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Bill 116, Health Protection and Promotion Amendment Act (Sodium Content), 2023

Gélinas, France

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Health Protection and Promotion Act

to prohibit the selling or offering for sale of any food whose sodium content

exceeds the maximum amount prescribed by the regulations. When prescribing the

maximum amount for a food or class of food, the Lieutenant Governor in Council

must not prescribe an amount that exceeds the applicable global sodium

benchmark established by the World Health Organization.

Bill 116 2023

Act to amend the Health Protection and Promotion Act with respect to sodium content

in food

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Health Protection and Promotion Act is amended

by adding the following section:

Sale

of food — maximum sodium content

17.1 No person shall sell or

offer for sale any food whose sodium content exceeds the maximum amount

prescribed by the regulations.

Section 96 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Regulations,

maximum sodium content

(2.1) The

regulations prescribing the maximum sodium content for a food or a class of

food for the purpose of

section 17.1 shall set out amounts that are no greater

than the global sodium benchmark for the food or the class as set out in the

document entitled “WHO global sodium benchmarks for different food categories”,

dated 2021 and published by the World Health Organization.

Subsection 100 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “17, 18” and

substituting “17, 17.1, 18”.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the first anniversary of the day this Act receives

Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Health Protection and

Promotion Amendment Act (Sodium Content), 2023 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

May 31, 2023

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

May 31, 2023

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

May 31, 2023

Carried