The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is calling for public
comment on a proposal to change the labeling for wines that are a blend of
domestic and imported wines.
Instead of “cellared in Canada,” the CFIA is proposing
labels that say either that they are blends, either primarily of Canadian or
primarily of imported wines.
The survey is open until the end of June.
In Ontario, the wine industry has adopted its own labeling
standard, VQA (Vintners Quality Assurance) that can only be applied to wines
made entirely from Ontario-grown grapes.
