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Canada Health’s new front-of-package labelling is giving consumers more nutritional information at a glance. A magnifying-glass graphic is now mandatory to alert shoppers about foods high in saturated fat, sugar or sodium.
Front-of-package labelling went into effect Jan. 1 on foods high in fat, sugar and sodium
Allyson McCormack · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 19, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago
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Registered dietitian Nicole Boyd says Health Canada’s new front-of-package labelling offers consumers a good snapshot. (Allyson McCormack/CBC)
Nicole Boyd knows what she’s looking for when she flips over a packaged item at the grocery store.
A practised hand at spotting what ingredients to avoid, the Fredericton-based dietitian can easily navigate the Nutrition Facts table found on most packaged food.
But she acknowledges the average consumer can find the complexities of the Health Canada information on labels confusing and even overwhelming.
She applauds the new front-of-package labelling as a quick, clear warning to consumers that the product they’re about to drop in the shopping cart may not be the wisest choice.
The symbol of a magnifying glass has been mandatory since Jan.
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