Codex has looked at a number of front-of-package schemes that are in place in different markets around the world. Of the 37 that they've looked at—that is currently available in some of the Codex documents—97% of them use symbols and programs that, just as an example, use colour. There is only one jurisdiction out of those 37, and it's Chile, that uses a symbol that would meet the vary narrow criteria that Health Canada has set out. We encourage Health Canada to really look at the other labelling systems that are in place that have consumer data and effectiveness data behind them, and to consider something like that as an option here in Canada, because the criteria that Health Canada has outlined would only be aligned with one country, Chile.
On October 20th, 2017. See this statement in context.