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On July 20, 2022, Canada published the Canada Gazette, Part II, involving the amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations (Nutrition Symbols, Other Labelling Provisions, Vitamin D and Hydrogenated Fats or Oils) (SOR/2022-168) and the Food and Drug Regulations and the Cannabis Regulations (Supplemented Foods) (SOR/2022-169), which came into effect immediately after the promulgation.
Major contents in SOR/2022-168:
New terms and definitions
Six new terms including Directory of Nutrition Symbol Specifications, fully hydrogenated, main dish, nutrition symbol, principal display surface, and Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims are added to the Food and Drug Regulations with definitions.
Updated labeling requirements
The height of the printed information on a nutrition facts table must be no less than 1.4mm.
The food allergen source, gluten source and added sulphites statement must be under a title that consists of “Contains” in bold type.
The label of food containing aspartame must carry a statement warning individuals with phenylketonuria that the food contains phenylalanine, or a statement indicating that aspartame contains phenylalanine.
The label of table-top sweetener that contains aspartame, sucralose, acesulfame-potassium or neotame must carry a statement of the sweetness per serving expressed in the amount of sugar required to produce an equivalent degree of sweetness.
Updated requirements for oil and fat content
The total quantity of modified, interesterified or fully hydrogenated fat and oil contained in a prepackaged product shall be less than 15% of the prepackaged product.
Updated requirements for goat milk products
No person shall sell goat’s milk or goat’s milk powder to which vitamin D has been added, unless 100 mL of that food, when ready-to-serve, contains 2 μg of vitamin D.
Major contents in SOR/2022-169:
Detailed definition of supplemented food
Supplemented food means a prepackaged product that belongs to a food category set out in column 1 of the List of Permitted Supplemented Food Categories and to which a supplemental ingredient has been added, but not include infant and baby food, as well as beverages with alcohol content of more than 0.5%.
Updated labeling & advertising requirements
The label of a food containing erythritol shall carry a statement indicating the amount of erythritol in grams per serving of stated size, unless the label carries a nutrition facts table or supplemented food facts table.
No person shall express or imply amino acid on the label of or in any advertisement for a food, other than supplemented food, unless a declaration of the protein amount in the nutrition facts table or supplemented food facts table.
The following foods shall not contain a nutrition facts table or the phrase “nutrition facts” on their labels and ads: a formulated liquid diet, human milk fortifier, human milk substitute, food represented as containing human milk substitute, meal replacement, nutritional supplement, food for use in a very low energy diet and supplemented food.
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