Global Public Affairs

Agri-Food & Consumer Goods

The Agri-Food & Consumer Goods sectors face new opportunities and challenges as international trade pressures, market integration and rationalization continue apace. New technologies such as nanotechnology and natural health products present opportunities to meet public demands for innovative and affordable products. At the same time, consumers, advocacy groups and governments subject industry to increased scrutiny and expectations of responsibility in terms of product health and safety, and corporate social responsibility. Understanding this complex political, regulatory and media environment, and ultimately managing the ever changing public affairs dynamic, are crucial to ensuring commercial success.

Global's Agri-Food & Consumer Goods team has more than 90 years of combined experience to help clients from every part of the supply chain manage their public affairs issues with governments and stakeholders, including:

• modernization of regulatory regimes, management of regulatory issues and new product approvals
• consolidation of the processing and retail sectors and the continued migration of domestic manufacturing capacity to lower-cost locations
• health and safety concerns related to products, processes and ingredients
• crisis management of unique events including product tampering, suspect manufacturing practices and product recalls
• ever-increasing stakeholder pressure on governments to act at the international, federal, provincial and municipal levels

Global's Agri-Food & Consumer Goods team has unparalleled expertise with the legal, regulatory and public affairs environments impacting the industry at all levels of government. Through many years of hands-on experience we thoroughly understand the roles and influence of politicians, public servants, allies and the media in successfully managing issues. Our extensive public affairs experience in government relations, regulatory affairs, media relations and spokesperson-training, crisis management and corporate communications, allows Global's Agri-Food & Consumer Goods to offer a unique and specialized consultancy service to its clients.

***NOTE: Canada has passed a new Consumer Product Safety Act. To find out how this new legislation will impact your business please click here.***