New standards for organic foods coming into force
POSTED on Sep 5 under legislation
In 2006, the federal government introduced standards for organic foods and organic food labelling. These regulations, Organic Product Regulations, are going to come into force on December 14, 2008.
Any product that claims to be organic must now be certified as organic by a certification body. The Canada Food Inspection Agency will decide which organizations qualify […]
Privacy self-assessment
POSTED on Sep 4 under privacy
Privacy Awareness Week took place during the last week of August. To coincide with this, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada introduced a new privacy tool to help medium to large organizations see how well they are complying with privacy laws. The diagnostic checklist, which is included as part of the tool, may be helpful for […]
