Meetings and correspondence on healthy eating
Find out about meetings and correspondence with stakeholders in regard to the healthy eating strategy.
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Retention period: The list of meetings and correspondences will be posted for 2 years.
| Date | Topic | Organization | Type of interaction | Purpose | Health Canada office | Document(s) shared | Order a copy |
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2026-02-20 |
Restricting advertising of certain foods to children |
The Hospital for Sick Children |
Stakeholder-initiated correspondence |
To get an update on the status of Health Canada's Policy update on restricting food advertising primarily directed at children |
Bureau of Policy, Intergovernmental and International Affairs, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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2026-02-20 |
Restricting advertising of certain foods to children |
Retail council of Canada |
Stakeholder-initiated correspondence |
To get an update on the status of Health Canada's Policy update on restricting food advertising primarily directed at children |
Bureau of Policy, Intergovernmental and International Affairs, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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Order |
2026-02-02 |
Restricting advertising of certain foods to children |
Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada |
Stakeholder-initiated meeting |
To discuss the Food and Nutrition Directorate's red tape reduction commitments |
Director General's Office, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2025-12-17 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Ad Standards | Stakeholder-initiated meeting | To touch base on any updates regarding Health Canada’s work related to voluntary sodium reduction levels, as well as the status and implementation of the Code for the Responsible Advertising of Food and Beverage Products to Children | Bureau of Policy, Intergovernmental and international Affairs, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2025-12-15 |
Restricting advertising of certain foods to children Sodium |
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada | Stakeholder-initiated meeting | To touch base on any updates regarding Health Canada’s work related to voluntary sodium reduction levels, as well as on regulations to prohibit the advertising of certain foods to children. | Bureau of Policy, Intergovernmental and international Affairs, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2025-12-04 | Front-of-package nutrition labelling | Ocean Spray Coorperative | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To raise a concern on Health Canada’s Front-of-package nutrition labelling regarding and requesting a Front-of-package exemption for sweetened dried cranberries. | Director General’s Office, Food Directorate |
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| 2025-12-02 | Front-of-package nutrition labelling | Canneberges Ataboica | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To raise a concern on Health Canada’s Front-of-package nutrition labelling regarding and requesting a Front-of-package exemption for sweetened dried cranberries. | Director General’s Office, Food Directorate |
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| 2025-11-24 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Heart & Stroke Foundation | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To share an embargoed media release and a commissioned research report, led by Dr. Charlene Elliott from the University of Calgary, noting that the findings underscore the importance of implementing policies that limit the marketing of unhealthy foods to children and the need to continue monitoring food and beverage packaging directed at children to inform future protections against this persuasive marketing approach. | Bureau of Policy, Intergovernmental and International Affairs, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2025-11-17 | Front-of-package nutrition labelling | Ocean Spray Cooperative | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To raise a concern on Health Canada's Front-of-package nutrition labelling regarding and requesting a Front-of-package exemption for sweetened dried cranberries. | Director General's Office, Food Directorate |
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| 2025-11-15 | Front-of-package nutrition labelling | Ocean Spray Cooperative | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To raise a concern on Health Canada's Front-of-package nutrition labelling regarding and requesting a Front-of-package exemption for sweetened dried cranberries. | Director General's Office, Food Directorate |
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| 2025-11-14 | Front-of-package nutrition labelling | Ocean Spray Cooperative | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To raise a concern on Health Canada's Front-of-package nutrition labelling regarding and requesting a Front-of-package exemption for sweetened dried cranberries. | Director General's Office, Food Directorate |
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| 2025-11-14 | Front-of-package nutrition labelling | Ocean Spray Cooperative | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To raise a concern on Health Canada's Front-of-package nutrition labelling regarding and requesting a Front-of-package exemption for sweetened dried cranberries. | Director General's Office, Food Directorate |
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| 2025-07-04 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Dairy Processors Association of Canada | Health Canada-initiated meeting | To hear the stakeholder's thoughts and perspectives in the areas of food safety, regulatory reform, supporting market diversification of the Canadian economy and systems transformation. | Director General's Office, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2025-05-15 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children Front-of-package nutrition labelling Sodium |
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada | Stakeholder-initiated meeting | Update and overview of Heart and Stroke Foundation's priorities that relate to Government of Canada and Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate's scope of work | Bureau of Policy, Intergovernmental and International Affairs, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2025-02-24 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Heart & Stroke Foundation | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To share with Health Canada a copy of a Heart & Stroke commissioned report on ultra-processed food, the executive summary and related news release. | Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2025-02-20 | Front-of-package nutrition labelling | Gowling WLG | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To raise a concern on Health Canada's front-of-package nutrition labelling and ask for a review of the serving size for dense breakfast cereals (e.g. Granola) on which the front-of-package nutrition symbol assessment is based. | Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Food Directorate |
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| 2025-02-18 | Front-of-package nutrition labelling | Fruit d'Or | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To raise a concern on Health Canada's Front-of-package nutrition labelling and requesting a Front-of-package exemption for sweetened dried cranberries. | Director General's Office, Food Directorate |
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| 2024-11-26 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Heart & Stroke Foundation | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To inform Health Canada that it would continue an advertising campaign in several locations in downtown Ottawa. | Bureau of Policy, Intergovernmental and International Affairs, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2024-11-26 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | University of Ottawa | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To ask for immediate action on restricting the marketing of food high in sodium, sugars and saturated fat to children. | Director General's Office, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2024-11-08 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | BC Alliance for Healthy Living Society | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To ask for immediate action on restricting the marketing of food high in sodium, sugars and saturated fat to children. | Director General's Office, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2024-11-07 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada | Stakeholder-Initiated Meeting | Meet and greet with Health Canada's new Deputy Minister | Deputy Minister's Office |
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| 2024-11-05 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To notify that Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada will be meeting with Deputy Minister to discuss advertising to children industry Code for the Responsible Advertising of Food and Beverage Products to Children and pending Health Canada draft regulations. | Assistant Deputy Minister's Office |
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| 2024-10-09 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Ad Standards | Health Canada-initiated meeting | To provide a general update on Health Canada's efforts to advance proposed regulations on prohibiting the advertising of certain foods to children and discuss any developments related to the implementation of the Code for the Responsible Advertising of Food and Beverage Products to Children. | Bureau of Policy, Intergovernmental and International Affairs, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2024-08-19 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Ordre des diététistes-nutritionnistes du Québec | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To ask that immediate action be taken to restrict the advertising of foods and drinks rich in sodium, sugars and saturated fats to children. | Director General's Office, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2024-08-12 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Association pour la santé publique du Québec | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To ask that immediate action be taken to restrict the advertising of foods and drinks rich in sodium, sugars and saturated fats to children. | Director General's Office, Food and Nutrition Directorate |
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| 2024-08-09 | Restricting advertising of certain foods to children | Heart & Stroke Canada | Stakeholder-initiated correspondence | To share an op-ed that was published in La Presse. | Bureau of Policy, Intergovernmental and International Affairs, Food and Nutrition Directorate | Correspondence-English-French-Heart & Stroke Canada-Health Canada-9 August 2024 |
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