province to pay a total of $2.1 million in restitution to Great Western Brewing of Saskatoon and Steam Whistle Brewing of Toronto, finding that the subsidies created a trade barrier against their products.

At the time, Ceci said the province would consider appealing that ruling His department says Alberta now has 137 liquor manufacturers, including 99 brewers. The number of brewers has risen to a significant three times. Introduced in 2016, the subsidy program is a major reason for such an increase.

The province says it will introduce more supports for Alberta liquor manufacturers in the next few weeks

Though prices under the trilateral agreement may remain unchanged, consumers will likely have more choice in the dairy case

Canadians hoping their weekly grocery staples like milk and eggs may soon cost fewer. This is thanks to a new trade deal that opens up Canada’s dairy industry may be out of luck. Experts say the trilateral agreement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are unlikely to bring prices down. However, could leave shoppers with more choices in the dairy aisle.

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement announced Sunday night will grant an expanded 3.6% market access. This access is to the domestic dairy market and eliminates two milk price classes. Also, including the controversial Class 7.

U.S. President Donald Trump had long criticized Canada’s supply management system for undercutting American exports and hurting U.S. farmers.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

Canada implemented supply management in the dairy industry in the 1970s, which sets quotas on production based on anticipated demand. The government also decides how much blocks out foreign production with high tariffs. In the form of an amount paid to them for the production made by the farmers. This is apart from the government’s key decision making for the farmers.

Prior to the new deal. The Experts said Trump did not necessarily want to dismantle supply management. However, rather was more angered by milk classifications like Class 7. The elimination shall take place under the new agreement signed.

“I don’t see a big, immediate impact on retail pricing,” said Al Mussell. He is the founder of Agri-Good Economic Systems Inc. This is an agriculture and food research organization.

The standard four-litre bag of milk is a loss leader for most grocers. Sold below the price needed just in order to attain profits, he said. On the promotion is cheese and butter at any given time, he said.

“Nothing changes there.”

The Class 7 milk ultra-filtered is a protein-heavy concentrate. However, Class 7 milk ultra-filtered is under the new deal’s elimination. It is used to make cheese and other dairy products, is the biggest news item, said Sylvain Charlebois. He is a Dalhousie University professor who is the lead author on an annual food price report. The report estimated how much grocery and restaurant prices will rise or fall over the coming year.

In 2016, Canada created the Class 7 pricing agreement that has essentially restricted U.S. exports of the product. It allows Canadian dairy processors to buy domestic milk at cheaper world market prices instead of higher prices controlled by the national supply management system.

THE CLASS ELIMINATION

Eliminating that class would allow processors to become more competitive and potentially give grocers room to bring down prices, Charlebois said.

“It doesn’t necessarily mean that consumers will reap the rewards or that the sector will pass on savings to consumers,” he said.

If cheaper products than what’s available in Canada come in on the wholesale market, said Mussell, grocers will just eat less of a loss on their dairy promotions or loss leaders.

The Dairy Farmers of Canada, which released a statement from its president saying the deal “will have a dramatic impact” on the sector and farmers, can’t answer if there will be any changes to consumer prices, wrote spokeswoman Lucie Boileau in an email.

“We’re still analyzing the agreement.”

The Canadian Dairy Commission did not respond to a request for comment about how the new deal may impact consumer prices. The commission sets support prices for butter and skims milk powder, which provinces use as a reference to establish provincial prices for industrial milk.

The one positive for consumers–at least those in bigger markets such as Toronto or Vancouver–may be more choice in the dairy aisles, said Mike von Massow, an associate professor at the University of Guelph. He adds there won’t be a substantial change in retail prices.

Von Massow points to the cheese aisle as an example of increasing variety. Growth has been small, he said, but there’s a broader range of product now than 15 years ago.

Since Canada entered the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, or CETA, with the European Union and allowed more European cheese to be imported into the country, he said, there’s been growth in varieties available.

“We’re seeing a wider variety of cheeses than we’ve ever seen before rather than the bottom falling out of the cheese market.”

Molson Coors Brewing Company also deals in canned products admitted on its most recent earnings call. To make a similar move, the company agreed that they might be enforced. “We’ve made no secret about the fact related to aluminium tariffs and freight. As well as the unjustified increase in the Midwest premium (aluminium surcharge). Both are having a negative impact on our cost structure. In addition to this, they may factor into future pricing decisions,” Molson. He is the president and chief executive officer, Gavin Hattersley.

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