Health Canada will be exempting ground meat and poultry from the long-awaited stricter nutrition labelling regulations set to be in place by 2026, after previous consideration in the regulatory framework prompted fierce criticism from meat producers and stakeholders.
James Bekkering, chairman of the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association, said he was relieved by Health Canada’s decision. Melanie Wowk, chairperson of the Alberta Beef Producers, credits the province and consumers for speaking up and pressuring Health Canada to take a closer look at the policy.Advertisement 3The industry has faced many challenges in the past few years from drought to supply chain issues, feed, rising input costs and a shrinking profit margin. This was just the latest battle for them.
“The spirit behind these front of package labeling policies is to entice industry to provide healthier products to consumers. It’s just impossible to reformulate a single ingredient product. So I think it’s good news for both consumers and the food industry as well,” he said. There are however a number of exemptions, either because the foods have recognized health benefits or because they are already exempt from the nutrition facts table .
Nutrition-wise, most ground beef contains more than 15 per cent of the daily value for saturated fat. But some dairy products have similar levels and they were always exempt from the new labels.
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