New health warnings considered a good start, but do they go far enough? – CBC

Front-of-package labelling went into effect Jan. 1 on foods high in fat, sugar and sodium

Jan 19, 2026

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.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-health-warnings-are-a-good-start-9.7048777