Health Canada educational visit of JTI-Macdonald manufacturing facilities in Montreal, Quebec – November 24, 2022

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Subject:

An educational visit of JTI-Macdonald (hereinafter referred to as "JTI") was requested by Health Canada to better understand some technical issues raised during the consultation on the proposed Tobacco Products Packaging and Labelling Regulations published in June 2022 in the Canada Gazette, Part I.

Date:

November 24, 2022

Participants:

Health Canada (HC)

• Denis Choinière
  • Director, Tobacco Products Regulatory Office (TPRO), Tobacco Control Directorate (TCD), Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch (CSCB)
• Senior Policy Analyst, Tobacco Labelling, TPRO, TCD, CSCB
• Policy Analyst, Tobacco Labelling, TPRO, TCD, CSCB

JTI:

• Elaine McKay
  • Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications
• Charles Johnston
  • Engineering Manager

Introduction:

An educational site visit of JTI-Macdonald was conducted at the request of Health Canada (HC) to better understand some technical issues raised during the consultation on the proposed Tobacco Products Packaging and Labelling Regulations published in June 2022 in the Canada Gazette, Part I.

HC reminded participants that this meeting is subject to disclosure as per HC's Openness and Transparency policies. In the interest of transparency, the Department stated that it would be making a record of the meeting publicly available. The handling of information and privacy notice was mentioned and acknowledged.

HC also referred to Article 5.3 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, its international obligation to protect tobacco control policies from the vested interests of the tobacco industry. It was acknowledged by JTI representatives.

Subjects:

The site visit demonstrated the following:

• Manufacturing and distribution process for regular size and king size cigarettes;
• Process to implement changes to tipping paper length for tobacco products with a tipping paper of less than 24 mm in length and to display health warnings on tipping paper for cigarettes;
• Modifications being considered to cigarette-making machines where the tipping paper is less than 24mm in length; and
• Modifications being considered to cigarette packaging machines to accommodate slides with an extended upper-slide flap (slide-and-shell packs).

Conclusion:

The visit was then concluded.

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