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The Centre for Health Science and Law (CHSL) will host a one-day expert conference on public health nutrition law and science on the occasion of the annual standard-setting negotiations of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling, the joint commission of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organziation that sets standards for food that are recognized as authoritative by the World Trade Organization.  The Government of Canada has hosted and chaired this committee since the 1960s.

WHAT:  The 5th Biennial Championing Public Health Nutrition conference will explore measures to reduce the human and economic toll of nutrition-related illness.  The event will serve as a knowledge exchange and advocacy update.

Topics will include:

* quantifying the burden of nutrition-related illness in Canada and internationally,

* front of pack nutrition labelling in Canada and the world,

* food taxes and health,

* school nutrition in Canada, and internationally, and

* conflicts of interest food and nutrition policy-making.

WHO:  Nearly two dozen Canadian and international experts, policy-makers, advocates, and journalists will speak in plenary session.

WHO SHOULD REGISTER:  This is a must-attend event for federal, provincial and municipal policy-makers, health researchers, health journalists, food company and association executives, nutrition-promoters, child and health advocates, educators, and anyone concerned about the diets of Canadians and the healthfulness of the food supply, and the role of public international law in influencing Canadian food policies.

TO REGISTER: Registration is not yet open, but will be announced soon at www.HealthScienceAndLaw.ca.

Please save-the-date and stay tuned for more details and to register!