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As 2023 comes to a close, CIFST and its Board of Directors would like to wish all of our volunteers, members, partners, sponsors and other food and beverage sector professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the CIFST Directions a look at the most-read articles from the past year. Our regular publication will resume Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.
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And then there were 6 — kinds of taste, that is
Lab Manager
From Oct. 17: Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda first proposed umami as a basic taste — in addition to sweet, sour, salty, and bitter — in the early 1900s. About eight decades later, the scientific community officially agreed with him. Now, scientists led by researchers at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences have evidence of a sixth basic taste. Read More
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Take a look inside this Montreal restaurant's basement farm
CTV News
From Aug. 22: A restaurant in Montreal's Southwest borough is taking a more direct interpretation of "farm to table." Much of the produce is grown in the basement, refurbished with cooling, lighting, and humidity systems. "Now, we have them the whole year," said Café Monk chef and co-owner Peter Simard. Read More
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Pawpaw on parade: Restoring Ontario's largest native fruit to its forest habitat
Hamilton Spectator
From Nov. 28: Cross a mango with a banana and you get something close to the pawpaw, a fruit native to Ontario that is making a comeback in Norfolk County and beyond. With a creamy, custard-like filling and flavour notes of pineapple and coconut, the yellow-fleshed pawpaw resembles tropical fruit like the papaya, which inspired its name. Read More
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Ottawa urged to look into best-before date system to reduce grocery waste
CBC News
From July 11: Canadians' misunderstanding of best-before dates could be contributing to excess food waste and, in turn, food insecurity, experts say as a government committee urges Ottawa to examine the issue. A report on grocery affordability from a House of Commons committee on agriculture and agri-food includes calls for Canada to do away with best-before dates due to the widespread misconception that they indicate whether a product is safe to consume. Read More
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Food fraud on the rise in Canada
Canadian Grocer
From June 27: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has recently released its annual report on food fraud in Canada, shedding light on a concerning trend. While this report often goes unnoticed, it is crucial for the federal agency to assess the authenticity of the food available in our country. In its surveillance efforts, the CFIA focused on inspecting, sampling and testing various food products, including fish, honey, meat, olive oil, other expensive oils and spices. Read More
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The truth about best before dates in Canada
Elliot Lake Today
From March 28: By not confusing "best before" with "expired" and letting judgment steer your decisions around what to eat and what to trash, you can continue to minimize your risk of food-borne illness while also fighting food waste. Read More
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Going against the grain: How Canada's agriculture sector can survive its retirement crisis
Toronto Star
From April 11: Keith Currie always wanted to farm. But his mother, he recalls, was adamant that he get off the family farm and seek a better life for himself. Not long after he finished an agriculture production management diploma from Ridgetown College, his father had a brain aneurysm, and the young man took out a loan to buy the Simcoe County dairy and cash crop farm from his family. Read More
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It turns out all those paper straws are bad for the environment, too
National Post
From Sept. 5: Canada has legislated the mandatory adoption of paper straws just in time for new evidence to emerge that the new straws may be just as unsustainable as their plastic predecessors. A new study published in the journal Food Additives and Contaminants examined more than 20 different brands of plant-based straws and found high levels of toxic chemicals in almost all of them. Read More
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Maple syrup season: Chemists and mathematicians come to the sugar shack
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From April 4: Quebec is a leader in maple syrup production and its "liquid gold" is world-renowned for its quality. To maintain this high standard, the Quebec Maple Syrup Producers association has partnered with scientists at Université de Montréal to develop a portable test to predict the quality of the syrup based on the harvested sap. Read More
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Fake meat has a real problem. The solution may start with a pea
BNN Bloomberg
From Jan. 10: Fake meat is in trouble. Sales of plant-based burgers are falling, investor largesse is waning and shares of the industry's poster child, Beyond Meat Inc., have slumped. Still, ardent believers in products that can replace animal protein and help save the planet are backing a fundamental makeover. Read More
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Vanilla in strawberries? Scientists find a first
Growing Produce
From Nov. 28: Strawberries and cream go well together. Turns out strawberries and vanilla have a connection, too, not really discovered until now. University of Florida scientists have found ethyl vanillin — an aroma compound in many artificial vanilla-flavoured food products — in a UF/IFAS-bred strawberry. The find could be a game-changer for the food and beverage industry. Read More
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Salmonella solution: Researchers develop rapid test for food contamination
McMaster University
From April 25: McMaster researchers have developed a rapid and inexpensive test for Salmonella contamination in chicken and other food — one that's easier to use than a home COVID test. The test, described in a new paper in the journal Angewandte Chemie, could improve food safety, reduce the cost of processing fresh poultry and other foods, and help to limit broad recalls to batches that have specifically been identified as contaminated. Read More
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2023 wine trends according to a Canadian wine expert
Eat North
From Jan. 10: This year's three major wine trends are much more interesting than years past thanks to the growing influence of social issues on our spending habits. Never has the idea of "put your money where your mouth is" rang so true as it does as we begin 2023. Read More
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Waterloo, Ont. startup using AI to grow mushrooms
CTV News
From Aug. 15: A Waterloo, Ont. startup is working to give mushroom farming a boost with the help of artificial intelligence. Mycro Harvest is based out of the University of Waterloo's startup incubator, Velocity. It's not your typical mushroom farm and its co-founders aren't your typical mushroom farmers. That's because there's nothing typical about this farming operation. Read More
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