Think tank says Canada should allow as many health claims as U.S.

摘要

When it comes to health claims on foods, Canada should be more like the United States, the Fraser Institute suggests in a report released July 27. While Canada permits just five health claims on any one product, the U.S. allows as many as 27.Health Canada should reform its policy by adopting the U.S. system as its model, says Brett Skinner, Fraser's director of bio-pharma and health policy, in a statement released in conjunction with the report. "Canadian consumers are being denied," Skinner says. "They don't know about the potential health benefits of many food products because information can't be printed on labels. Our restrictions are too severe. Americans have better and easier access to information about the relationship between diet and health."