Intervention at the United Nations Consultation
intervention
Joint statement to the United Nations on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases
joint statement
United Nations Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Disease and mental Health
Final version of the Political Declaration (Rev.4)
Comments on draft Rev.3 of Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
Letter and comments to United Nations leadership
BREAKING NEWS: Full text of version Rev.3 of the Political declaration of the fourth high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being
See the August 4, 2025 draft of the negotiated text. WHO reports only the May 13, 2025 Zero Draft and none of the UN or co-faciliators have officially released any of the three subsequent drafts (unlike previous years), leaving many … Read More
Ensuring the Primacy of the Right to Health, Prevention, and Conflict-of-Interest Safeguards at the 4th United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, United Nations Headquarters, New York, May & September 2025
joint statement by civil society organizations
2026-27 Public Interest Articling Position
description
Consultation on the Right to a Healthy Environment
Submission of the Canadian Environmental Network’s Toxics Caucus
Statement on the Summit of the Future
statement for the record
Summit of the Future Civil Society Organization Engagement
written submission for virtual meeting
Support and improve Bill C-322, National Framework for a School Food Program Act
submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources
Take action: Protect babies and new mothers by urging Health Canada to improve proposed rules for marketing infant formula.
link to joint-statement and endorsement form
Deferring the application by Centre for Health Science and Law to intervene in Safe Food Matters v. AG Canada (pending ruling on admissibility of evidence of regulatory capture of Health Canada in approval of glyphosate)
Letter to Federal Court
Infant food safety in Canada and the world
presentation at Championing Public Health Nutrition
7th Championing Public Health Nutrition
(provisional program)
World Nutrition Report host selection
comment about the selection process
Proposal for a code of conduct for engaging with non-state actors
model code of conduct
Bad News, Bayer
U.S. court decisions about pesticide glyphosate and implications for Canada
Canada needs to walk the talk on children’s rights.
media statement on UN Committee report
Supplementary submission to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child
supplementary submission
Leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada dismissed re glyphosate
media comment
Objection to Health Canada’s approval of pesticide, Chlorpyrifos
CHSL.February8-2021.Chloropyrifos.NOO
Op-ed submitted to Toronto Star re saturated fat
Opinion submitted to Toronto Star re its investigation on saturated fat
Comments regarding Canada’s review by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
CHSL Comments to Committee
Statement on Prevention to the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage
Statement on Prevention
Federal budget promise to negotiate a national school food program is a major stride for children and public health
School Food in Federal Budget
Food for Life Report’s “Bread & Butter Issue” editorial
Food for Life Report’s “Bread & Butter Issue” editorial
Position statement on Political Declaration of the United Nations High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Disease
Position Statement
Submission to Health Canada re proposed front-of-pack nutrition labelling
CHSL-FOP-Nutrition-Labelling.April2018
Contrast of commonly cited priority diet-related risks to worldwide deaths attributed to aspects of the diet according to the Global Burden of Disease
Contrast of commonly cited priority diet-related risks to worldwide deaths attributed to aspects of the diet according to the Global Burden of Disease
Global Guidance on Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling and Alcohol Warnings
Global Guidance on Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling and Alcohol Warnings
Health Canada’s proposal to classify Partially Hydrogenated Oils as prohibited adulterants by the summer of 2018
Canada’s proposal to classify Partially Hydrogenated Oils as prohibited adulterants by the summer of 2018
The Lancet statement calls on candidates for top job at World Health Organization to clarify commercial influence safeguards
http://healthscienceandlaw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CHSL.Lancet.WHOConflict-of-interest.April-27-2017.pdf
Consideration of energy drinks and marketing to children at the Ottawa Board of Health
Consideration of marketing to children and energy drinks at the Ottawa Board of Health
30 health and citizens’ groups state concern about involvement of Gates Foundation at World Health Organization
Public-Interest-Position.WHO.FENSA+Gates.Jan2017
Pages 1-2 of 32-page first issue of Food for Life Report
Food for Life Report (cover of first issue)
Health Canada’s Unambitious First Step to Update Food Labels Systematically Understates Levels of Salt, Sugar
Health Canada’s Unambitious First Step to Update Food Labels Systematically Understates Levels of Salt, Sugar
Lights Back on at Health Canada: Minister to Right-size Rule Books for Food Labelling/Marketing and Conflicts of Interest
final-chsl-comment-philpott-nutrition-strategy-oct24-2016
CCFL first contribution re FOP labelling
chsl-oct21-2016-first-doc-front-of-pack-ewg-e-08-14-2016
Coke Olympics, Pepsi Queen’s Park? Ontario hired candy publicists to spin consultation on food advertising & labelling
CHSL-Comment.Coke-Olympics.Pepsi-QueensPark
Final text of World Health Organization’s Framework for Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA)
WHO-FENSA.New-Conflicts-of-Interest-Approach
Media release re new approach to conflicts of interest at the World Health Organization
Media release re new approach to conflicts of interest at the World Health Organization WHO.Critique.Conflicts-of-Interest.pdf
60-group statement re conflict of interest safeguards at the World Health Organization
60-group statement re conflict of interest safeguards at the World Health Organization View PDF
Addressing and managing conflicts of interest in the planning and delivery of nutrition programmes at country level Technical report
World Health Organization Technical Report (with input from CSPI-Canada/CHSL): Addressing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Planning and Delivery of Nutrition Programmes at Country Level WHO-Nutrition.Conflicts-of-Interest.pdf
Championing Public Health Nutrition conference program, speaker bios, and presentations
Championing Public Health Nutrition conference program, speaker bios and links to presentations
Akshaya Patra School Food in India
akshaya-patra-india-school-food
International Association of Consumer Food Organizations proposal for a global standard on front-of-package nutrition labelling
International Association of Consumer Food Organizations submission on Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling to the Codex Committee on Food Labelling Proposal-Front-of-Pack-Nutrition-Labelling
World Health Organization report on how to strengthen international cooperation on noncommunicable diseases
World Health Organization consultation report (with input from CSPI-Canada/CHSL) “Dialogue on how to strengthen international cooperation on noncommunicable diseases” WHO.Partnerships-Dialogue-Report
Deputation to the Toronto Board of Health re marketing to children
FINA.CHSL-Toronto-Board-HeALTH.Ads-to-kids.April 2016
Save the World Health Organization from the undue influence of corporations and corporate-linked entities
Civil Society FENSA Statement April 2016-1
Federal Budget Falls Behind on School Meal Funding: Alberta, G-7 Countries Lead the Pack, while Feds Remain Inactive
final.coalition-for-healthy-school-food.2016.budget_response
Senate Obesity Report Should Breathe Life into Industry- and Policy-fuelled Health Problems
cspi-response.senate-cttee-report.march1-2016
Coalition for Healthy School Food pre-budget submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
coalition_for_healthy_school_food.pre-budget.feb19-2016
Submission to Ontario Government re Restaurant Menu Labelling
Submission to Ontario Government re Restaurant Menu Labelling Ontario-Menu-Labelling.Follow-up
Joint-statement to the World Health Organization re conflicts of interest
civil_society_open_letter.jan25-2016
Statement of the Conflict of Interest Coalition at the United Nations High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in New York City
Conflict-of-interest-safeguards+Health-trump-trade.July2014
Joint-Statement of Health Groups and Experts on Restaurant Menu Labelling
menu-expert_ngo-joint-statement
Salty to a Fault: A four-year follow-up report
salty-to-a-fault.2013-Update
United Nations Food Law Body Advances Global Standard for Mandatory Nutrition Labelling
Global Mandatory Nutrition Labelling
Advice to the United Nations General Assembly on the prevention of nutrition-related illness
final.iacfo-un-summit.nutritionadvice
Salty to a Fault: Varied Sodium Levels Show Lowering Salt in Processed Foods IS Feasible
SaltyToAFault.Sept2009