Ground meats will not require a warning label under Health Canada’s new nutrition labelling policy, the government announced Thursday.
“But in the end, for clarity and avoiding all sorts of confusion – and to treat the two types of meat equally – we ended up with this result, which I believe is a result that both farmers and consumers will appreciate.” About a quarter of Canadian adults are categorized as obese. Diet-related chronic illness and obesity is a leading cause of morbidity in this country, and the reason behind some 36,000 deaths each year. According to Health Canada, diet-related disease causes our health-care system $28-billion annually.
The design Health Canada settled on features a black-and-white magnifying glass, with the “High in” nutrient in bolded text. In Israel, where similar labels are already in use, surveys have shown that over half of its residents say the program has changed their buying habits. In Chile, the program has led to food purchases that are, on average, 37 per cent lower in salt, and 27 per cent lower in sugar.
Laying the groundwork work for those crickets from the newly completed farm in Ontario to be stealthy incorporated in to our food supply
Lobbyists win in Canada. Science loses.
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