New Report on Companies' Health and Wellness initiatives

• Our Commitment to Health & Wellness [en français]
• What FCPC Member companies are doing to contribute to Health and Wellness

Food & Consumer Products of Canada, along with 34 of Canada's top companies, has teamed up with Health Canada to help Canadians better use the nutrition facts table on packaged food. Learn more about Nutrition Facts!

Food & Beverage Companies Help Canadians Lead Healthy Active Lives
Food and beverage companies are enabling Canadians to lead healthy active lives by offering new and reformulated food choices, providing consumer information programs on nutrition, and promoting healthy active living.

Find out about Industry's new integrated initiatives on advertising.

Read the full Globe and Mail special section.

New study substantiates urgent need to modernize Canada's food regulatory system
Click here to read the George Morris Centre's report "Food Regulatory Systems: Canada's Performance in the Global Marketplace - A Case Study Approach". The report highlights the fact that Canadians are missing out on many innovative, functional foods that are available in most other developed countries because of Canada's outdated food regulatory system.  Find out more about the impact on Canadians, the Canadian economy and Canada's competitiveness.

FCPC and CCGD move forward on industry unsaleables initiative
A new joint manufacturer/retailer Unsaleables Steering Committee has been formed to review and update the Unsaleables Protocol, which has been in place since 2003. The objectives of the project are twofold: 1) to conduct an in depth analysis of the current joint industry protocol, specifically in relation to the incidence benchmark and the handling rate; and 2) to recommend changes to the current protocol for industry approval and adoption. Read more [ PDF ]

Food Safety information for Canadians
Do you know where to find information about food recalls and allergy alerts? Visit the Canadian Food Inspection Agency web site and subscribe to the CFIA automatic food recall update service to get alerts directly via email the moment they are issued.

Industry website on substances used in products
Product safety is important to all Canadians, including Canada's food, beverage and consumer products manufacturers who make products used by Canadians each day. Industry is committed to providing consumers with a range of products which are developed in accordance with Canada's rigorous substance management regulations. Read more

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