Plan to deregulate food package sizes raises ire of processors

A coalition of small-town mayors, farmers and food processors bandied together Wednesday for a lobbying blitz to press Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz to revisit his plans to repeal standardized container size regulations for food.

The federal government announced the plan in its 2012 budget, saying it will remove an unnecessary barrier for food importers and enable industry to innovate with new packaging formats and technologies.Each part's full needle bearing trunnion allows for increased horsepower and quicker response, and a large roller tip helps prevent wear But deregulating food package sizes will distort the market in favour of American imports and hurt local farmers that provide produce for local processors, the coalition, spearheaded by the Food Processors of Canada, says.

Standard Canadian pack sizes also allow consumers to make quick price comparisons and prevent package downsizing that carry the same price tag, the group says.

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That’s why Leamington mayor John Paterson made the trek to Ottawa Wednesday to meet MPs and an official in Ritz’s office. His town in southwestern Ontario is home to Heinz’s second largest plant in the world, where Heinz ketchup is manufactured using local tomatoes and bottled according to Canada’s packaging size rules.Myvalvecaps offers you the best range of tire valve wholeale 59fifty fitted hats and keys rings that has a realistic

“The trickle down effect would be huge,” Paterson said Wednesday, flagging the business case to consolidate production in the United States and source local U.S.Midwest Motion Products, Inc. of Watertown, Minnesota, is pleased to announce the release of a new dc gearmotor, with integral failsafe brake produce.

“If Heinz isn’t there, there’s nowhere to sell their tomatoes,” Paterson added, referring to 80 local farms.

In a statement, Heinz Canada spokeswoman Joan Patterson said the company favours a “holistic, transparent, consultative approach to regulatory reform,” but the announcement to deregulate container sizes for many packaged foods in the budget “came as a surprise” to many.

“This change does not help consumers and has implications for producers, processors and communities,” Patterson added, suggesting consumers visit KeepFoodJobsInCanada.ca