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Public Involvement and Partnerships
Effective and meaningful public involvement is essential to enable Health Canada to fulfill its legislative mandate, deliver programs, launch new initiatives and build public trust.
Health Canada's Role
Health Canada provides information and opportunities for Canadians to become meaningfully involved in our decision-making processes regarding priorities, policies and programs.
Health Canada's Office of Consumer and Public Involvement supports Canadians in understanding how decisions are made about food and nutrition products and helps make sure that their perspective is considered in the decision-making process. The Department also consults Canadians on proposed changes to regulation through the Canada Gazette Part I.
What Information is Available?
In this section, you will find information on public involvement and consultation related to food and nutrition.
Information about the full range of departmental consultation activities can be found in Public Involvement and Consultations and you can subscribe to updates on consultations.
Consultations and Notifications
- Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives to Enable the Use of Dimethyl Dicarbonate as a Preservative in Wine and in Unstandardized Water-Based Non-Alcoholic Beverages
- Notice of Proposal to Enable the Use of Glycerol Ester of Gum Rosin and Glycerol Ester of Tall Oil Rosin as Density Adjusting Agents in Beverages Containing Citrus or Spruce Oils
- Consultation on Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants - Recommendations from Six to 24 Months
- Notice of Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to Enable the Use of Ammonium Sulphate as a Yeast Nutrient in the Manufacture of Ale, Beer, Malt Liquor, Porter and Stout
- Notice of Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to Enable the Use of the Enzyme Asparaginase, Obtained from Aspergillus oryzae (pCaHj621/BECh2#10), in Green Coffee
- Notice of Proposal to Enable the Use of a New Food Additive, Monk Fruit Extract (Luo Han Guo Extract), as a Sweetener in Table-Top Sweeteners
- Notice of Proposal to Enable the Use of a New Food Additive, Urease, as a Food Enzyme in Wine and Sake
- Notice of Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to Increase the Permitted Maximum Levels of Use for Acesulfame Potassium in Chewing Gum and for Sucralose in Chewing Gum and Breath Freshener Products Regulated as Food
- Notice of Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to Enable the Use of Propylene Glycol Mono Fatty Acid Esters as an Emulsifier and Stabilizer in Ice Milk Mix
- Notice of Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to Enable the Use of Ascorbic Acid as a Preservative in Olives
- Notice of Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to Enable the Use of Amylase Produced by Bacillus licheniformis JS1252 in Bread, Flour, Whole Wheat Flour and Unstandardized Bakery Products
- Health Canada Request for Scientific Data and Information: E. coli O157 in mechanically tenderized raw beef products
- Notice of Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to Enable the Use of Steviol Glycosides as a Table-Top Sweetener and as a Sweetener in Certain Food Categories
- Notice of Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to Enable the Addition of Potassium Lactate and Sodium Lactate to Standardized Meat Products and Poultry Meat Products
- Consultation on the Proposed Domestic Policy and Implementation Framework for the Management of Low-Level Presence (LLP) of Genetically Modified Crops in Imports
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of the Food Additive 'Hexose Oxidase' in pizza mozzarella cheese, part-skim pizza mozzarella cheese, ultra-heat treated milk, and dough for bread, baking and pasta
- Technical Notification on Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of Dimethyl Dicarbonate as a Preservative in Wine and in Unstandardized Water-Based Non-alcoholic Beverages
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the use of the Food Additive 'Trisodium Pyrophosphate' in certain Standardized Meat, Poultry and Marine and Freshwater Products, and in Unstandardized Foods
- Canada and USA Joint Risk Assessment on Norovirus in Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish
- Guidance for Industry on Reducing the Risk of Salmonella Enteritidis in Canadian Shell Eggs
- Regulatory Proposals (Gazette I)
- Codex Alimentarius Consultations
Past Consultations and Notifications
- Consultation on Health Canada's Guidance Document: Draft Guidance for Industry on Novelty Determination of High Pressure Processing (HPP)-Treated Food Products
- Technical Consultation on the Draft Document - Satiety Health Claims on Food
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Proposal to Allow the Use of the Food Additive Steviol Glycosides as a Table-Top Sweetener and as a Sweetener in Certain Food Categories
- Information Document on Health Canada's Proposal to Amend the Food and Drug Regulations to permit the use of calcium acid pyrophosphate in standardized baking powder and unstandardized foods, including unstandardized bakery products
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's proposal to amend the Food and Drug Regulations ("Regulations") to permit the use of acacia gum (gum arabic) modified with Octenyl Succinic Anhydride (OSA) as an emulsifier
- Consultation on Health Canada's Proposed Standard (Maximum Level) for the Presence of the Mycotoxin Patulin in Apple Juice and Unfermented Apple Cider
- Information Document on Health Canada's Proposal to amend the Food and Drug Regulations to allow the use of cross-linked carboxymethyl cellulose in table-top sweetener tablets
- Consultation on Health Canada's Food Allergen Precautionary Labelling Policy Renewal - Summary of Comments from the Online and Face-to-Face Consultation Sessions
- Online Consultation on Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants: Recommendations from Birth to Six Months
- Second Consultation on Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants: Recommendations from Birth to Six Months
- Proposed Policy: Definition and Energy Value for Dietary Fibre
- Summary of Health Canada's Consultation to amend the Food and Drug Regulations to permit the use of a microbiological preparation of Carnobacterium maltaromaticum strain CB1 in certain ready-to-eat meat and poultry products
- Information Document on Health Canada's Proposal to Amend the Food and Drug Regulations to permit the use of a microbiological preparation of Carnobacterium maltaromaticum strain CB1 in certain ready-to-eat meat and poultry products
- Stakeholder Consultation on Setting Sodium Reduction Targets (January 2011)
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Proposal to Amend the Food and Drug Regulations to Permit the use of Citric Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides (1) as a Food Additive in Infant Formulae For Special Medical Purposes; and (2) in those Foods that are Currently Permitted to Contain Monoglyceride Citrate
- Consultation - Proposed Policy Intent for Revising Canada's Gluten-free Labelling requirements"
- Update on Health Canada's Progress for Setting Sodium Reduction Targets and Questionnaire
- Health Canada Proposal to Improve Food Colour Labelling Requirements [February 2010]
- Food Regulatory Advisory Committee - Call for nominations extended until March 19, 2010
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Proposal to Amend the Food and Drug Regulations to Permit the Use of the Enzyme Asparaginase in Certain Food Products [December 2009]
- Consultation on the Proposed Revisions to the Policy on Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-To-Eat Foods
- Consultation on Precautionary Labelling of Food Allergens
- Online Consultation on Resources for Health Professionals related to Maternal Weight and Gestational Weight Gain
- Eat Well and Be Active Educational Toolkit Stakeholder Review
- Summary of Input Received on Health Canada's Conslutation to Reinstate Saccharin as a Food Additive
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Proposed Maximum Limits (Standards) for the Presence of the Mycotoxin Ochratoxin A in Foods
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Proposal to Amend the Food and Drug Regulations to Permit the Use of the Enzyme Asparaginase in Certain Food Products
- Consultation Session of the Multi-stakeholder Working Group on Dietary Sodium Reduction
- Managing Health Claims for Food In Canada: Towards a Modernized Framework
- Health Canada's Action Plan in Response to Stakeholder Feedback from Consultations on Modernizing Canada's Framework for Health Claims on Food
- Report on Stakeholder Feedback on Modernizing Canada's Framework for Health Claims on Food
- Report of Regional Workshops on Modernizing Canada's Framework for Health Claims on Food
- Stakeholder and Expert Perspectives on Dietary Sodium Reduction in Canada 2009
- VITALITY: Community use of A Guide for Leaders
- Consultation on the Food Directorate's Draft Guidance Document on the Management of Pre-Market Submissions
- Position Paper on Five US Health Claims Considered for Use in Canada
- Regulatory Modernization for Food and Nutrition
- Online Consultation on Proposed revisions to Prenatal Nutrition Guidelines for Health Professionals
- Consultation on revised supplement recommendations on iron and folate
- Consultation on Canada's Food Guide Revision
- Labelling of Unpasteurized Fruit Juice / Cider
- Public Consultation on the Revision of Health Canada's Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods and Questions Related to Novel Food Regulation (July - September 2003)
- Food Vehicles for Discretionary Fortification - Summary report of Stakeholder Consultation held June 23, 2003 Ottawa
- Summary of the results of the consultation workshop - held November 29, 2002
- Making it Clear - Renewing the Federal Regulations on Bottled Water: A Discussion Paper
