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In an [[op-ed]] published on 21 February 2021, Charlebois suggested that the [[social contract]] between dairy producers and dairy consumers was breached given that Canadians protect and compensate dairy farmers in exchange for a quota [[Supply management (Canada)|supply management system]].<ref name=scbutter/> He remarked on the industry's use of [[palmitic acid]] (a [[palm oil]] derivative<ref name=npr24/>) as a supplement to [[cow feed]] in order to augment the output of butterfat.<ref name=scbutter/><ref name=npr24/><ref name=npr26/> Some consumers were dismayed as many noticed that physical characteristics of the dairy products had undergone a significant change, notably in increased [[hardness]] and increased [[melting point]]. Charlebois noted that this was not beneficial to the consumers, who were surprised and had not been notified of the variation in the social contract. The incident was also known as "ButterGate".<ref name="scbutter">{{cite news |last1=CHARLEBOIS |first1=SYLVAIN |title=The dairy industry's use of palm oil breaches its moral contract with Canadians |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-dairy-industrys-use-of-palm-oil-breaches-its-moral-contract-with/ |publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc |date=21 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=npr24/> The newsworthy item was picked up by [[NPR]], an American broadcaster, twice in February 2021.<ref name="npr24">{{cite web|title=Baffled Canadians Spread Reports Of 'Hard' Butter|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/971018428/baffled-canadians-spread-reports-of-hard-butter|access-date=2021-03-05|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref><ref name="npr26">{{cite web|title=Why Is Room-Temperature Butter In Canada Mysteriously Harder Than Usual?|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/26/971910738/why-is-room-temperature-butter-in-canada-mysteriously-harder-than-usual|access-date=2021-03-05|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> |
In an [[op-ed]] published on 21 February 2021, Charlebois suggested that the [[social contract]] between dairy producers and dairy consumers was breached given that Canadians protect and compensate dairy farmers in exchange for a quota [[Supply management (Canada)|supply management system]].<ref name=scbutter/> He remarked on the industry's use of [[palmitic acid]] (a [[palm oil]] derivative<ref name=npr24/>) as a supplement to [[cow feed]] in order to augment the output of butterfat.<ref name=scbutter/><ref name=npr24/><ref name=npr26/> Some consumers were dismayed as many noticed that physical characteristics of the dairy products had undergone a significant change, notably in increased [[hardness]] and increased [[melting point]]. Charlebois noted that this was not beneficial to the consumers, who were surprised and had not been notified of the variation in the social contract. The incident was also known as "ButterGate".<ref name="scbutter">{{cite news |last1=CHARLEBOIS |first1=SYLVAIN |title=The dairy industry's use of palm oil breaches its moral contract with Canadians |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-dairy-industrys-use-of-palm-oil-breaches-its-moral-contract-with/ |publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc |date=21 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=npr24/> The newsworthy item was picked up by [[NPR]], an American broadcaster, twice in February 2021.<ref name="npr24">{{cite web|title=Baffled Canadians Spread Reports Of 'Hard' Butter|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/971018428/baffled-canadians-spread-reports-of-hard-butter|access-date=2021-03-05|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref><ref name="npr26">{{cite web|title=Why Is Room-Temperature Butter In Canada Mysteriously Harder Than Usual?|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/26/971910738/why-is-room-temperature-butter-in-canada-mysteriously-harder-than-usual|access-date=2021-03-05|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Appointments== |
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Charlebois is a former member of the National Expert Board of the [[Canadian Food Inspection Agency]].{{cn|date=March 2021}} He is also a member of the [[Global Food Traceability Center]]'s Advisory Council<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ift.org/gftc.aspx |title=Global Food Traceability Center |publisher=IFT.org |date= |access-date=2021-03-05}}</ref> and the Scientific Council of the Luxembourg-based [[Business Scientific Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Professors of the Executive DBA – Business Science Institute|url=http://en.business-science-institute.com/about/scientific-organization/scientific-council/}}</ref> He has testified as an expert witness on several occasions before Canadian parliamentary committees on food policy-related issues. He has also been a visiting scholar at the [[University of São Paulo]] in Brazil, the [[University of Helsinki]] in Finland, NorthWestern A&F University in China, the [[University of Innsbruck]] in Austria, and the [[University of Sydney]] in Australia.{{cn|date=March 2021}} |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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Sylvain Charlebois | |
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Other names | The Food Professor |
Alma mater | Université de Sherbrooke, Université de Montréal, Royal Military College |
Occupation(s) | Canadian scientist, food distribution and policy |
Employer(s) | Dalhousie University, Canada |
Sylvain Charlebois is a Canadian food policy researcher and columnist. Charlebois is also a researcher in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. He is also Dalhousie's former Dean of the Faculty of Management and holds an appointment as professor in the Faculty of Agriculture.[1] In 2018, he became the director of Agri-food Analytics Lab[2] at the University.[3]
Life
Charlebois was a professor in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph[4] in Ontario from 2010 to 2016, where he also served for a time as acting and associate dean. In 2011, he co-founded the University of Guelph's Food Institute (now the Arrell Food Institute). From 2004 to 2010, he was a member of the Faculty of Business Administration of the University of Regina in Regina, where he also served as the Director of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (Regina Campus), also affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan.[5][failed verification]
He holds degrees from the Royal Military College of Canada, the Université de Montréal and the Université de Sherbrooke.[6]
He is a regular opinion contributor to Montreal's La Presse and Toronto's The Globe and Mail newspapers, and writes a blog for Canadian Grocer magazine called "The Food Professor".[7] It was announced in 2020 that he was joining le Journal de Montreal as a regular columnist.[8][9] He is the lead author of Canada's Food Price Report, an annual forecast on food prices and trends.[10] Charlebois is also a co-host of the podcast titled "The Food Professor".[11]
Canada's Food Price Report (2010–2021)
Charlebois began publishing Canada's Food Price Report in 2010.[12] The report uses predictive modelling through machine learning and econometrics to arrive at its annual forecast.[citation needed] In 2015, the project was recognized as one of the University of Guelph's most significant research accomplishments in the past 50 years.[13][14][15][16] In July 2020 the University of Saskatchewan and the University of British Columbia also joined the project, contributing to the 2021 edition.[17]
Studies
In 2008, Charlebois co-authored a study to evaluate the performance of the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) Daily Price Contract (DPC) program. The study suggested that the program provided poor financial returns for farmers.[18][19] The DPC programme was eventually cancelled when the CWB was decommissioned on 1 August 2012.
In 2011, Charlebois chaired the first international workshop on food safety performance metrics. The idea of comparing countries' food safety policies, risk management, and risk communication practices was controversial at the time.[20][21][22] Since that seminal workshop, sharing and comparing practices in food safety amongst nations has become more widely accepted. Charlebois argues that the structure of food safety governance favours the advancement of international partnerships and collaboration.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/CharleboisDCI.jpg/220px-CharleboisDCI.jpg)
In 2017, Charlebois' team examined legislation involving cannabis in Canada with particular interest in edible cannabis products. Initially, edibles were not included in Canada's Cannabis Act (also known as Bill C-45). Their study, released in September 2017, argued that consumers would be confused over what to do with cannabis-infused food products, and argued that the legalization of edible cannabis products should occur concurrently with smokable products.[23] Weeks after the study was released, Bill C-45 was amended to include edibles.[24] In 2019, a second study released by Charlebois' team explored how the black market for cannabis-infused food products in the country could expand if Canada's regulatory framework does not adapt to meet its growth and evolution.[25][26]
In 2019, Charlebois' team released a cost analysis of Canada's Food Guide, a nutrition guide produced by Health Canada.[27] While the report lauded the Guide's increased recommendations for the consumption of plant-based proteins, fresh fruits, and vegetables, it suggested the rising cost of these food items could push more Canadian families into food insecurity should they try to follow the recommendations.[28]
In 2020, Charlebois and his team created a new index, the Global Food Innovation Index which compared factors contributing to innovation in the food, beverage and agri-food industries across many countries.[29]
Charlebois is a critic of Supply management (Canada), the country's quota system for poultry, eggs and dairy, and has advocated for major reforms to the system for more than two decades.[30][31] He spearheaded a report released by both Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph in 2020, which presented a 20-year roadmap, called Supply Management 2.0, to help the dairy industry become more competitive.[32]
One 2018 study released by Charlebois showed that Canadians "overwhelmingly believe that GMO food products should be labelled". He is a supporter of genetically modified food ingredients, advocating for more transparency by way of strict labeling rules for consumers, but with a strong belief in the inherent safety of food products which include GMOs.[33][34]
Over the years, Charlebois has coined a few expressions to explain food trends, including "protein wars," which refers to tensions between existing animal protein sources and plant-based alternatives for consumers,[35][36] and the term "food category appropriation," which involves companies using well-known food descriptors such as cheese and meat but applying them to alternative products using different ingredients.[37]
Food tracking and food safety
A significant portion of Charlebois' research is devoted to the comparison of global food safety and traceability systems.[38] In 2011, he chaired the first international workshop on food safety performance metrics and risk intelligence in Helsinki, Finland, in which representatives of 21 countries participated.[39] In 2013, he was interested in allergens and their labelling.[40] He has also served as project lead for the World Ranking Food Safety Performance Report in 2008, 2010, and 2014.[41][42][43]
Consumer advocacy
In an op-ed published on 21 February 2021, Charlebois suggested that the social contract between dairy producers and dairy consumers was breached given that Canadians protect and compensate dairy farmers in exchange for a quota supply management system.[44] He remarked on the industry's use of palmitic acid (a palm oil derivative[45]) as a supplement to cow feed in order to augment the output of butterfat.[44][45][46] Some consumers were dismayed as many noticed that physical characteristics of the dairy products had undergone a significant change, notably in increased hardness and increased melting point. Charlebois noted that this was not beneficial to the consumers, who were surprised and had not been notified of the variation in the social contract. The incident was also known as "ButterGate".[44][45] The newsworthy item was picked up by NPR, an American broadcaster, twice in February 2021.[45][46]
Appointments
Charlebois is a former member of the National Expert Board of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.[citation needed] He is also a member of the Global Food Traceability Center's Advisory Council[47] and the Scientific Council of the Luxembourg-based Business Scientific Institute.[48] He has testified as an expert witness on several occasions before Canadian parliamentary committees on food policy-related issues. He has also been a visiting scholar at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, the University of Helsinki in Finland, NorthWestern A&F University in China, the University of Innsbruck in Austria, and the University of Sydney in Australia.[citation needed]
Publications
Charlebois is the author or co-author of five books on global food systems, food security, and safety.[citation needed]
- Marketing: Real People, Real Decisions, a textbook devoted to the real-world exploration of marketing research and execution published by Pearson Education Canada
- Charlebois, Sylvain (2017). Food safety, risk intelligence and benchmarking. Chichester: UK Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-119-07112-9. OCLC 982031485.
In 2020 Charlebois became an Editor of journal Trends in Food Science and Technology [49]
Other
In 2018, Dalhousie University opened an investigation into complaints of bullying and harassment allegedly perpetrated by Charlebois during his tenure as Dean of the Faculty of Management.[50][51] The University hired an external investigator to assess the complaints and to provide a written report. Charlebois eventually stepped down from the Dean's position to launch a new research center, funded by the university.[citation needed]
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- ^ "Agri‑Food Analytics Lab". Dalhousie University. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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- ^ "Canada's Food Price Report adds Saskatchewan, B.C. collaborators". RealAgriculture.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "C.D. Howe, CWB spar on grain marketing data". 20 November 2008.
- ^ "Think-tank critical of wheat board performance | CBC News".
- ^ Le Vallée, Jean-Charles; Charlebois, Sylvain (2015). "Benchmarking Global Food Safety Performances: The Era of Risk Intelligence". Journal of Food Protection. 78 (10): 1896–1913. doi:10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-15-044. PMID 26408141.
- ^ Charlebois, Sylvain; Sterling, Brian; Haratifar, Sanaz; Naing, Sandi Kyaw (2014). "Comparison of Global Food Traceability Regulations and Requirements". Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 13 (5): 1104–1123. doi:10.1111/1541-4337.12101. ISSN 1541-4337.
- ^ Charlebois, Sylvain; Hielm, Sebastian (2014). "Empowering the regulators in the development of national performance measurements in food safety". British Food Journal. 116 (2): 317–336. doi:10.1108/BFJ-05-2012-0124.
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- ^ "Study suggests the new Canada's Food Guide is more affordable only under specific conditions". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/128292/global-food-innovation/
- ^ Tamilia, Robert D.; Charlebois, Sylvain (2007). "The importance of marketing boards in Canada: A twenty‐first century perspective". British Food Journal. 109 (2): 119–144. doi:10.1108/00070700710725491.
- ^ "Charlebois: Milking NAFTA – Why supply management may be doomed | Ottawa Citizen". 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Supply management 2.0 - Dairy Producer". Dairyproducer.ca. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Release: Dalhousie study finds that Canadians expect mandatory GMO food labelling". Dalhousie University. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Charlebois, Sylvain; Somogyi, Simon; Music, Janet; Cunningham, Caitlin (2019). "Biotechnology in food". British Food Journal. 121 (12): 3181–3192. doi:10.1108/BFJ-07-2018-0471.
- ^ "Protein wars: Why men love meat".
- ^ "Sylvain Charlebois: Protein wars are here as diets are changing | Regina Leader-Post". 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Vegan cheese and fake meat: A recipe for food appropriation?". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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- ^ Food Protection Trends, Vol 33, No. 4, p. 232–239
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- ^ "Faculty Authored Papers – Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy". schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015.
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- ^ a b "Why Is Room-Temperature Butter In Canada Mysteriously Harder Than Usual?". NPR.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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