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Posted on Tuesday August 11, 2015

Health Canada is consulting companies on the new regulations on nutrition information on food labels in Canada. The new regulations propose changing the format of the nutrition fact table, serving size declaration, ordering/grouping of nutrients information on the label, reference amount and Daily values (DV), and the list of ingredients. Companies have until August 26 […]

Posted on Tuesday August 4, 2015

Five years of data collected from more than 2,000 Vermont residents show no evidence that consumer attitudes toward GMOs are strengthened either in a positive or negative way by GMO labels, according to a University of Vermont researcher. On average across all five years of data collection (stretching from 2003 to 2015), 60 percent of […]

Posted on Tuesday August 4, 2015

The 2015 COTA Board of Directors election packages were mailed at the beginning of July to all eligible voting members of COTA. The ballot package includes bios of the following eligible candidates: Ryan Benn (alive Magazine), Mike Fata (Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods), Lisa Mumm (Mumm’s Sprouting Seeds), and Tim Rundle (Creative Salmon Co.). COTA’s Board of Directors […]

Posted on Tuesday August 4, 2015

COTA is hosting a walker mission and incubator booth for three Canadian companies to explore opportunities at NatExpo France in Paris October 18-20. The program features B2B meeting and networking opportunities for participating companies. If you are interested in exporting into the second largest organic market in Europe, this is an excellent opportunity to familiarize yourself with key trends, […]

Posted on Tuesday August 4, 2015

Once again, COTA is partnering with The Globe and Mail to produce a Special Report on Organic in Canada’s national newspaper, timed to coincide with Organic Week September 19-27. This is a unique opportunity to highlight your commitment to the organic sector and to promote your message directly to consumers across the country. The deadline to reserve ad space is August […]