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Health committee  As a voluntary program it's pretty small. We have about 2,200 products in the program now, and probably about 200 companies. Generally speaking, there are about 30,000 items in a grocery store; not all of them are foodstuffs. But I would say we probably have about 10% of the food

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  Sure, thank you. I would agree with you that the nutrition facts panel is confusing. The federal government could do something immediately to help Canadians make healthier choices at point of purchase with respect to the facts panel, and that is to standardize the portion size o

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  I was going to say many similar things. We can profile the work we have done through the working group, and we can also highlight some of the lessons learned. The government could also begin an education campaign. It would be a great time to launch an education campaign to start

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  Yes, and that's why I defer to Andrew. Thank you.

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  I would have to say, on behalf of the foundation, that as a member of the working group it's difficult for me to answer that question without undermining perhaps the representative of the Heart and Stroke Foundation who's on the group. So I'm actually going to defer the question,

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  I would say that's the case. Last week in Washington there was a national nutrition summit that involved the FDA and a variety of regulatory bodies in the United States. They were looking at issues related to sodium, transfats, fats, and obesity, etc. I know there is a lot of w

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  One of the things the federal government can do in terms of facilitating research and facilitating our understanding of these issues is to dramatically improve both Canada's health surveillance system and the kinds of research platforms that we have available to us. I'll give you

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  One of the things Finland did was require a label on foods that were high in sodium. If you didn't meet a certain threshold you had a warning label put on your product that this food is high in sodium. Government can do a variety of things, both in voluntary education but also in

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  They get that Health Check logo.

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  Yes, but it's called Health Check.

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  Yes, it is a voluntary program. We have no authority to demand that companies join the program. Companies join the program. There are set nutrition criteria, broken down into about 80 categories, depending on the type of food, and companies have to meet those criteria to get into

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. On behalf of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to appear here today to share with you the foundation's perspective on the issue of sodium consumption in the Canadian diet. The Heart and Stroke Founda

May 4th, 2010Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I think you will see the information in Bill C-30 come under the targets—the measures in the targets and the goals that would be established under those. I think what Bill C-30 will do is compel the government to develop those. I think that's why it's particularly important tha

February 13th, 2007Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada doesn't have a position on the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, the timelines, and the targets for that. That is why I was pretty careful in my comments to speak particularly about air pollution and air particulate matter as part of

February 13th, 2007Committee meeting

Stephen Samis

February 13th, 2007Committee meeting

Stephen Samis