The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is launching public consultation on food labels for “contested territories,” specifically imported foods from certain countries.
“Consumers are increasingly knowledgeable about food labels, and labelling is one of the most important and direct ways for the industry to share information. All food sold in Canada must be properly labelled in a way that is not false or misleading, including origin indications,” the department said in a July 10 news release.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, this public consultation follows a protracted Federal Court case over the labelling of Israeli wines.
The CFIA was subject to lawsuits after a 2017 order that stated wines from the “contested territory” of the West Bank should not be labeled as products of Israel under the Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act….