February 22/Toronto/Shaw Media -- While the food industry applauded Health Canada’s decision to approve a new claim that advises Canadians to replace saturated fat with vegetable oil, health experts and nutritionists say the move is not in the best interests of Canadians and will likely mislead consumers.
The Vegetable Oil Industry of Canada celebrated when it announced it obtained support from the federal agency to promote vegetable oil as a tool to lower cholesterol.