Policy Change
Sodium in the Food Supply
Senate Obesity Report Should Breathe Life into Industry- and Policy-fuelled Health Problems (Acrobat 244k)
—March 1, 2016
Joint-statement to the World Health Organization re conflicts of interest (Acrobat 194k)
—January 25, 2016
Comment on Ontario draft menu label regulation (Acrobat 666k)
—October 26, 2015
New Federal Government Promises Transformative Change in Public Health Law & Public Interest Science (Acrobat 187k)
—October 20, 2015
Ontario Government Menu Label Proposal Could Nudge Diners, Esp. Kids, to Eat More Food, Salt (Acrobat 105k)
—September 11, 2015
Submission to Health Canada re nutrition labelling for public health impact (Acrobat 1136k)
—August 26, 2015
Final webinar agenda, speaker bios, and links to PPT slides for Nutrition Labelling for Public Health Impact. Is the Health Canada Proposal Up to the Job? (Acrobat 375k)
—August 6, 2015
Nutrition Labelling in Chile by Sebastian Pena Fajuri, Medico (MD), MSc International Health
—August 5, 2015
Nutrition Labelling in Chile by Marcia Erazo, DrPH, MSc
—August 5, 2015
Nutrition Labelling in Ecuador by Wilma B. Freire, PhD (Acrobat 866k)
—August 5, 2015
Salty Shakedown by Norm Campbell, CM, MD, FRCPC
—August 5, 2015
Nutrition Labelling for Public Health Impact by Bill Jeffery, LLB (Acrobat 3776k)
—August 5, 2015
Advocating for Changes to Public Health Nutrition Laws (Acrobat 11147k)
—June 13, 2015
Health Canada Food Label Reforms Promise Puny Impact (Acrobat 118k)
—June 12, 2015
Joint-Statement of experts and health groups about nutrition labelling for public health impact (Acrobat 292k)
—May 29, 2015
Ontario MPPs Pass Menu Labelling Bill (Calories Without Sodium) in Hastily Called Vote (Acrobat 462k)
—May 27, 2015
Government Committee MPPs Vote to Require Calories on Restaurant Menus by January 1, 2017, Dismiss Expert and Public calls for Sodium Disclosure (Acrobat 314k)
—April 27, 2015
Technical Brief on Restaurant Menu Labelling to the Standing Committee on General Government of the Ontario Legislative Assembly (Acrobat 311k)
—April 21, 2015
Proposed revisions to Bill 45, the Making Healthier Choices Act (Acrobat 364k)
—April 10, 2015
Ontario MPPs Vote to Advance Government Calorie-Labelling Bill to Committee Review Where Adding Sodium Disclosure Will be Key Question (Acrobat 258k)
—April 2, 2015
Technical brief to the Senate Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (Acrobat 436k)
—February 5, 2015
CSPI submission to Health Canada re proposal for nutrition label reforms (Acrobat 1393k)
—September 12, 2014
Joint-submission in response to the Health Canada nutrition labelling proposal (Acrobat 486k)
—September 12, 2014
BC Government 2013 review of Informed Dining Program (Acrobat 813k)
—September 2, 2014
Statement on Menu Labelling at Hotel de ville, Montreal, Quebec (Acrobat 282k)
—August 14, 2014
U.N. General Assembly Renews Vows to Tackle Food, Tobacco, Alcohol, Inactivity-related Disease (Acrobat 191k)
—July 11, 2014
Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (Acrobat 192k)
—July 10, 2014
Call for ensuring primacy of health in trade deals and safeguards against conflicts of interest in addresses diseases caused by marketing of food, alcohol, tobacco (Acrobat 2015k)
—July 4, 2014
Minister Matthews Wise to Mandate Calories on Restaurant Menus, but Cynical to Ignore Sodium (Acrobat 221k)
—February 24, 2014
Ontario Legislature Advances Legislation to Require Sodium & Calories on Chain Restaurant Menus (Acrobat 210k)
—February 20, 2014
Media Comment on Proposed Legislation to Require Sodium & Calories on Restaurant Menus (Acrobat 236k)
—February 20, 2014
Joint statement calling for mandating nutrition information on chain-restaurant menus (Acrobat 417k)
—February 20, 2014
Making Kids Sick (or Healthy) By Decree (Acrobat 4290k)
—January 30, 2014
Health Canada Advisory Groups Hobbled by Commercial Conflicts of Interest – Leading Medical Journal (Acrobat 150k)
—November 26, 2013
Federal government food policy committees and the financial interests of the food sector (Acrobat 501k)
—November 26, 2013
CSPI Looks Forward to Renewed Federal Government Interest in Nutrition Labelling (Acrobat 122k)
—October 16, 2013
Letter to Federal Minister of Health: Ensure that the “Food Label Modernization” initiative includes health and nutrition issues to protect families, save health care resources, and raise workforce productivity by disease prevention (Acrobat 1228k)
—October 16, 2013
Queen’s Park Pledge for Law to Curb Marketing to Kids and Require Calories, etc. on Chain Restaurant Menus Sounds Like a Public Health Winner (Acrobat 251k)
—October 9, 2013
Conflict of Interest Coalition Statement of Concern (Acrobat 164k)
—September 21, 2013
Implementing the Healthy Kids Panel report, No Time to Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy (Acrobat 419k)
—August 27, 2013
Technical Brief to the Honourable Charles Sousa, MPP, Ontario Minister of Finance (Acrobat 722k)
—August 27, 2013
Outcome of vote on Bill C-460, Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act
—May 9, 2013
Parliament Kills Life- and Money-Saving Sodium Reduction Bill by 147-122 Vote (Acrobat 183k)
—May 8, 2013
Results of vote on Bill C-460 coming soon at Parliament of Canada website
in english en français
—May 8, 2013
Report Reveals 4-year Voluntary Sodium Performance Meagre As Parliament Votes Today on Sodium-Reduction Bill (Acrobat 169k)
—May 8, 2013
Salty To A Fault: A 4 year follow-up report (Acrobat 2566k)
—May 8, 2013
Inadequate voluntary sodium-reduction progress at restaurants illustrates the need to pass Bill C-460, Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act in the May 8, 2013 vote. (Acrobat 362k)
—May 6, 2013
Healthy Decisions for Healthy Eating Act, 2013
—April 29, 2013
Urge your MP to support Bill C-460, Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act
in english en français
—April 29, 2013
Testimony to Toronto Board of Health about calorie and sodium labelling on menus at chain restaurants (Acrobat 296k)
—April 29, 2013
Toronto Public Health staff report on menu labelling to the Toronto Board of Health
—April 25, 2013
What's on the Menu? A technical report by Toronto Public Health
—April 25, 2013
CSPI Calls on Premiers to Support Federal Sodium-Reduction Bill (Acrobat 162k)
—April 22, 2013
Updated Bill C-460 Joint-Statement (Acrobat 852k)
—April 22, 2013
Letter to Council of Federation urging premiers to support federal sodium bill (Acrobat 233k)
—April 22, 2013
Petition to the House of Commons in Support of Bill C-460 (Acrobat 229k)
—March 4, 2013
Debate on Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Peppered with Myths (Acrobat 110k)
—February 4, 2013
Debate on Bill C-460, Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act
in english (Acrobat 160k) en français (Acrobat 171k)
—February 1, 2013
Debate Begins in Parliament on Bill to Implement Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (Acrobat 110k)
—January 31, 2013
Joint-statement of support for Bill C-460 endorsed by health groups and experts (Acrobat 580k)
—January 31, 2013
Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada, 2010
—November 6, 2012
Bill C-460, Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act, 2012
—November 6, 2012
Federal Bill Proposes to Implement Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (Acrobat 113k)
—November 6, 2012
Technical Brief: Hearings of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-food on Bill S-11, The Healthy Food for Canadians Act (Acrobat 312k)
—November 1, 2012
The Healthy Decisions Made Easy, 2012
—October 2, 2012
Conflicts of Interest in International Disease Prevention Policy-Making (Acrobat 187k)
—September 27, 2012
Technical Brief: Hearings of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on Bill S-11, The Healthy Food for Canadians Act (Acrobat 299k)
—September 27, 2012
Guidance for the Food Industry on Reducing Sodium in Processed Foods
—June 8, 2012
United Nations Food Law Body Advances Global Standard for Mandatory Nutrition Labelling (Acrobat 234k)
—May 18, 2012
News release re Ottawa and Toronto menu labelling initiatives (Acrobat 130k)
—May 8, 2012
Media statement re the introduction of calorie/sodium menu-labelling bill in Ontario Legislative Assembly (Acrobat 153k)
—May 8, 2012
Deposition to Ottawa Board of Health re Menu Labelling (Acrobat 171k)
—May 7, 2012
Writing on the Wall--Executive Summary (Acrobat 461k)
—February 28, 2012
Writing on the Wall--Full Report (Acrobat 11978k)
—February 28, 2012
Media Comment: Writing on the Wall--Time to put nutrition information on restaurant menus (Acrobat 238k)
—February 27, 2012
Technical Brief on Chronic Disease for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (Acrobat 425k)
—February 2, 2012
Coalition letter to Prime Minister Harper urging action on sodium reduction (Acrobat 390k)
—January 6, 2012
Fact Sheet on sodium and health prepared by a coalition for sodium reduction (Acrobat 289k)
—January 6, 2012
Meeting Communique--Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Health (Acrobat 95k)
—November 25, 2011
Political Declaration on NCDs in the context of 205 other general assembly resolutions issued since 1946
in english en français
—September 19, 2011
Political Declaration: United Nations High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
in english en français
—September 19, 2011
Ottawa Citizen, p. A1: Canada battling proposal to reduce fats, sugar, salt: Journal
—August 31, 2011
Xtreme Eating 2011--Big eats...big Canadians (Acrobat 1306k)
—July 19, 2011
Nutrition-related partial transcript of NGO United Nations interactive session on NCDs (Acrobat 182k)
—June 30, 2011
Statement of concern on lack of clarity on role of industry for June UN interactive hearing and September UN High Level Meeting 2011
—June 22, 2011
Nutrition advice to the President of the United Nations General Assembly (Acrobat 321k)
—June 15, 2011
World Food Law Body to Negotiate Standards for Mandatory Nutrition Labelling (Acrobat 249k)
—May 13, 2011
Comments on international food labelling standards by the International Association of Consumer Food Organizations (IACFO) to the WHO/FAO Codex Food Labelling Committee world annual meeting in Quebec City (Acrobat 89k)
—May 9, 2011
Response to questions in Parliament re Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (Acrobat 284k)
—February 15, 2011
The Ottawa Citizen editorial: Be Your Own Task Force
—February 8, 2011
Montreal Gazette: Salt still a big problem
—February 5, 2011
Globe and Mail editorial: Live Up to the Prime Minister's Boast (about sodium reduction)
—February 5, 2011
Testimony re Healthy Living at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
in english (Acrobat 258k) en français (Acrobat 264k)
—February 3, 2011
Technical Brief on Healthy Living for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
in english (Acrobat 401k) en français (Acrobat 413k)
—February 3, 2011
Prime Minister's accomplishments for 2010 include goals for sodium and obesity reduction (Acrobat 100k)
—December 31, 2010
Globe and Mail: Voluntary approach to salt limits called into question
—November 2, 2010
Economic Prevention Dividend: Key References (Acrobat 4573k)
—October 25, 2010
Sodium: Excerpts of key References (Acrobat 5028k)
—October 25, 2010
Championing Public Health Nutrition 2010: Conference Registration NOW OPEN!
—August 25, 2010
Toronto Board of Health--Sodium Reduction Strategy
—August 20, 2010
Current Sodium Regulations for Infant Foods (Acrobat 31k)
—July 29, 2010
CSPI Comment on Strategy: Putting the Pepper on the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (Acrobat 232k)
—July 29, 2010
Sodium Working Group: Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (Acrobat 5301k)
—July 29, 2010
Canadian Medical Association Journal: Public health and nutrition advocates fear regulatory inaction has become the norm
—June 14, 2010
Globe and Mail editorial The Pillar of Salt Can Be Knocked Down
—January 22, 2010
Label Make-Over: What the Label Doesn’t Tell You (Acrobat 788k)
—December 15, 2009
Globe and Mail: Sodium deserves some odium
—November 30, 2009
Movie theatre popcorn reviews in December's issue of Nutrition Action Healthletter (Acrobat 2062k)
—November 19, 2009
Editorial in the Montreal Gazette & Vancouver Sun--Salt shakeup: We need to know what's in our food
—November 17, 2009
Canadian Medical Association Journal: Effective population-wide public health interventions to promote sodium reduction
—October 27, 2009
Canadian Medical Association Journal: Sifting for salt strategies from the Sodium Working Group
—October 13, 2009
Global TV News: Salt group peppered with questions over delays
—October 6, 2009
Globe & Mail: 'Invisible' sodium think tank under fire
—October 6, 2009
CSPI Testimony at the Sodium Briefing of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (Acrobat 251k)
—October 5, 2009
Toronto Star: Hold the Salt
—September 29, 2009
CBC: Rein in deadly salt in food supply: report
—September 24, 2009
Globe & Mail: Salt variation between brands raises call for cuts
—September 24, 2009
Ottawa Citizen: Feds doing too little to cut salt from Canadians’ diets: Report
—September 24, 2009
CTV: Report calls on Canada to set salt targets for food
—September 24, 2009
United Kingdom Food Standards Agency Targets for Reducing Sodium in Foods (Acrobat 41k)
—September 24, 2009
Report: Salty to a Fault (Acrobat 3329k)
—September 23, 2009
Media comment on report, Salty to a Fault (Acrobat 120k)
—September 23, 2009
US Developments re Sodium
—March 26, 2009
National Post: Salty Talk
—February 18, 2009
Canadian Medical Association Journal: Get excess salt out of our diet
—February 3, 2009
American Heart Association Recommends Changing Advice to Limit Daily Sodium Intake from 2,300 mg to 1,500 mg
—January 23, 2009
Mandate of Sodium Working Group
—May 23, 2008
News release: Reductions needed in the sodium added to foods: Lowering dietary salt intake would save lives, reduce medical costs, health groups say
—October 25, 2007
Blood Pressure Canada Sodium Policy Recommendations
—October 25, 2007
Members of the Sodium Working Group
—October 25, 2007
Health Canada Announces Sodium Working Group
—October 25, 2007
Statistics Canada: Sodium Consumption at All Ages
—May 1, 2007
British Medical Journal
—April 20, 2007
Comment on Statistics Canada's Figures on Sodium Consumption
—April 10, 2007
World Health Organization: Reducing Salt Intake in Populations
—October 7, 2006
Technical Brief to Federal Labour Standards Review (Acrobat 222k)
—October 19, 2005
Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium Chloride, and Sulfate 2005
—January 1, 2005
National High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control Strategy: Report of the Expert Working Group (Recommendations at p. 73)
—January 31, 2000
