CANADA TO OPPOSE CODEX COMPULSORY LABELLING PLANS
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE HOST country of the oncoming Codex Alimentarius committee on food labelling will resist plans to draft global guidelines saying food product labelling should inform consumers of the amounts of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and sugars within processed foods. Canada will stage the April 28-May 2 meeting of the committee in its capital Ottawa, where the agenda will be topped by discussions on health labelling rules for food, to implement a World Health Organisation and UN Food & Agriculture Organisation global strategy on diet, physical ...
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