Regulations to Restrict the Sale of Caffeinated Energy Drinks to Children and Youth (Motion #20-17)

Moved by Noland – Lemieux. Approved by the Sudbury & District Board of Health, April 20, 2017.

WHEREAS the Sudbury & District Board of Health’s concerns about caffeinated energy drinks (Motion #13-11), endorsement of Ontario’s Healthy Kids Strategy (Motion #19-13), and concerns about marketing to children (Motion #60-16) are part of the public record; and

WHEREAS the Board has carefully reviewed health and consumption information about caffeinated energy drinks (CEDs) relevant to its local context;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health urge the provincial and federal Ministers of Health to advance regulations prohibiting the sale of CEDs to children and youth under the age of majority, in venues where they frequent; and

FURTHER THAT this motion be forwarded to the federal Minister of Health, the provincial Minister of Health, Ontario boards of health, the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), the Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alpha), local Boards of Education, and the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM).

CARRIED

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