Many grocery shoppers choose fruits, veggies and meats labelled “locally grown” in hopes that the food will not only be fresher, but that they will be doing their part for their local economy and the environment.
But what is meant by “locally grown” has suddenly changed.
Under new rules from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the agency responsible for food labelling in Canada, the term “local” can now mean the food came from anywhere in the province — even if it had to be trucked in from hundreds of kilometres away.
Until recently, the rules stated that only food originating from within a 50-kilometre radius of where it was sold could be called “local.” Food that came from the same or adjacent county or municipality also qualified.
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