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Watching Briefs
We commissioned Dr. Sheila Innis to draft the watching briefs on saturated fat and omega 3 fatty acids.

Consumer Fact Sheets
Once these new Watching Briefs are drafted we will develop fact sheets on these topics.

Web-cast
February 28, 2008 – Facilitating Consumer Understanding of Fat (archived for 1 year).

We would like to acknowledge our generous sponsors:
  • Gold Sponsor – Dow AgroSciences, Canada
  • Silver Sponsor - Dairy Farmers of Canada
  • Bronze Sponsor - Monsanto Canada

Trans Fat Task Force
Health Canada invited The Canadian Council of Food and Nutrition to appoint a representative to sit on their task force. Final recommendations of the Task Force have been made public on June 28, 2006. For more information on the work done by the Task Force or to download the report visit http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/food-aliment/e_trans_fat.html.

Presentation on Trans Fat
This topic was featured at our CCFN Member Exchange Forum on March 20, 2006 with Dr. Mary L’Abbe from Health Canada as the guest speaker. Visit the link for more details.