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Bulcan Foodbev Consultants Inc...

Hands on food compliance consulting, (Canada & US), and language services are provided by Bulcan Foodbev Consultants Inc. Some clients need a bit more help from time to time to actually manage their regulator affairs. This is were BFB Consultants can provide additional needed help.

While BFB is independent of Legal Suites Inc., there are familiar faces there as the founders of BFB also started Legal Suites Inc. in 1996. BFB has been consulting since 1990.

Bulcan Foodbev Consultants Inc.

936081 Airport Road

Mansfield,  Ontario,

Canada L0N 1M0

Tel: (705) 435-2041

Fax: (705) 435-1467

e-mail:bulcan@legalsuites.com

For more information on services see

•  Label review services...

  • Canadian Food Labelling: Includes all foods and beverages, (e.g. retail, food for further manufacture, foodservice, infant formula, alcoholic beverages, foods for special dietary use, formulated liquid diets, etc.)

  • US Food Labeling: Includes all foods under the authority of FDA and USDA. Foods excluded are alcoholic beverages, medical foods and infant formula.

  • Canadian Consumer Product labelling: Includes reviews for pet food, household goods, and consumer chemicals.

• Label Registration...

  • CANADA: The labels for certain foods, such as meat, poultry and certain processed fruit and vegetable products and must be registered with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Assistance in making submission is offered.

  • CANADA: The labels for certain foods, such as meat and poultry product, must be registered with the USDA. Assistance in making submission is offered. Assistance with filling notices to FDA for canned food and low acid/acidified foods is also provided.

• Other Regulatory Services...

  • CANADA: A host of other compliance services is provided, including assistance with food additive submissions, novel food notices, interim marketing authorizations, temporary marketing authorization under the Food and Drug Regulations and the Professed Products Regulations

• Translations Services...

  • FRENCH for CANADA: French translations are essential when dealing with the labelling of products for sale in Canada. There are very few exemptions from official bilingual requirements under Federal law. The Province of Québec requires that French be given equal prominence to any other language. The rules for nomenclature in English and a well as French requires specialized expertise.

  • SPANISH for USA: English is the official language in the US. While Spanish is not required on US labels, it is essential in certain areas in the US, such as in the southern states, in order to successfully market products. It is also a requirement under FDA law that where a food label includes any language, other than English, that all mandatory information must also be stated on the label in that language.

Guelph Food Technology Centre...

In need of additional food related training. The Guelph Food Technology Centre may have what you are looking for. In addition the GFTC features other services including nutrition analysis by chemistry or computer generation.

GFTC

88 McGilvray Street
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Tel: (519) 821-1246
Fax: (519) 836-1281
E-mail: gftc@gftc.ca
Web: http://www.gftc.ca/ 

Food In Canada...

Gary Gnirss of Legal Suites Inc. has been a featured columnist on regulatory affairs in Food In Canada since 1997. In need of insight into the Canadian food business, then Food in Canada may the publication for you. Advertising is no doubt would be welcome.

Food in Canada

Rogers Media Inc.

Tel: (416) 764-1503
E-mail: ingrid.eilbracht@food.rogers.com

Web: http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/foodincanada