Canada’s food regulator has hit a Loblaw-owned store with a $10,000 fine for promoting imported food as a Product of Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) told CBC News that a Toronto Superstore incorrectly used maple leaf advertising decals as part of an in-store display to promote a foreign product. WATCH | Imported food billed as Canadian:Début du widget . Some grocers promoting imported food as Canadian, CBC News findsMany major grocery chains are trying to draw in ‘Buy Canadian’ conscious shoppers, but when CBC News took a closer look, it found misleading Canadian branding for several imported food products. To qualify as Made in Canada, the last significant transformation of a food product must occur in the country.

Source: CBC News February 23, 2026 23:17 UTC