Centre for Health Science and Law / Centre pour les Sciences de la Santé et le Droit
Registration:
4
of
14
(2018-10-01
to
2019-04-01)
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Food Taxes: Amend definition of "Basic Groceries" in the Excise Tax Act to ensure that food taxing policies promote, rather than discourage healthy eating.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Institutional Conflicts of Interest: Implementing safeguards against institutional conflicts of interest in federal law as, for instance, elaborated in the World Health Organation Framework for Interaction with Non-State Actors, May 2016 and "Technical Report: Addressing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Planning and Delivery of Nutrition Programmes at Country Level," October 2015
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
- Promote public health in the development of a national food policy.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- Advertising to Children: Restricting advertising directed at children as proposed in the Government's election platform
- Front-of-Package Nutrition Labelling: Advocate reforms to nutrition labelling, especially on the front of food packages and on restaurant menus (regulatory proposal published in Canada Gazette, Part I and entitled "Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations — Nutrition Labelling, Other Labelling Provisions and Food Colours" and possible subsequent bills, motions, or regulations
Policies or Program
- Generally, enforcement of food-related law in comparison to other federal laws in light of enforcement statistics
- International Health and Trade Policy: Urge the Government of Canada (esp. through the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada) to adopt health-promoting positions in negotiating global standard-setting by the World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization's Codex Alimentarius Commission.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Canada's Food Guide: Advocate revisions to Canada's Food Guide, 2007 to urge Health Canada to revise the dietary advice therein to better comport with scientific understanding about the relationship between diet and disease and ensure that food industry interests do not undermine the advice as, e.g., proposed by the 2016 report of the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
- Marketing and Safety Safeguards for Energy Drinks: Improving the regulation of energy drinks, the current regulation of which is described in "Energy Drinks: An Assessment of the Potential Health Risks in the Canadian Context, 2013"
- Natural Health Products (NHPs): Revise or better enforce regulations to ensure regulations provide adequate safety standards and acceptable standards of evidence for verifying health claims related to NHPs.
Regulation
- Food Dyes: Urge Health Canada to revoke the approvals of food dyes for which evidence indicates they are possible human carcinogens (e.g., ammonia process caramel used in soft drinks) or exacerbate the symptoms of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.
- Sodium Reduction in Processed Food: Reducing the amount of sodium added to food as proposed in the Government's election platform
- Trans Fat: Prohibiting the use of trans fat in processed foods as proposed in the Government's election platform