Canada

On July 11, 2017, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario issued a letter to vendors, which revealed an astonishing decision by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (“CFIA”).  The CFIA took the position that wine produced from grapes that are grown, fermented, processed and blended in the West Bank cannot be labelled “Made in Israel” as that is “misleading”.   Vendors were asked to stop importing the wines sold by two wineries (Psagot Winery Ltd. DN Mirrah Binyamin Psagot 9062400 or Shiloh Winery Ltd. Ma’ale Levona) that are labelled as “Product of Israel” and to remove all wine from the two Israeli wineries from store shelves.

Here is a copy of the letter:

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