Federal regulation of local and sustainable food claims in Canada: a case study of Local Food Plus
Identifieur interne : 001965 ( Main/Exploration ); précédent : 001964; suivant : 001966Federal regulation of local and sustainable food claims in Canada: a case study of Local Food Plus
Auteurs : Fiona N. Louden [Canada] ; Rod J. Macrae [Canada]Source :
- Agriculture and Human Values [ 0889-048X ] ; 2010-06-01.
Descripteurs français
- Wicri :
- geographic : Canada.
- topic : Règlement, Agriculture durable.
English descriptors
- KwdEn :
Abstract
Abstract: Interest in purchasing local food from suppliers who follow sustainable practices is growing in Canada. Such suppliers wish to have their products recognized in the market so that price premiums might be received, and new markets developed. In response, the organization Local Food Plus (LFP) developed standards and a certification process to authenticate local and sustainable claims. LFP provides certification seals, and labeling provisions for qualifying producers and processors. However, given pre-existing national food labeling rules, it is not evident that existing regulations permit such claims. Using LFP as a case, this study examined whether current federal labeling rules might impede the marketing of local and sustainable claims. Key findings include that the use of the terms natural, sustainable, and local in panel language and on shelf-talkers could be contested; and that the absence of specific regulation of numerous pertinent terms means they can only be assessed against general fraud prevention regulations, resulting in case-by-case determinations of compliance. Sustainability food label approvals in Canada, based on these general provisions, have not always been favorable to sustainable producers and firms. Existing regulation of these potentially contested terms appears to be out of step with other policy-related developments at the federal level and / or conceptual developments in the field. Proposals are made for amending existing rules to better support local and sustainable claims.
Url:
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9209-6
Affiliations:
Links toward previous steps (curation, corpus...)
- to stream Istex, to step Corpus: 000C96
- to stream Istex, to step Curation: 000C96
- to stream Istex, to step Checkpoint: 000639
- to stream Main, to step Merge: 001A32
- to stream Main, to step Curation: 001965
Le document en format XML
<record><TEI wicri:istexFullTextTei="biblStruct"><teiHeader><fileDesc><titleStmt><title xml:lang="en">Federal regulation of local and sustainable food claims in Canada: a case study of Local Food Plus</title><author><name sortKey="Louden, Fiona N" sort="Louden, Fiona N" uniqKey="Louden F" first="Fiona N." last="Louden">Fiona N. Louden</name></author><author><name sortKey="Macrae, Rod J" sort="Macrae, Rod J" uniqKey="Macrae R" first="Rod J." last="Macrae">Rod J. Macrae</name></author></titleStmt><publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">ISTEX</idno><idno type="RBID">ISTEX:07572D791E79759ECC165E0349051491BBB9CEC0</idno><date when="2009" year="2009">2009</date><idno type="doi">10.1007/s10460-009-9209-6</idno><idno type="url">https://api.istex.fr/document/07572D791E79759ECC165E0349051491BBB9CEC0/fulltext/pdf</idno><idno type="wicri:Area/Istex/Corpus">000C96</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Istex" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="ISTEX">000C96</idno><idno type="wicri:Area/Istex/Curation">000C96</idno><idno type="wicri:Area/Istex/Checkpoint">000639</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Istex" wicri:step="Checkpoint">000639</idno><idno type="wicri:doubleKey">0889-048X:2009:Louden F:federal:regulation:of</idno><idno type="wicri:Area/Main/Merge">001A32</idno><idno type="wicri:Area/Main/Curation">001965</idno><idno type="wicri:Area/Main/Exploration">001965</idno></publicationStmt><sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title level="a" type="main" xml:lang="en">Federal regulation of local and sustainable food claims in Canada: a case study of Local Food Plus</title><author><name sortKey="Louden, Fiona N" sort="Louden, Fiona N" uniqKey="Louden F" first="Fiona N." last="Louden">Fiona N. Louden</name><affiliation wicri:level="1"><country xml:lang="fr">Canada</country><wicri:regionArea>Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 4700 Keele Street, M3J 1P3, Toronto, ON</wicri:regionArea><wicri:noRegion>ON</wicri:noRegion></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Macrae, Rod J" sort="Macrae, Rod J" uniqKey="Macrae R" first="Rod J." last="Macrae">Rod J. Macrae</name><affiliation wicri:level="1"><country xml:lang="fr">Canada</country><wicri:regionArea>Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 4700 Keele Street, M3J 1P3, Toronto, ON</wicri:regionArea><wicri:noRegion>ON</wicri:noRegion></affiliation><affiliation wicri:level="1"><country wicri:rule="url">Canada</country></affiliation></author></analytic><monogr></monogr><series><title level="j">Agriculture and Human Values</title><title level="j" type="sub">Journal of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society</title><title level="j" type="abbrev">Agric Hum Values</title><idno type="ISSN">0889-048X</idno><idno type="eISSN">1572-8366</idno><imprint><publisher>Springer Netherlands</publisher><pubPlace>Dordrecht</pubPlace><date type="published" when="2010-06-01">2010-06-01</date><biblScope unit="volume">27</biblScope><biblScope unit="issue">2</biblScope><biblScope unit="page" from="177">177</biblScope><biblScope unit="page" to="188">188</biblScope></imprint><idno type="ISSN">0889-048X</idno></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc><seriesStmt><idno type="ISSN">0889-048X</idno></seriesStmt></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass><keywords scheme="KwdEn" xml:lang="en"><term>Canada</term><term>Certification</term><term>Food labeling</term><term>Local food</term><term>Natural livestock production</term><term>Regulation</term><term>Sustainable agriculture</term></keywords><keywords scheme="Wicri" type="geographic" xml:lang="fr"><term>Canada</term></keywords><keywords scheme="Wicri" type="topic" xml:lang="fr"><term>Règlement</term><term>Agriculture durable</term></keywords></textClass><langUsage><language ident="en">en</language></langUsage></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en">Abstract: Interest in purchasing local food from suppliers who follow sustainable practices is growing in Canada. Such suppliers wish to have their products recognized in the market so that price premiums might be received, and new markets developed. In response, the organization Local Food Plus (LFP) developed standards and a certification process to authenticate local and sustainable claims. LFP provides certification seals, and labeling provisions for qualifying producers and processors. However, given pre-existing national food labeling rules, it is not evident that existing regulations permit such claims. Using LFP as a case, this study examined whether current federal labeling rules might impede the marketing of local and sustainable claims. Key findings include that the use of the terms natural, sustainable, and local in panel language and on shelf-talkers could be contested; and that the absence of specific regulation of numerous pertinent terms means they can only be assessed against general fraud prevention regulations, resulting in case-by-case determinations of compliance. Sustainability food label approvals in Canada, based on these general provisions, have not always been favorable to sustainable producers and firms. Existing regulation of these potentially contested terms appears to be out of step with other policy-related developments at the federal level and / or conceptual developments in the field. Proposals are made for amending existing rules to better support local and sustainable claims.</div></front></TEI><affiliations><list><country><li>Canada</li></country></list><tree><country name="Canada"><noRegion><name sortKey="Louden, Fiona N" sort="Louden, Fiona N" uniqKey="Louden F" first="Fiona N." last="Louden">Fiona N. Louden</name></noRegion><name sortKey="Macrae, Rod J" sort="Macrae, Rod J" uniqKey="Macrae R" first="Rod J." last="Macrae">Rod J. Macrae</name><name sortKey="Macrae, Rod J" sort="Macrae, Rod J" uniqKey="Macrae R" first="Rod J." last="Macrae">Rod J. Macrae</name></country></tree></affiliations></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
EXPLOR_STEP=$WICRI_ROOT/Wicri/Agronomie/explor/TerroirV1/Data/Main/Exploration
HfdSelect -h $EXPLOR_STEP/biblio.hfd -nk 001965 | SxmlIndent | more
Ou
HfdSelect -h $EXPLOR_AREA/Data/Main/Exploration/biblio.hfd -nk 001965 | SxmlIndent | more
Pour mettre un lien sur cette page dans le réseau Wicri
{{Explor lien
|wiki= Wicri/Agronomie
|area= TerroirV1
|flux= Main
|étape= Exploration
|type= RBID
|clé= ISTEX:07572D791E79759ECC165E0349051491BBB9CEC0
|texte= Federal regulation of local and sustainable food claims in Canada: a case study of Local Food Plus
}}
| This area was generated with Dilib version V0.6.33. |  |