Why is Health Canada reviewing its policy on food fortification?
The review responded to concerns that the current food fortification policy and practices are too restrictive and that they limit the development of new products, as well as Canadians’ access to fortified foods available in other countries. Health Canada’s response to these requests was to re-visit the premises that had guided food fortification in the past, apply new science, and arrive at a proposed new policy. The proposed policy retains current fortification practices such as restoring vitamins and minerals lost through processing and correcting and preventing nutritional problems of public health significance.
