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ACT Labor MLA Michael Pettersson has yet again set his sights on reforming the Canberra community. This time it s in the form of just introduced legislation that would see the decriminalisation of the personal possession and use of illicit substances in the capital territory.
The bill lists the most widely used illegal drugs in the ACT with an accompanying weight signifying what s deemed an amount for personal use. If a person was found in possession of such an amount – instead of arrest and charge – they d be fined and referred to a health professional.
Nutrient Profiles It is intended to use the concept of nutrient profiles to
determine if a food can make a nutrition or health claim. The
objective is to prevent a positive health message (either by way of
a nutrition or health claim) on foods high in restricted nutrients
such as saturated fat, sugar and salt.
Origin Labelling Under the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Commission will consider
drafting a proposal to extend origin indication for certain food
categories.
Date Marking The objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy action on date marking
is to prevent consumers from unnecessarily discarding foods past
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This regular alert covers key regulatory EU developments related
to the COVID-19 situation. It does not purport to provide an
exhaustive overview of developments and contains no analysis or
opinion.
COMPETITION
& STATE AID
Competition
EU approves new and amended Member State
measures to support the economy (see here and here)
Since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, the European
Commission has adopted a significant number of State aid measures
under Article 107(2)b, Article 107(3)b and under the Temporary
Framework.
The most recent measures adopted to support the economy and
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On February 2, 2021, Precision NanoSystems, Inc.
( PNI ) announced that it had received a contribution of
$25.1 million through the Government of Canada s Strategic
Innovation Fund (SIF).
This contribution will support a $50.2 million project to
establish a biomanufacturing centre in Vancouver dedicated to the
production of ribonucleic acid lipid nanoparticle vaccines and
genetic medicines. The centre will support the Government of
Canada s national biomanufacturing strategy to expand
production capacity of critical medicines for the prevention and
treatment of diseases such as COVID-19.
PNI is a global leader in ushering in the next wave of genetic
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2020 is over.finally. Rather than dwell on the year we would
all prefer to forget, let us shift our focus to the future, and in
place of a review, look forward and preview some anticipated
developments in Canadian food regulation and policy in 2021.
Safe Food for Canadians
In 2020, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ( CFIA )
indicated that it would not prioritize compliance activities
associated with the July 15, 2020 coming into force of the
Safe
Food for Canadians Regulations ( SFCR ) for the
manufactured food sector, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is