{"id":3059,"date":"2012-03-28T09:28:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T13:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=3059"},"modified":"2012-03-28T09:39:52","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T13:39:52","slug":"anaphylaxis-issue-allergen-food-labelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=3059","title":{"rendered":"Anaphylaxis Issue: Allergen Food Labelling"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>St. Valentine\u2019s Day 2011 was particularly sweet for families dealing with severe food allergies. On that day, the Federal Government announced new food\u00a0labelling regulations related to allergens. \u00a0With food labelling as one of the organization’s\u00a05-policy points<\/a>, the Canadian Anaphylaxis Initiative\u00a0was asked to be present at\u00a0the announcement.\u00a0\u00a0Here is a short summary of the issue and\u00a0relevant links to learn more about the Canadian Government\u2019s response to the food labeling concerns of a growing segment of the population dealing with food allergies.<\/p>\n

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, held a special Ottawa press conference to announce regulations to strengthen Canada\u2019s labelling of food allergens and gluten sources. The new regulations will require additional labelling and strengthen the labelling requirements to require clearer language and the declaration of otherwise \u201chidden\u201d allergens, gluten sources, and sulphites. These regulations were the result of years of consultative work between Health Canada officials, Canadian food industry\u00a0sector and leading allergy experts.<\/p>\n

Our family\u2019s St. Catharines MP Rick Dykstra was present at the press conference and stated, \u201cFamilies across Niagara have told us that clear and accurate food labelling is crucial for the safety of their children. \u00a0And by taking these steps, our government is ensuring that parents will have the information they need to make the correct choices for their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

CAI families thank MPs Dean Allison, Rick Dykstra and Ron Cannan for their part in ensuring this initiative moved forward without further delays. We appreciated working with you and playing a part in the announcement. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Federal Government\u2019s February 14th<\/sup> press release and policy backgrounder<\/a><\/p>\n

CAI spokesperson\u00a0Chris George’s remarks at the announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

With Thanks to Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (photos at event) <\/a><\/p>\n

Canadian Anaphylaxis Initiative:\u00a0 www.cai-allergies.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

Since the announcement the CAI has been one of many leading stakeholders in consultation with Health Canada to ensure these regulations are properly and effectively implemented. CAI families are also commenting on how the regulations can be strengthened to consider \u201cmay contain\u201d labelling, and how they must be responsive to the on-going changes in food packaging and product manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Photo:\u00a0 Federal Minister of Health, Hon.\u00a0Leona Aglukkaq and\u00a0MP Dean Allison\u00a0with Alexander and David George at the announcement event\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. Valentine\u2019s Day 2011 was particularly sweet for families dealing with severe food allergies. On that day, the Federal Government announced new food\u00a0labelling regulations related to allergens. \u00a0With food labelling as one of the organization’s\u00a05-policy points, the Canadian Anaphylaxis Initiative\u00a0was asked to be present at\u00a0the announcement.\u00a0\u00a0Here is a short summary of the issue and\u00a0relevant links…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3059"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3068,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3059\/revisions\/3068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}