Health committee Just to clarify our role, Health Canada establishes food safety standards for foods that are sold in Canada. It's the responsibility of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to monitor compliance, and this includes laboratory testing. Any kind of food testing that is related to com
June 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee Certainly, I can. There's some feedback here. I can certainly speak to that. This has been a very significant problem that we're facing. In Canada, as you probably are aware, we do not manufacture infant formula. However, the issue is not related to general infant formula. It's
June 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee There's the CRTC code as well, which doesn't have the force of law. I think there are different options. We could certainly explore this in terms of what the best way is to go forward in order to address it.
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee Absolutely.
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee It would be in the act itself. Probably, in the same way that Bill S-228 introduced a new section 7, it would be another section.
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee Yes, your support would be very much welcomed.
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee That was done a number of years ago. You're not the first one to raise this to us, and it certainly is on our radar. Going forward, we will be considering the fact that it's currently exempted and we may be moving forward with changing it.
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee No, it would be an amendment to the regulations.
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee That's right.
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee As I mentioned, in the act we have provisions surrounding advertisement, in section 5, I think.
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee It's in the Food and Drugs Act, but it's related to deception—advertising, marketing, and deception, misleading, fraud—
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee That's right; it's not in the act itself for us to—
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee Yes.
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee We have no authority there.
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre
Health committee Through the regulatory amendment process, we will be banning the way these products are currently made available on the market. You won't be able to see these large cans with high alcohol anymore. They'll have to do one of two things: either they could reduce the can to a smaller
April 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Karen McIntyre