Health Canada Consultation on Draft Recommendations for Infant Nutrition

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Since February 1, 2012, stakeholders have been invited to review and provide comments on the revised draft statement: Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants - Recommendations from Birth to Six Months. This is the standard guide for infant feeding for all Canadian health professionals.

View the draft statement on the Health Canada website.

You can make a difference. The consultation period for comments has been extended to April 15, 2012. You can submit comments on the draft statement by email, fax or mail to:

Health Canada email: nutrition@hc-sc.gc.ca

Fax: 613-941-2432

Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion
C/o Infant Nutrition Project Lead
Health Canada
Address Locator: 3303D
Qualicum Tower A
2936 Baseline Rd
Ottawa ON K1A 0K9

The deadline for submitting comment on the Draft Statement is April 15th.

INFACT Canada is asking people to view their comment. You may use INFACT Canada’s comment and proposed changes or your own comment and proposals to improve the policy statement. To submit INFACT’s comment download either the MS Word or PDF file (below) and attach to an email to Health Canada.

Download INFACT Canada’s comment:
http://infactsecure.com/broadcast-email/nfhti-comment.doc [MS Word]
http://infactsecure.com/broadcast-email/nfhti-comment.pdf [PDF]

Health Canada email: nutrition@hc-sc.gc.ca

For more information on the consultation process visit Health Canada’s Second consultation on Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants web page.