COTA representatives attended a small industry consultation on CFIA’s Food Labeling Modernization last week. The next phase of CFIA’s major regulator overhaul will begin in 2016, and could include percentage labeling on ingredients panels, new requirements for date-stamping and other mandatory information, as well as more onus on industry for self-regulation. Working to ensure the [...]
Interested in learning about challenges faced by organic food manufacturers, the Manitoba Food Development Centre, in partnership with COTA, is conducting an organic processor survey to identify barriers and improve the business climate for organic food in Canada. If your business manufacturers any processed organic food products, please take part. Help us by ensuring this survey gets to [...]
COTA will be attending the 2015 COABC Conference February 27 to March 1in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The conference, hosted by the Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia (COABC) includes a trade show and various workshops. For more information or to meet with COTA’s representative at the conference, contact Shauna MacKinnon.
COTA’s 2015 Annual Fund campaign is now under way. Your investment in the Annual Fund supports critical programs essential to the growth of the organic sector, and allows COTA to take the lead on government relations, consumer education, and responding to media. New this year: for Patron-Level donors and above, COTA will recognize your brand’s contribution in [...]
COTA has kicked off its 2015 Annual Fund with over $50,000 in member pledges! This brings us close to the half-way mark of our campaign goal of $110,000. COTA’s annual fund directly supports our work not covered by member dues alone: to promote and protect organic at government, in the media, and with consumers. The coming year [...]
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