Fighting honey fraud with AI technology

Published: 14 April 2025

McGill University researchers have developed an AI-powered method to verify the origin of honey, ensuring that what’s on the label matches what’s in the jar. The breakthrough offers a potential...

Better training for agricultural producers could reduce food insecurity

Published: 21 January 2025

McGill Bioresource Engineering Professors Valérie Orsat and Vijaya Raghavan spoke to Le Devoir about their recent study, which found that better educating farmers and food processors about how to...

Quebec adopts new code to regulate 'forever chemicals' in biosolids—comments from Prof. Grant Clark

Published: 19 March 2025

The presence and concentration of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," in fertilizing residual materials will be monitored under new standards in Quebec through a management code, according to...

Will the new Canadian Grocery Code of Conduct work?

Published: 26 May 2025

Canada's grocery sector code of conduct will finally come into effect on June 1, after years of discussion....

Decades after peregrines came back from the brink, a new threat emerges—comments from Prof. David Bird

Published: 18 March 2025

After DDT use nearly wiped out peregrine falcons in the 20th century, numbers are collapsing again in many countries, the Guardian reports....

How artificial food dyes are regulated in Canada

Published: 30 April 2025

Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans to phase out some food dyes, most of which remain allowed in Canada. CBC News spoke to experts about the safety of these dyes and how...

Tariff trouble prompts Montrealers to prepare for price hikes—comments from Pascal Thériault

Published: 5 March 2025

Food including meat, vegetables, and fruits are on the long list of products from the U.S. subject to Canada’s 25% counter-tariffs....

Are you paying more than before to buy Canadian? Experts say it's complicated

Published: 16 April 2025

Some items from quintessentially Canadian brands have jumped in price at a Loblaws in Toronto, CBC News reports....

Should we fear cadmium? Comments from Mathieu Leduc

Published: 30 June 2025

French doctors are raising the alarm about rising exposure to cadmium, a toxic heavy metal found in phosphate fertilizers. Cadmium is a known carcinogen linked to kidney damage, bone disease, and...

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