84% of Imported Food Failed Compliance Test

Canadian Food Inspection Agency reveals most imported food contains inaccurate or missing nutritional information.

So apparently, only 16% of food imported to Canada between 2010 and 2011 passed the nutritional compliance test. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the rest failed to provide accurate labeling by making non-compliant nutritional claims, misleading health claims, lying in their Nutrition Facts tables, failing to provide required information, including banned ingredients, or otherwise being nutritionally sketchy. This is a pretty significant downgrade from 2009-2010, the golden year when about 26% of food was found to be up to par. In their study, they also found rye bread that failed to contain rye, and preservative-free products with preservatives. The CFIA has deemed the abysmal compliance rates “an issue.”