Stephen Alison M, Liston Albert J, Anthony Sandra P, Munro Ian C, Anderson G Harvey
CANTOX Health Sciences International, Mississauga, ON.
Can J Public Health. 2002 Sep-Oct;93(5):328-31. doi: 10.1007/BF03404561.
Health claims linking foods and food components to disease are prohibited in Canada because of limitations of the Food and Drugs Act. Changes to the Act to permit such claims would require a Bill to Parliament, a lengthy and impractical solution. In this paper, an alternative approach is proposed, that is, to regulate "Foods with Health Claims" under a subsection of the Drug Regulations. Generic claims would be regulated in a similar manner to Class IV or minimum risk drugs, whereby monographs would be created for constituents for which claims are proposed. Product-specific claims would be individually evaluated. Each food bearing a claim would carry a Food Identification Number (FIN), provided by Health Canada through application. Details of procedures and conditions for the FIN process are suggested. The FIN plan would provide an expedient, balanced and accountable approach to allow health claims on food products in Canada.
由于《食品和药品法》的限制，在加拿大，将食品及食品成分与疾病联系起来的健康声明是被禁止的。修改该法案以允许此类声明需要向议会提交法案，这是一个漫长且不切实际的解决方案。本文提出了一种替代方法，即在《药品条例》的一个子条款下对“带有健康声明的食品”进行监管。一般声明将以与IV类或最低风险药物类似的方式进行监管，即针对提出声明的成分制定专论。特定产品声明将进行单独评估。每种带有声明的食品都将带有一个由加拿大卫生部通过申请提供的食品识别号（FIN）。文中还提出了FIN程序的详细步骤和条件。FIN计划将提供一种便捷、平衡且可问责的方法，以允许在加拿大的食品上使用健康声明。
