Traduction de «Groupe de travail sur les produits laitiers » (Français → Anglais) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 422 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to nutrition in child and adolescent populations in Canada: (a) does government policy include recognition and acceptance of the principle that Canada’s children and adolescents are entitled to nutritious food (i) regardless of where they live, (ii) regardless of their family income, (iii) particularly when economic forces undermine efforts by parents and caregivers to ensure healthy eating; (b) given that the 1992 World Declaration on Nutrition, to which Canada was a signatory, states that access to nutritionally adequate and safe food is a right of each individual, what ...[+++]specific actions have the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Health Canada undertaken for children and adolescents in order to fulfill this commitment; (c) what percentage of children and adolescents in Canada is food insecure, (i) do disparities exist, including, but not limited to, disability status, ethnicity, gender, geography, socio-economic status, (ii) if so, specify; (d) what percentage of children and adolescents lives below the poverty line, (i) do disparities exist, including, but not limited to, disability status, ethnicity, gender, geography, socio-economic status, (ii) if so, specify; (e) what percentage of children and adolescents has, as a result of living below the poverty line, (i) poor nutritional status, (ii) poor health outcomes due to their poor nutritional status; (f) what percentage of members of each of the following groups is food insecure, (i) child and adolescent newcomers, (ii) children and adolescents who live in poverty, (iii) children and adolescents who live in priority neighbourhoods, (iv) Aboriginal children and adolescents; (g) what percentage of children and adolescents (i) involuntarily misses meals, (ii) lacks healthy variety in its diet; (h) does the government have information, and, if so, what is that information, concerning (i) how (g)(i) and (g)(ii) impact the caloric a ...

Bongrain (France) - dairy Hoogwegt Groep (Netherlands) - dairy Danish Crown Pork Division (Denmark) - meat Vion Food Group NV (Netherlands, Germany, UK) - meat Maspex – GMW (Poland) - cereals-based products, fruit, juices Besana Group (Italy) - fresh fruit Anecoop (Spain) - fresh fruit Scotch Whisky Association (UK) - spirits Gancia (Italy) - wine Grupo SOS (Spain) – olive oil HZPC (Netherlands) – potatoes

31. When satisfied with the above preparatory work for a candidate product group and with the positive recommendation of the ad hoc working group, the EUEB shall forward the final report together with the proposals concerning the drafting of the mandate to the Commission, and shall request the Commission to initiate the procedure for setting the ecological criteria for the product group in question and to give a mandate to the EUEB that takes into account the abovementioned proposals.

44. The lead competent body with the assistance of the ad hoc working group shall in particular evaluate the past, current and likely future success of this product group, including the related environmental benefits, taking into account the success of related product groups, and taking into account the Community Eco-label working plan.

6. In addition to general representatives who should participate in meetings of the EUEB, each member of the Forum should designate at least one technical representative per product group to participate in the ad hoc working groups set up by the EUEB in relation to specific product groups, as well as in meetings of the EUEB where the product group in question is to be fully discussed.

The importance of finding an equitable way of maintaining our share of the export market in dairy products and products with dairy ingredients was the main force behind the intense negotiations and hard work undertaken by the provinces through the various committees and working groups in the past year.