Food and nutrition
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- Recalls and safety alerts
- Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide
- My Food Guide
- Food safety
- Safe internal cooking temperatures
- Food safety for pregnant women
- Percent daily value (%DV)
- Food safety information for children ages 5 and under
- Pregnancy Weight Gain Calculator
- List of Permitted Preservatives (Lists of Permitted Food Additives)
Services and information
Food guides and nutrition
Canada’s food guides, tips for healthy eating and food safety. Nutrition for different ages and stages in life.
Food labels
How to understand food labels. Recent changes to food labelling. Industry requirements.
Food recalls, risks and outbreaks
Food recalls and how Canada monitors food-borne illness. The causes of food poisoning.
Food allergies and intolerances
Common food allergies and how to avoid a reaction. Food intolerances and celiac disease.
Food and safety standards
How to meet standards for imports, exports, production, packaging, and distribution. Catering, restaurants and retail.
Nutrition science and research
How to assess and plan healthy diets. How Canada measures and reports on food security. Data on nutrient values.
Contributors
What we are doing
Features
Check out updates to food labelling
Find out more about food labelling changes and how you can use this information to make healthier choices.
Revising Canada’s food guide
Provide input on healthy eating habits.
Healthy eating for children
Restricting marketing of unhealthy foods to children.
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