Janes Foods FAQ’s

Janes offers a wide range of delicious and high quality products for the entire family’s many needs.  Janes considers a family’s different life stages – whether it’s about feeding hungry school age kids or meeting the demands of on-the-go teenagers. With Janes, you’re ready with many tasty answers no matter what life throws your way.  Janes chicken products include strips and nuggets made with white meat, premium whole white meat fillets/bites and wings.  Janes fish products range from bite-size pieces perfect for tacos to whole hand-cut fillets.

We manufacture our products in company owned and operated facilities in Ontario and Alberta.  Janes has state of the art manufacturing facilities where we take pride in employing the highest safety measures and quality control.

We have comprehensive quality control and safety measures in place throughout the supply chain to ensure our products meet the highest standards of quality and safety and we hold all of our suppliers to these standards.

Janes offers both fully cooked and uncooked products.  Fully cooked products include Janes Pub Styles, Janes Meal Makers and Janes Wings. The rest of the chicken and fish products are raw and uncooked.  All products must be kept frozen until ready to prepare.  As with any uncooked products, handling and cooking instructions on the packaging must be properly followed to ensure the safety and quality of the products to be consumed. Click here for more information from the Government of Canada about proper handling and cooking practices of raw chicken products. Always remember:

1. NEVER microwave
2. ALWAYS pre-heat your oven
3. ALWAYS cook from frozen.  If the product has defrosted it should not be cooked and served.
4. ALWAYS cook to the time and temperature on the package / inner bag.

Only the Janes fully cooked Pub Style, Janes ultimates fully cooked Wings and Janes Meal Makers fully cooked oven roasted chicken strips can be microwaved.  All other Janes products are NOT microwavable, since these products were developed for oven cooking.  Raw products should NOT be microwaved.  All products must be kept frozen until ready to prepare.  Please follow the handling and cooking instructions on the packaging to ensure the safety and quality of the products to be consumed.

Most of our products are guaranteed for freshness for 1 year.  You will find the best before date on the right side panel of the packaging.

Janes products are packaged by weight (unless otherwise indicated on the label); therefore, the number of pieces in the package will vary. For example, one bag may contain 5 large pieces weighing 700g where another may contain 6 or 7 smaller pieces still making the 700g weight.

Janes Pub Style chicken, Natural Goodness, Star Wars, and ultimates burger products are made with all white meat.  As is standard for strips, nuggets, burgers, fries, and popcorn varieties, the chicken is ground for a better mix of seasoning and texture.  If your preference is for whole chicken tenders, The Janes ultimates chicken fillets, Boneless Bites, and Meal Makers products are made from our premium whole white meat.

We source our chicken from a variety of locations to ensure that we have a consistent supply of high quality, great tasting and affordable products.  We primarily use Canadian chicken, and occasionally access products from the United States and Brazil.  These products are sourced only from processors that meet our standards of quality and safety and are registered with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).  Janes products are then manufactured and packaged in Canada.

We want to ensure that our customers have a consistent supply of high quality, great tasting, and affordable products.  We are able to accomplish this by sourcing from both Canadian and International markets.  All suppliers meet the stringent food safety standards and are registered with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

All our Janes fish products are processed from wild-caught fish. The fish is caught off the North Atlantic or North Pacific by Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified vessels. The MSC ecolabel shown on our packaging is your guarantee that the product comes from a fishery that has been independently certified to the MSC’s standard for a well-managed and sustainable fishery.

We source our products from a variety of locations to ensure that we have consistent supply of high quality, great tasting and affordable products. Most of our fish is caught in international waters including The North Atlantic and The North Pacific.

Fish caught in international waters including Haddock, Cod, Sole and Pollock is mostly processed in China and manufactured into finished goods in Canada. The fish is filleted in HACCP certified Chinese processing facilities and shipped to Canada where it is battered or breaded and packaged for delivery to our customers. HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points and is a food safety system that has been recognized and adopted in Canada, the United States and internationally.

Yes. Our Chinese suppliers meet European Union (EU) standards, which are among the most stringent food safety standards in the world and are also HACCP certified. HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points and is a food safety system that has been recognized and adopted in Canada, the United States and Internationally. As a registered importer of fish, the product arriving from China is also subject to inspection by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans upon arrival in Canada.

We source our fish from a variety of locations to ensure that we have a consistent supply of high quality, great tasting and affordable products. All of the species of fish we offer are not readily available in Canadian waters.

All Janes Fish products are sustainably sourced. Janes has made a commitment to sustainable practices at the forefront of Janes strategic priorities. In February 2011, Janes became the first branded seafood company in North America to have 100% of its retail seafood products certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). The harmony and wellbeing of fisheries and communities is a long-term vision Janes is passionate about.