Canada threatens trans fat limits if no cuts made
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The Canadian government called on the food industry on Wednesday to tightly limit artery-clogging trans fats, and threatened mandatory cuts if enough is not done in the next two years.
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New York City's Board of Health is expected to ban artery-clogging trans-fats from local restaurants.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Stephen Harper is flexing his new political muscles, warning that the Conservatives could vote against next week's throne speech if it doesn't serve Canadians well.
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Political squabbling over a national pharmacare program is threatening to &quot;scuttle and destroy&quot; next month&#39;s federal-provincial health conference, which is fundamentally about the future of Canada, former Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow has warned.
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Citing a lack of scientific evidence to support low-carbohydrate diet claims, Health Canada plans to ban food and drink labels that tout low carbohydrates.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women considering a cesarean section, with no clear medical reason for it, should know that the procedure is not without risk, Canadian doctors caution in a report published this week.
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Does the state have a place in the kitchens of the nation? Members of Parliament have voted to follow the lead of Denmark and make Canada the second country in the world to ban trans fatty acids, widely considered to be the nastiest form of fat.
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Toronto -- Health Canada is proposing substantial changes to current requirements for the labelling of tobacco products in an effort to reach more smokers, the federal department said yesterday.
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As evidence grows that trans fatty acids in partially hydrogenated oils are damaging to the heart, the food industry is looking for an alternative.
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Canada&#39;s health minister says this country cannot &quot;be the drug store of the United States.&quot;. Ujjal Dosanjh&#39;s warning comes as several states are pushing to buy low-cost prescription drugs north of the border.
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An independent panel calls for Canada to keep troops in Afghanistan indefinitely - but under certain conditions.
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Health nuts, food lovers and the worldwide restaurant industry are closely watching the Big Apple, where the board of health is poised to approve the nation's first ban on trans fats.
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OPEC may resist calls to raise oil  output quotas much, if at all, when it meets this week for fear  of turning a decline from record prices into a rout.
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Â· Row escalates over Nato troop reinforcements  Â· Canada may withdraw unless others do more
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The European Union threatened a World Trade Organization case against the US and Canada if they don&#39;t drop $126 million of tariffs, imposed on EU exports in retaliation for a ban on hormone-treated beef.
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Canada warned the United States on Wednesday that it would not be able to meet its prescription drug needs.
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OTTAWA -- The federal government is putting Canadian food producers on a strict carbohydrate labelling diet that could knock a number of new product lines off grocery store shelves next year.