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ArticleFrontiers in public health2023

Qualitative analysis of front-of package labeling policy interactions between stakeholders and Health Canada.

Aalaa Jawad, Christine Mulligan, Natalie Savona, Mary R L'Abbé

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Aalaa JawadFaculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Christine MulliganDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Natalie SavonaFaculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Mary R L'AbbéDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

CIHR 201503-MOP142300
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Front-of-package labelling regulations proposed by Health Canada in their Healthy Eating Strategy (2016) were finally passed in 2022, but remain unimplemented. This study analyzed interactions that occurred between stakeholders and government related to this policy proposal to identify key themes and policy implications. Methods: A qualitative framework analysis was conducted on publicly available documents for stakeholder correspondences related to front-of-package that occurred between 2016 and 2019 in Health Canada's Meetings and Correspondence on Healthy Eating database. Five sequential steps were applied: familiarization, identifying a thematic framework, indexing, charting, and mapping and interpretation. A complex systems (i.e., a dynamic system with multiple interconnecting components) lens was incorporated in the final step to deepen the analysis. Results: Hundred and seventy-three documents were included, the majority from industry stakeholders ( Conclusion: Interactions with industry stakeholders on health food policy proposals require careful consideration, given it may suit their interests to generate delays and policy discordance. Explicitly setting out the principles of engagement and actively encouraging non-industry stakeholder representation provides a more balanced approach to policy consultation and development.

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Nutrition PolicyProduct LabelingCanadaDatabases, FactualFood IndustryQualitative ResearchStakeholder Participationconsultationfood labelingfront-of-package labelingindustrylobbyingnutrition labelingnutrition policyobesity

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PMID37089483
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