The Lung Association Applauds Plan To Label Ingredients In Consumer Products

Main Category: Nutrition / Diet
Article Date: 04 Apr 2008 - 3:00 PDT

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The Lung Association welcomed the announcement by the Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association that its member companies' will voluntarily begin disclosing all ingredients in the majority of their products on the product's label, as well as on the company's website and/or on the company's toll-free number.

"This is an encouraging step forward by the Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association," said Nora Sobolov, President and CEO of The Lung Association. "Canadians deserve to know what is contained in the products that they are using in and around their homes and the effects these products have on their health."

The Association continues to urge the CCSPA and other industry leaders to encourage all manufacturers of consumer products to provide ingredient labelling on all their products so that Canadians can make informed purchase decisions.

"The health of Canadians is paramount when it comes to the products they use and the air they breathe," said Kenneth Maybee, Chair of Environmental Issues for The Lung Association, "We want to see industry leaders continue to take these steps forward so that Canadians can have confidence that the products they are using will not make them sick".

The Association looks forward to the continuing development and implementation of the labeling process and strongly encourages the government to enter into agreements for foreign products as well as the monitoring and enforcement that is required.

The announcement by the CCSPA follows a joint press release issued on March 6th by the Canadian Cancer Society, The Lung Association and the Heart and Stroke Foundation which called on the federal government to extend regulatory requirements that mandate full, visible, ingredient disclosure on all products when the product contains a toxic or carcinogenic ingredient.

Established in 1900, The Lung Association is one of Canada's oldest and most respected health charities, and the leading national organization for science-based information, research, education, support programs and advocacy on lung heath issues.

The Lung Association