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In London, I.F.E. Presents MapleMark, a Seal That Guarantees the Purity of Maple Syrup.


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MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2001

The North-American aceric industry, through the Bureau de la normalisation 1. (data processing) normalisation - A transformation applied uniformly to each element in a set of data so that the set has some specific statistical property. For example, monthly measurements of the rainfall in London might be normalised by dividing each one by the total  du Quebec (BNQ BNQ Bibliothèque Nationale du QuĂ©bec
BNQ Bureau de Normalisation du Quebec (Canada)
BNQ Baganga, Philippines (Airport Code) 
), recently announced at the Montreal S.I.A.L. the publication of a certification norm and protocol to support MapleMark's program of quality.

Inspection, Control and Promotion

The Regroupement pour la commercialisation des produits de l'erable du Quebec Inc. (RCPEQ) is the owner of the MapleMark trademark and of the seal of quality which represents it. It supervises the certification program and sees to the inspection and classification of the maple syrup maple syrup: see under maple. . A non-profit consultative organization, the RCPEQ brings together the majority of production, transformation and distribution enterprises in Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy.  which produce than 85% of the maple syrup on the international scale.

Beyond its role in the supervision of the MapleMark program, the RCPEQ oversees the promotion of the seal in Verb 1. seal in - close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!"
lock in

confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed
 foreign markets, notably with an active presence at commercial expositions. For 2001, we can mention the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  Fancy Food, the Montreal S.I.A.L, the Tokyo Foodex and the Anuga Show in Cologne. In London, from March 25th to March 28th, I.F.E. will present MapleMark.

Produced from the sap of maple trees in certain North-American regions for hundreds of years, maple syrup has known a growing success over the past ten years in foreign markets, its production having nearly doubled, from some 18 million liters to almost 34 million liters in 2000*. This sweetness for the palate currently brings pleasure to consumers in more than 30 countries. The five leading important countries in 2000* were the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and France.

To know more about maple products and the aceric industry, it is possible to visit the RCPEQ's web-site at www.maplemark.com.


* Source:
Statistics Canada
      Agriculture, Pecheries et Alimentation du Quebec, Direction de la
recherche economique et scientifique.

Source:
Annie Burelle, Marketing Director
Regroupement pour la commercialisation des produits de l'erable du
Quebec inc. (R.C.P.E.Q.)
1 800-261-2881
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