Navigating the consumer-food interface: A regulatory perspective on plant protein in Canada

Navigating the consumer-food interface: A regulatory perspective on plant protein in Canada Christopher P.F. Marinangeli, PhD, RD, is the Director of the Centre for Regulatory Research and Innovation at Protein Industries Canada. He discusses the consumer-food interface from a regulatory perspective on plant protein in Canada. Over the last decade, there has been considerable dialogue around multiple attributes of food system sustainability and tackling the existential and interrelated challenges of non-communicable disease and climate change. These discussions have mainly been underpinned by protein in diets, and the heavy reliance on animal-based protein foods in OECD countries. (1, 2) In response to these initiatives, there has been enhanced dialogue on the promotion of plant protein foods in developed food systems and within dietary guidelines.