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The Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (CPLA; French: Loi sur l’emballage et l’étiquetage des produits de consommation) is a Canadian regulatory consumer protection statute that governs the packaging, labelling, sale, importation, and advertising of prepackaged and certain other consumer products in Canada. [1]
Federal responsibility for Canadian food labelling requirements is shared between two departments, Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). [ 1 ] All labelling information that is provided on food labels or in advertisements, as required by legislation, must be accurate, truthful and not misleading.
Location: Generally, the symbol appears in the upper half of the label for most package shapes. However, on wider-than-tall labels, it is situated on the right half. Language: The front-of-package nutrition symbol is presented in both English and French. It may manifest as two separate symbols, each in one language, or as a combined symbol ...
Advocates for mandatory front-of-package labeling disagree, arguing that the Facts up Front campaign is not used enough: By contrast, the nutrition facts label that is federally mandated to be on ...
The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing nutrition information be placed on the front of packaged foods to provide at-a-glance information about saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.
Mandatory labelling is mandated in most developed nations and increasingly also in developing nations, especially for food products, e.g. "Grade A" meats. With regard to food and drugs, mandatory labelling has been a major battleground between consumer advocates and corporations since the late 19th century.
The agency's nutrition priorities are part of a government-wide effort in fighting the country's chronic disease crisis, including health problems such as diabetes and heart illnesses.
Health claims for food in Canada are overseen by Health Canada, the Government of Canada department responsible for national health. Health Canada has allowed 5 scientifically verified disease risk reduction claims to be used on food labels and on food advertising .