On December 18 2024, Canada published the final Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning Food Additives and Compositional Standards, Microbiological Criteria and Methods of Analysis for Food (the Regulations) in the Canada Gazette, Part II. The Regulations took effect immediately after its publication, amending the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) to modernize the frameworks governing food compositional standards, microbiological safety criteria for food, methods of analysis for food, and food additives.