Glenford S. Jameson

Lawyer and Principal

Glenford Jameson is the principal of GSJ&Co., a Canadian law firm dedicated to food law and regulatory affairs. Since 2013, he has advised food companies across the value chain on regulatory compliance, CFIA enforcement, labelling, product classification, and the commercial agreements that hold the food supply chain together. He has taught food law at the university level, spoken at conferences across North America and internationally, and been quoted as an expert source by CBC, CTV, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and other national media.

He acts for manufacturers, importers, distributors, exporters, and industry associations, including companies in the pet food, plastics and packaging, and consumer packaged goods sectors. He also regularly serves as Canadian regulatory counsel for international law firms whose clients need to access the Canadian market.

Experience by Area

Food Safety, Enforcement & Crisis Response

CFIA enforcement, recalls, inspections, AMPs, food fraud, and food safety incidents.

Glenford has acted for food companies on the full range of CFIA enforcement matters since 2013: inspection disputes, AMP challenges before the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal, licence proceedings, recall classification and management, and regulatory investigations. He also advises on the compliance architecture that reduces enforcement risk, including preventive control plans, supplier verification, and the ERA risk model.

See Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance.

Speaking

ERA Food Model: Legal, Regulatory and Commercial Impacts - EMC (2025)

Demystifying Global Recalls - Canadian Institute (2024)

Uncertainty, Risk, and Trust in Times of Crisis - IFT Intermountain Symposium (2024)

What to do when the CFIA comes knocking - Canadian Institute (2023)

Legal Considerations During a Recall - Canadian Summit on Food Safety (2023)

Recalls Unwrapped - EMC (2023)

Navigating Recent Changes to Food Law - Ontario Bar Association (2023)

Class Actions in the Agricultural and Food Sector - Colloque National sur l'Action Collectif (2022)

Death by a Thousand AMPs: Food Fraud Prosecutions - MoniQA Symposium (2019)

Food Fraud in Canada (panel) - University of Toronto (2019)

Food fraud perspectives - CIFST (2023)

In the Media

Prime Energy drinks pulled from Canadian shelves - CBC The National (2023)

Canadian officials flagged 900 food items from China - CBC News (2019)

Canada-China Ban on Pork - CTV National News (2019)

Canada's grocery chains stocked with tomato products connected to forced labour - CBC Marketplace (2022)

The Food Fraud Lawyer - Edible Toronto / Edible Ottawa (2019)

New Canadian Food-Safety Law Could Spell Trouble for Small Producers - Reason.com (2019)

Published

Canada Gets Serious About Prosecuting Food Fraud - Huffington Post (2016)

CFIA Gets Serious About Prosecuting Food Fraud - Canadian Meat Business (2016)

Labelling, Claims & Advertising

Food labelling compliance, health claims, advertising law, FOP symbols, and marketing regulation.

Labelling review is high-volume work for this firm. Glenford reviews labels for companies ranging from single-product startups to multinationals with hundreds of SKUs entering Canada. His speaking and commentary track the evolving labelling landscape, including front-of-package nutrition symbols, health claims, and the intersection of advertising law with food regulation.

See Food Labelling, Claims & Marketing.

Speaking

Canadian Food Packaging and Labelling - Western University Faculty of Law (2025)

Health Claims in Food Advertising and Marketing - Canadian Institute (2024)

Front of Package Labelling in Canada - Georgetown Law School (2023)

Advertising to Children and Front of Package Labelling - Western University Faculty of Law (2023)

Evaluating Structure-Function vs. Health Claims - Canadian Institute (2022)

An Update on Food Advertising, Marketing and Labelling - Canadian Bar Association (2022)

Food Labelling and Packaging - Canadian Bar Association (2020)

Annual Update: Food Advertising, Labelling, and Marketing Law - University of Toronto (2019)

In the Media

Label Fail: Apple Juice - CBC Marketplace (2018)

What's in your Chicken Sandwich? - CBC The National (2017)

Battle over vegan cheese label is a freedom of expression issue - Canadian Business (2019)

Vegan food producer ordered to drop the word 'cheese' - Globe and Mail (2019)

Published

Food Advertising Law in Canada (Chapter in Forthcoming Textbook from Wageningen University, 2026)

Supply Chain, Trade & Market Access

Import/export compliance, co-packing, international market access, and cross-border food regulation.

Glenford advises importers, exporters, co-packers, and international law firms on the regulatory requirements for moving food across borders and through the Canadian supply chain. He has spoken on these topics in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Spain, Italy, and Portugal.

See Food Supply Chain & Trade.

Speaking

Food Law in Canada: Export Webinar - Arcadia International / Portugal Foods (2025)

Expanding Beyond NY: Selling Wine in the U.S. & Canada - NY Wine & Grape Foundation (2025)

The Route to Market: Canada's Alcoholic Beverage Industry - CAFLP Conference (2024)

Legal Aspects of Co-Packing Relationships - EMC (2022)

What to Know: Legal Issues in Food Co-Packing - Alberta Agriculture (2022)

Key Legal Issues in Co-packing - Western Economic Diversification / Alberta Agriculture (2020)

Doing Agribusiness in Canada - Encuentro de Agronegocios Mexico-Canada (2020)

Food Law in Canada - AINIA Centro Technologico, Spain (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

Food Law in Canada - Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico (2019, 2024)

Trade and Terroir: Canada's Food Laws and CETA - LUISS Guido Carli, Rome (2017)

Bootstrapping Quality through Contract - University of Toronto Law (2019)

Published

Resource Guide for Co-Packing: Legal aspects of the co-packing relationship - Alberta Agriculture / Western Economic Diversification (2020)

Food Business Law & Transactions

Corporate formation, transactions, regulatory due diligence, not-for-profit governance, and food industry M&A.

Glenford handles corporate and commercial work for food sector clients: incorporations, shareholder agreements, co-packing agreements, private label arrangements, and regulatory due diligence for transactions. He also acts for food industry associations and not-for-profit organizations on governance matters.

See Food Business Law.

Speaking

A Recipe for Growth: New Facility Builds & Expansion - EMC (2026)

Preparing for a Food & Beverage Transaction - EMC (2024)

Drafting Better Licensing Agreements - MSU Center for Anti-Counterfeiting (2019)

IP Issues in E-Commerce and Manufacturing - World IP Day Conference, MSU (2018, 2019)

Packaging, Plastics & Environmental Regulation

CEPA plastics regulation, EPR, Federal Plastics Registry, greenwashing, and packaging compliance.

Glenford tracks the rapidly evolving packaging regulatory landscape for food companies: the single-use plastics framework under CEPA, provincial EPR programmes, the Federal Plastics Registry, and the Competition Act greenwashing amendments.

See Plastics and Packaging Regulation.

Speaking

Sustainable Packaging in Canadian Agri-Food: 3 Critical Perspectives - Alberta Agriculture & Irrigation (2026)

CPG and Packaging Law - Canadian Summit on Food Safety (2024)

Plastics Regulation in Canada - Western University Faculty of Law (2024)

Decoding Proposed Plastic Regulations - EMC (2024)

Development of Environmental Law in the Food Industry - Ontario Bar Association (2022)

In the Media

Food industry faces packaging shift after court backs federal plastics regulation - The Western Producer (2026)

Teaching & Training

University-level instruction, conference presentations, and custom industry training.

Glenford served as Adjunct Professor at Michigan State University College of Law (2017-2020), teaching Canadian food law in the only dedicated food law programme in the United States. He has presented at law schools across North America, including the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall, Queen's, Western, Georgetown, the University of Chicago, McGill, and Dalhousie. He designs and delivers custom training programmes for food companies on regulatory compliance, labelling, recalls, and co-packing.

See Training.

University

Adjunct Professor, Canadian Food Law - Michigan State University College of Law (2017-2020)

Law School Presentations

Food Law in the Context of Public Health Law - Queen's University Faculty of Law (2024)

Redefining the Value of Food - Tecnologico de Monterrey (2024)

O Cannabis! - Osgoode Hall Law School (2019)

Truth and Transparency: Food Laws from Farm to Table - Michigan State University (2018)

Regulating Safe and Healthy Food - University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2018)

The State of Food Law in Canada - University of Chicago Law School (2017)

Lunch and Learn with Food Lawyers - McGill Law School (2017)

The Social Licence to Operate in Food - Ryerson University (2017)

The Practice of Food Law - Schulich School of Law (2015)

Industry Training Partnerships

Knowledge Partner - Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (2022-present)

Knowledge Partner - Canadian Food Innovation Network (2022-present)

Media & Commentary

National media interviews, podcasts, and published commentary.

Glenford is regularly quoted as a leading food lawyer by national media.

National Broadcast

Prime Energy drinks pulled from Canadian shelves - CBC The National (2023)

What's in your Chicken Sandwich? - CBC The National (2017)

Canada-China Ban on Pork - CTV National News (2019)

Chef Hits Legal Obstacles to Serving Indigenous, Wild Food - Global National News (2018)

Health Canada Ban on Partially Hydrogenated Oils - CTV News (2018)

Investigative and Long-Form

Canada's grocery chains stocked with tomato products connected to forced labour - CBC Marketplace (2022)

Label Fail: Apple Juice - CBC Marketplace (2018)

Food Law Pioneers - Hearsay Magazine (2017)

The Food Fraud Lawyer - Edible Toronto / Edible Ottawa (2019)

Food Lawyer Glenford Jameson on how the law determines what we eat - Globe and Mail (2016)

Podcasts

Top Food Industry Lawyer - The Food Professor Podcast (2025)

"Only to be Consumed" in Canada - Hyperfixed Podcast (2025)

Be Critical, Food Matters - Of Counsel Podcast (2018)

Vegan 1.0 - Cheftimony Podcast (2019)

Welcome to the Food Court (host) - iTunes / Overcast / Stitcher (2015-2017)

Published

Keeping the Kitchen Clean: Avoiding Foodborne Illness Catastrophes - CSNM (2018)

An Inside Look at Canada's First Food Law and Policy Conference - Slaw.ca (2016)

Why Canada Needs More Food Lawyers - Huffington Post (2014)

Competing with Ourselves: Supply-side Competition for Corporate Charters in Canada - Alberta Law Review (2013)

Professional Activities

• Co-Chair, 3rd Annual Advanced Summit on Food Law and Regulation Canada (2025)

• Chair, Annual Canadian Summit on Food Safety (2024)

• Member, Scientific Advisory Panel - Canadian Institute of Food Science & Technology (2023-present)

• Recommended Counsel - The Good Food Institute (2019-present)

• Director, Vice-President - Canadian Association for Food Law and Policy (2019-2025)

• Co-founder, Annual Canadian Food Law and Policy Conference (2016-present)

• Director, Chair - Everdale Environmental Learning Centre (2015-2022)

• Co-founder - Food Lawyers of Canada (2014-2018)

• Executive Member, Charities and Not-for-Profits Section - Ontario Bar Association (2013-2016)

Education

• Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law, Juris Doctor

• Mount Allison University, B.A. (Hons.), History with Minor in Political Science

• Called to the Bar: Law Society of Ontario

Recognition

• Precedent Setter Award - Precedent Magazine (2017)

• Best Practitioner Blog - Canadian Law Blog Awards (2016)

• Top-10 Legal Podcast in Canada - Law Firm Web Strategy (2016)

• Best New Blog - Canadian Law Blog Awards (2015)