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• Food and Drug Regulations (Nutrition Labelling, Nutrient Content Claims and Health Claims)-Regulations Amending

..."nutrition facts table" means the nutrition facts table that is req... that are mostly fats, such as butter, margarine, oil or lard;(b) foods that are mostly sugars, suc...

• Canada Gazette Nbr. 1, January 01, 2003
• Part II - Official regulations
• Food and Drugs Act

• Consumers' Use of Nutritional Labels: A Review of Research Studies and Issues

Diet-related health problems have increased dramatically over the last few years. Consequently, nutritional labeling has emerged as an important aspect of consumers' food purchase decisions. Nutritional content in food products is considered to be a credence attribute. However, if trustworthy nutritional labels are available, nutritional labels could function as a search characteristic. The regulatory environment in some countries (e.g. USA, Australia etc.) has long recognized the potential of standardized on-pack nutrition information and has mandated the presence of nutritional labels on all processed food products. Others, like the EU, are contemplating similar mandatory nutritional labeling regulations. The nutritional labeling literature has grown significantly in recent years. Our...

... nutrient content claims using the Nutrition Facts label than the current typical EU nutritional labe... consumed from products like butter and margarine due to the small portion of consumption sizes. The...

• Academy of Marketing Science Review
• Nbr. 2006, January 2006

• Schools Banned From Selling Food with Trans Fats

The legislated ban strengthens the province's earlier requirement school divisions have food and nutrition policies that offer healthy choices in schools. [Peter Bjornson] said there will be exceptions to the trans fat ban -- lunches brought from home, and special days, such as bake sales or pizza or hotdog lunch days. As well, vegetable oil or margarine used to prepare foods at school must now not exceed two per cent of a product's fat content, and naturally occurring trans fats -- other than in meat and dairy -- must not exceed five per cent of the product's fat content. Divisions will know what can and can't be sold," Bjornson said. "Foods that were available daily will not be available daily.

... Fat and Trans Fat Guidelines for Schools facts page on the Healthy Food in Schools website:. http...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• October 15, 2009

• Critics Chew Out Writers of New Food Guide

In addition to a six-page "hard copy", a web component called "My Food Guide" lets Canadians personalize their food guide according to their age, sex and food preferences. It also includes more culturally diverse foods than previous guides. A Health Canada scientist told me that really the only nutrient that increases bad cholesterol more than saturated or trans fat is refined flour," says Bill Jeffery, of the Centre for Science in the Public Interest. "You would think that they would place a much higher emphasis on whole grains. The guide recommends drinking two cups of skim, one per cent or two per cent milk every day for adequate vitamin D. But two cups of two per cent milk contain 244 calories. "That would add up to 22 pounds worth of milk calories each year," [Yoni Freedhoff] says.

... and most current information that nutritional science has to offer," federal Health Minister Ton... first on Health Canada's own nutrition facts label "yet this food guide completely ignores them... oil used for cooking, salad dressings, margarine and mayonnaise. A middle-aged, sedentary woman of ...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 14, 2009