Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is a global leader in regulating food, animal and plant health and safety. The federal regulations apply only to producers who want to use the Canada Organic label and for those who sell organic products across provincial, territorial or international borders. For products produced and sold in the same province, provincial regulations apply.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency was created in 2009 in conjunction with the growing demand of the organic industry. It’s goal is to make sure companies who want to have the Canadian organic label (See Appendix X) follow the necessary requirements.
The CFIA has not identified if they would want stronger regulations
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This classifies them as a dominant stakeholder who has the authority to enforce the rules and have their demands met. For CFIA in this decision they are able to determine if companies/farmers are able to sell their products with an organic label. They are also able to talk to the government and express their opinion on how the current regulations have been working and make any improvements they believe …show more content…
This however is more “optional” and companies are able to choose whether they want to have their products looked at or not. Additionally, with companies who are growing and selling their products in the same province they can easily put a Canadian organic label on their product and receive no punishment. Although the federal government does recognize that this is a problem there is a great concern around what the cost would be to implement stricter regulations and additionally the question of how “strict” and under what criteria the new organic labelling would be.
The Government has both power and legitimacy as they have the power to change the law and regulations surrounding organic labelling. This classifies them as a dominant stakeholder in making any decisions surrounding organic labelling. Even though CFIA is also a dominant stakeholder the government is in control of them therefore the government is crucial to any law
Stakeholder involvement - What professions are represented in the committee that developed the guideline? Have members of the target population been consulted in the development of the document? What conflicts of interest are possible?
A very valid point brought up by Clause (Say ‘no’), Hemphill, and Banerjee (both G.M.O. and the U.S.), is that consumers already have an easy and effective option to steer clear from GMOs: buying organic products. Through Hemphill’s and Banerjee’s article, we are informed that United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) “presently offers an organic certification for crops and processed food products, which by definition prohibits the use of GMO ingredients” (Page 455-466). This is certainly a label that has the ability to help concerned customers know exactly what they are eating. The co-authors call this solution the “Voluntary Labeling Strategy.” There is, however, one issue with this: not all products that don't contain GMOs qualify as organic. The resolution lies in an upcoming proposal from the U.S. Food and Drug administration (FDA). It's called “Voluntary Guidelines” and it allows, but doesn't force, GMO-free products to display a label of their own. I believe that this is a much smarter option than labeling every item containing GMOs because it is not binding by law, which would provide consumers with all of the benefits they need to choose the right foods for their preferences, while saving on all of the unnecessary extra costs discussed
An example of a policy which assists consumers and organizations is the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act provides a variety of regulatory and non-regulatory tools to sharply reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. Regulatory and non-regulatory policies provide guidance to organizations in reducing finance municipal wastewater treatment facilities, and manage polluted runoff. Furthermore, regulatory and non-regulatory tools aid organizations in achieving the broader goal of restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters. The implementation of the Clean Water Act provides protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, wildlife, and recreation in and on the water. Also, the Clean Water Act assist organizations with securing government funding for the maintenance of equipment used to detect water pollution and the cleaning of toxins in water. The benefit of the Clean Water Act provides toxin free, unpolluted swimming and drinking water for consumers (EPA, 2011; Masahudu, 2004).
Organic products and non-organic products have been a subject of interest to me for a great amount of time because I have often questioned whether there really was a difference between the two types of products. I always wondered what the nutritional, economic, laborious, and pollution differences were, if any, in the creation of the two types of products. Through research, I have found several sources of information that allow me to determine more than a physical difference between the two. To start, labeling something as organic is specific and determined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The regulations set are extremely specific and it is relatively difficult to meet the standards.
To be healthy you must have four unsettles ingredients. These four things are eating healthy and the right amount, exercising regularly, sleeping well, and getting the right nutritious vitamins. A child two to eight years old need the same four unsettles to be healthy. The only difference is that they need a different amount of each that an adult. They must eat the recommended intake in each food group corresponding with their age and sex stated in the Canada’s food guide. They must also get daily excurses, with lots of sleep. The National sleep foundation recommends that children one to five years old should get 11 to 14 hours of sleep each night (National sleep foundation, n.d.) They must also get the right nutritious vitamins to help them grow. A good way to achieve this is with a child baste motley vitamin. I will be inspecting the intake of food a child in daycare consumes each day to see if them meet the recommendations set by The Canada food guide. Studying their strengths and weaknesses and how thy can be improved.
...ant that FASB maintain a careful balance between cost and effectiveness. As Wolk carefully pointed out, “the FASB’s primary objective is providing useful information for external users subject to the benefits > costs constraint. Neutrality means being concerned primarily with decision usefulness rather than distributive effects” (Wolk, Dodd, & Tearney, 2003). It is for all of these reasons that I believe the identification, of the primary users, does not have an impact on the concept of neutrality. Neutrality is entirely independent of who the users are.
By defining “real stakeholders” as those who have a legitimate claim and firm has responsibility towards them and the influence and power are reciprocal (Fassin 2009), the following groups are real stakeholders for whom Coca-Cola HBC is responsible in terms of both management and ethical issues.
“We should be doing all we can to give everyone else the same choice(Nestle).” The organic industry is becoming more and more popular, it has its many benefits and its many disadvantages. The industry is booming and the world seems to love it, but what they do not know is that it is actually hurting us more than we come to believe. Our environment, and our people are being affected by the production of organic foods everyday.
Stakeholder is any groups or individuals that are affected by the attainments of the organisation’s goals. [] In this situation Coca-Cola situation we can determine following group of stakeholders. They include local communities, employees, customers, suppliers, competitors, countries, law, and government regulatory parties.
This definitive stakeholder group is essential to the bank because the
Consumer Perception: Even though consumers’ have become conscious about the kind of food they buy; there is not a clear understanding and implication of “organic”. They are also not able to tell the difference between “natural” and “organic” on product labels. The gap is even wider for consumers that have never purchased any kind of organic food till date.
Stakeholders are important and they should be able to participate in environmental management. Haddaway et al. (2017) says it is a group of people who are directly affected by a process. Issues concerning the environment have been of great concern for mankind. People have to make sure that the environment that they live is free from pollution or other negative impacts that make it hard for man to inhabit. In an attempt to manage the environment, people have to come together for that course.
There are standards in place by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for growing, processing, and labelling of organic products. Organic products do not use pesticides, petroleum-based fertilizers, or sewage sludge (Brooks 1). By doing this, they preserve natural resources and biodiversity (“Organic Agriculture 1). These products also do not include products that have been bioengineered, also referred to as genetically modified, and cannot be under the use of ionizing radiation (Brooks 1). The radiation used in conventional, non-organic foods has led to cause various types of cancer among its consumers. Plants and even animals are also affected by the usage. Animals are affected by other forms of genetic modification. They are given antibiotics filled with steroids and other drugs which we end up ingesting when we eat a product of those particular animals. Every product we eat that is non-organic contains pesticides and even the antibiotics full of steroids. The steroids also have shown to effect the growth of children and stunt their development. Organic farming and production does not support antibiotics being given ...
...r demands for method of operating that are less efficient means resources are shifted away from more efficient methods. Also, the cost of the finished product is a little higher price for third party certification process but the actual production of the product cost less. A product that is Fair Trade Certified does not necessarily mean that it is organically grown.
However, organic foods have to follow the specific standards which are regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Crops are generally grown without synthetic pesticides, artificial fertilizers, and irradiation; animals on organic farms eat organically grown feed, are not confined 100 percent of the time and are raised without antibiotics or synthetic growth hormones” (Jessica). Organic farmers need to follow the rules to grow the food. Then the USDA will give the organic label. For the people who doubt the truth about organic foods.