Caribbean Health Professionals, Regional Organisations Support Front of Package Warning Labels
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Some 300 Caribbean health professionals and over 40 regional organisations have publicly voiced support for octagonal front of package warning labels to help consumers across the region protect their health.
The health professionals and organisations are signatories to a month-long campaign, spearheaded by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), to demonstrate national and regional support for octagonal front of package warning labels.
This campaign comes as key stakeholders in CARICOM countries vote on whether Caribbean
consumers will benefit from the introduction of octagonal shaped nutrition warning labels on the
Region getting closer to warning labels
Article by May 22, 2021
Some 300 Caribbean health professionals and over S40 regional organisations have publicly voiced support for octagonal front of package warning labels to help consumers across the region protect their health.
The health professionals and organisations are signatories to a month-long campaign, spearheaded by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC), to demonstrate national and regional support for octagonal front of package warning labels.
This campaign comes as key stakeholders in CARICOM countries vote on whether Caribbean consumers will benefit from the introduction of octagonal shaped nutrition warning labels on the front of packaged foods.
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NASSAU, BAHAMAS Caribbean Association of Pharmacists (CAP) President Dr Marvin Smith said the association supports Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ announcement concerning legalizing medicinal marijuana in The Bahamas and stands prepared to lend their expertise.
“The Caribbean Association of Pharmacists for a number of years, particularly through the time of my presidency from 2016, has been adamant about our support for the proper research, the proper medicinal use and the proper education of the public on medicinal cannabis,” Smith told
Eyewitness News.
Caribbean Association of Pharmacists (CAP) President Dr Marvin Smith.
“Now, we feel that cannabis is a medicine; that all the scientific data going back decades has already proven this.