Grocery Code of Conduct to address transparency in agri-food industry set for April release

The federal government received a draft of the code in late 2022, following more than a year of negotiations between industry groups representing farmers, national retail chains, independent grocers and food processors.

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude-Bibeau, pictured on the Hill, said a grocery code of conduct will help make Canada’s food supply chain more resilient by enhancing transparency and predictability.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

March 20, 2023

The much-anticipated Grocery Code of Conduct, a set of rules intended to promote transparency between retailers and producers and to help ease some of the pressures facing the food supply chain, is expected to be released in a few weeks.

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