The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that Consumer complaints about "maple washing," companies mislabelling food products as Canadian, have soared, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The Globe's Mariya Postelnyak and Susan Krashinsky Robertson report that the CFIA found the number of consumer complaints rose by 53 per cent, from 288 in 2025 to 441 between January and early October of this year. The CFIA has so far recorded about 130 cases of non-compliance this year relating to country of origin after looking into the complaints, a 73-per-cent increase compared with 75 such cases registered in all of 2025. The rise in non-compliance indicates that companies are having trouble meeting shoppers' growing demand for Canadian food products, partly due to sourcing challenges. In total, the agency has received 675 consumer complaints relating to origin claims since November, 2024. Of those complaints, it found that 205, or about 30 per cent, had merit, while another 233 involved consumer submissions that were missing information or were referred to other parts of government. None of the 205 consumer complaint cases recorded since November, 2024, have triggered monetary penalties.