Nova Scotia-based Oxford Frozen Foods has been fined $10,000 for mislabelling its blueberries as Canadian at a time when more consumers are looking to buy local in grocery stores.

The food processing company is among five businesses fined a total of $47,000 by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency since April 2025 for "inaccurate or misleading country of origin claims," the federal food regulator said in a recent news release.

Blueberries, carrots and battered appetizers are processed in Oxford, N.S. The company also has facilities in Halfway River, N.S., and in Bois-Gagnon, N.B. Storage and manufacturing also takes place in the company's Maine location.