CANADA NIXES DAILY DOSE OF DAIRY IN REVAMPED FOOD GUIDE
February 1st, 2019
THE CANADIAN dairy industry has been left concerned by a change in Canada’s federal government dietary advice to consumers which damps down previous encouragement for them to eat dairy products. The change comes in the new Canada Food Guide (CFG), which has been updated for the first time in more than 10 years by the relevant ministry, Health Canada. The new guide, which is influential along consumers, and food policy makers such as school meals services, downgrades traditional food staples – including dairy – to encourage food variety and low-fat food ...
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