Laissez-faire food

Sarah Schmidt reviews the last few years of rejection at the Health department.

Aglukkaq’s office confirmed this week that the recommendations have been rejected ... Aglukkaq prematurely disbanded her much-touted expert panel on sodium in December 2010 ... Aglukkaq immediately shot down the idea and defended the way companies label their food products ... After sitting on the report for over a year, Aglukkaq finally announced she was rejecting the advice ... Five years after unveiling a proposal to end consumer confusion over “whole wheat” claims on bread products, Health Canada confirmed earlier this year it has no plans to change the food-labelling rule.