ImportInfo Newsletter March 2023

New Supply Offers: March 2023

TFO Canada received 35 new supply offers in these categories:

26 – Food products and beverages (inc. seafood)
3 – IT Services (inc. software)
2- Professional and other Services
1 – Personal Care, pharmaceuticals and natural health products
1 – Housewares and Houseware
1 – Textiles
1 – Electronics, Electrical and Telecommunications

CPMA’s Annual Convention & Trade Show is Canada’s largest event dedicated to fresh fruit and vegetables. The show is held annually in rotating cities of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. CPMA attracts over 3,000 participants each year from all segments of the produce supply chain, including major Canadian retail chain stores and foodservice distributors.

TFO Canada is pleased to host fresh produce exporters from Peru who will exhibit their products at CPMA Booth # 1801 in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) from the 25-27th April 2023.

Do not miss your chance to connect with qualified exporters who have been specifically selected for their potential in the international market.

To learn more about the participating SME exporters and their products offerings, please click on the name of the company below:

Coop. Agrobananera San Lorenzo – Organic Banana

Mariposa Andina – Mangoes (chunks), custard apple pulp, and passion fruit pulp

Elisur Organic SAC – Ginger and Curcuma

SK Organic Fruits SAC – Mangoes, Avocados and Mandarines

Agricola Maquen – Fresh green Asparagus

Lyn Peru SAC – Dragon fruit

OGA Produce – Yellow Onions

A&M Lexa Export SAC – Mangoes, olives, garlic paste, and chili paste

Asociacion Huarimarka-Golden berry

TFO Canada is coordinating B2B meetings with the companies. If you are interested to learn more about the companies and schedule a B2B meeting please contact our Associate:

Edgar Escudero

Email: edgar.escudero@tfocanada.ca

Tel: +1 438 501 0236

In addition:

A virtual trade mission for a delegation of 15 Colombian women-led small and medium-size enterprise (SME) exporters engaged in software development, video games, audiovisual, and animation subsectors in Spring 2023 – the week of 17th April 2023 and 1st May 2023.
A delegation from Morocco and Haiti will be exhibiting at SIAL 2023 from May 9-11, 2023 in Toronto, Canada…

More information on the companies and B2B coming soon..

Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SCFR)

As of January 15, 2019, Food imports into Canada must meet Canadian requirements as set out in the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) as well as the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR).

These new regulations modernize Canada’s food safety regulatory framework by consolidating 14 existing regulations into a single group and were the key result from Canada’s Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan. The SFCA, alongside the Food and Drugs Act, provide the complete federal legislative scheme for the regulation of food safety in Canada. Some products are associated with elevated food safety risks and have specific import requirements to minimize potential hazards. Food safety remains a major issue in Canada. Incidences of E.coli outbreaks from prepared salads, etc. have led authorities to be more stringent in the enforcement of food safety rules, both at the provincial and federal levels. To learn more about these regulations the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has developed a useful handbook to guide businesses with SFCR.