Canada assesses risks to imports after India raid finds fake labels on food products
PEP•Canada monitors potential import risk
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is looking into whether an illegal operation in India that labelled chips and other food products with fake nutrition information and expiry dates represents a risk to the country's imports.
The Canadian agency said it "is monitoring the situation to determine whether it presents any risk to imports into Canada. At this time, the CFIA has no information indicating that products associated with this operation entered Canada," it said in a statement to Reuters.
"The Canadian Food Inspection Agency takes food fraud, including false date markings, inaccurate nutrition information, and misleading origin claims seriously," it added.
It is the first foreign agency to react to the incident.
