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Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 200
Inspection — net quantity 200 (1) An inspection of a lot of food, each unit of which purports to contain the same net quantity, by an inspector for the purpose of determining whether the lot meets the conditions of paragraphs 199 (3)(a) and (b) must be conducted by collecting and examining a sample from the lot. Number of units collected — Schedule 5 (2) Subject to subsection (3), if a lot contains the number of units set out in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 5, the inspector must collect from the lot at least the number of units set out in column 2 and the units collected constitute the sample referred to in subsection (1). Destruction of units (3) If, for the purpose of determining the net quantity, other than for establishing the weight of the container, it is necessary to destroy a certain number of units in the lot, an inspector must not collect a number of units intended to be destroyed that is more than 10% of the total number of units in the lot or less than one unit, and the units collected constitute the sample referred to in subsection (1). Determination of inspector (4) The lot from which a sample was collected and examined by an inspector does not meet the conditions of paragraphs 199 (3)(a) and (b) if the inspector determines that (a) the weighted average quantity of the units in the sample, as determined by the formula set out in Part 2 of Schedule 5, is less than the declared net quantity; (b) the number of units in the sample that contain less than the declared net quantity by more than the prescribed tolerance set out in Schedule 4 for that quantity is equal to or greater than the number set out in column 2 of Part 4 of Schedule 5 for the sample size set out in column 1 of that Part; or (c) two or more units in the sample contain less than the declared net quantity by more than twice the prescribed tolerance set out in Schedule 4 for that quantity. Liquid consumer prepackaged food (5) In the case of an inspection of a consumer prepackaged food that consists of a liquid, the net quantity of the food must be determined on the basis of the assumption that the liquid is at a temperature of 20°C. Frozen liquid consumer prepackaged food (6) In the case of an inspection of a consumer prepackaged food that consists of a frozen liquid food and that is normally sold and consumed in a frozen state, the net quantity of the food must be determined when the food is in a frozen state.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 201
Common names 201 A food, whether prepackaged or not, that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported or exported, and whose label bears a common name printed in boldface type, but not in italics, in the Standards of Identity Document must meet any standard that applies in respect of that common name.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 202
Icewine 202 It is prohibited for a person to sell a consumer prepackaged food whose label bears the word or expression “icewine” or “ice wine” or “ice-wine” or “ vin de glace ” or any similar word or expression, or any abbreviation of, symbol for or phonetic rendering of any of those words or expressions, unless the food meets the standard set out in Volume 8 of the Standards of Identity Document.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 203
Compliance with requirements of this Part 203 (1) An item of information that is shown on the label of a prepackaged food must meet any requirement of this Part that applies to that item of information, even if these Regulations do not require the food to be labelled with that item of information. Application (2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of (a) in the case of an item of information referred to in Division 2, any prepackaged food that is sold in Canada and any prepackaged food that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported; and (b) in the case of an item of information referred to in these Regulations, other than in Division 2, any food that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported or exported. Application — paragraphs 218 (1)(a) and (b) (3) In the case of an item of information referred to in paragraphs 218 (1)(a) and (b), subsection (1) also applies in respect of any dairy products, eggs, processed egg products, fish, fresh fruits or vegetables, processed fruit or vegetable products, honey, maple products or meat products that are prepackaged and exported.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 204
Use of word “ classifié ” 204 If a provision of these Regulations requires the word “ classifié ” to be shown on a label, the word “ classé ” may be used in its place.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 205
Prepackaged food 205 (1) Any information that is required by these Regulations to be shown on the label of a prepackaged food, other than a consumer prepackaged food, and that is not information referred to in subsection (3) must be shown on the label in at least one official language. Exception — words or expressions in quotation marks (2) For the purposes of subsection 48(2), section 254 and subsections 256(1) and 333(2), both an English and a French word or expression that appears in quotation marks must be shown on the label of a prepackaged food except if the label of that food is authorized to show information in only one official language under subsections B.01.012(2) to (10) of the Food and Drug Regulations . Exception — both official languages (3) The label of a prepackaged food must bear, in both official languages, (a) the size designation of eggs that are graded Canada A referred to in section 316 ; and (b) the colour class of maple syrup that is graded Canada Grade A or graded Grade A referred to in section 325 . SOR/2022-144, s. 18
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 206
Consumer prepackaged food 206 (1) The information that is required by these Regulations to be shown on the label of a consumer prepackaged food must be shown in both official languages, except in the case where the label of that food is authorized to show information in only one official language under subsections B.01.012(2) to (10) of the Food and Drug Regulations . Words or expressions in quotation marks (2) A provision of these Regulations — other than paragraphs 110 (a) and 111 (a) — that requires a consumer prepackaged food to be labelled with words or expressions that appear in quotation marks must be read to require both an English word or expression and a French word or expression to be shown on the label of the food, except in the case where the label of that food is authorized to show information in only one official language under subsections B.01.012(2) to (10) of the Food and Drug Regulations . Exception — only one official language (3) Despite subsection (1), the grade name may be shown on the label of consumer prepackaged fish in only one official language.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 207
Modifications 207 For the purposes of subsections 205 (2) and 206 (1) and (2), (a) the expression “principal display panel” in subsections B.01.012(8) and (10) of the Food and Drug Regulations has the same meaning as in section 1 of these Regulations; (b) a reference to “these Regulations” in subsections B.01.012(2), (3), (7) and (8) of the Food and Drug Regulations must be read as a reference to “Part 11 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations ”; and (c) a reference to “manufactured, processed, produced or packaged”, “manufactured, processed or packaged” or “manufactured, processed, produced or packaged for resale” in the definitions local food and specialty food in subsection B.01.012(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations and in subsection B.01.012(9) of those Regulations must be read as a reference to “manufactured, processed, treated, preserved, produced or packaged”.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 208
Legibility 208 Any information that a label is required by these Regulations to bear must be clearly and prominently shown and readily discernible to the purchaser under the customary conditions of purchase and use. SOR/2022-144, s. 19
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 209
Upper or lower case 209 If a word or expression that appears in quotation marks in these Regulations is required to be shown on a label, it may, unless otherwise provided, be shown in upper or lower case, or both, so long as it meets the legibility and character height requirements of these Regulations.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 210
Type size 210 (1) This section applies unless another provision of this Part specifies a character height for a particular item of information. Consumer prepackaged food (2) The information that a label of a consumer prepackaged food is required by this Part to bear must be shown in characters that are at least 1.6 mm in height. Exception (3) That information, other than the declaration of net quantity, may be shown in characters that are at least 0.8 mm in height if (a) the information that a label is required by Division 2 to bear is shown on the principal display panel; and (b) the area of the principal display surface is 10 cm 2 or less.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 211
Measurement of type size 211 The height of the characters in words shown on a label must be determined by measuring (a) the height of an upper case letter, if the words are shown in upper case only; and (b) the height of the lower case letter “o”, if the words are shown in lower case or in both upper and lower case.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 212
Sale, interprovincial trade or import 212 (1) The requirements of this Division apply in respect of any prepackaged food that is sold in Canada, sent or conveyed from one province to another or imported. Export (2) Section 217 , paragraphs 218 (1)(a) and (b) and section 225 also apply in respect of any dairy products, eggs, processed egg products, fish, fresh fruits or vegetables, processed fruit or vegetable products, honey, maple products or meat products that are prepackaged and exported.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 213
Exception — sections 214 and 217 213 Sections 214 and 217 do not apply in respect of any prepackaged foods that are (a) confections that are sold individually, commonly known as one-bite confections; (b) fresh fruits or vegetables that are packaged in a wrapper, or a confining band, that is less than 13 mm in width; or (c) fresh fruits or vegetables that are packaged in a transparent protective wrapper or bag. SOR/2025-192, s. 10
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 214
Sale — prepackaged food 214 It is prohibited for a person to sell a prepackaged food unless a label that meets the requirements of Divisions 1 and 2 is applied or attached to the prepackaged food in the manner set out in these Regulations.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 215
Advertising — consumer prepackaged food 215 It is prohibited for a person to advertise a consumer prepackaged food unless a label is applied or attached to the food in the manner set out in Divisions 1 and 2.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 216
Representations relating to net quantity 216 It is prohibited for a person, in advertising a consumer prepackaged food, to make any representation with respect to the net quantity of the food except in the manner set out in Divisions 1 and 2.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 216.1
Sale of prepackaged food after expiration date 216.1 (1) It is prohibited for a person to sell a prepackaged food after the expiration date that is required to be shown on the prepackaged food’s label under Divisions 24 and 25 of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations . Prohibition — unpackaged food or used as ingredient (2) It is prohibited for a person to sell the food referred to in subsection (1) as an unpackaged food or use it as an ingredient in another food. SOR/2022-144, s. 20
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 217
Prepackaged food 217 A prepackaged food must have a label that meets the requirements of these Regulations applied or attached to it in the manner set out in these Regulations.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 218
Prepackaged foods — label 218 (1) Unless otherwise provided by this Part, a label that is applied or attached to a prepackaged food must bear (a) the common name of the food, shown on the principal display panel; (b) the name and principal place of business of the person by or for whom the food was manufactured, prepared, produced, stored, packaged or labelled, on any part of the label other than any part that is applied or attached to the bottom of the container of the food; and (c) any other information that is required to be shown on the label of the prepackaged food in accordance with the requirements of the Food and Drug Regulations for any prepackaged product as defined in subsection B.01.001(1) of those Regulations. Exception — name and principal place of business (2) The information referred to in paragraph (1)(b) may be shown on any part of the label that is applied or attached to the bottom of the container if that information is also shown on a part of the label that is not applied or attached to the bottom of the container.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 219
Exception — common name 219 (1) The following foods are not required to be labelled with the common name: (a) prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables that are packaged in such a manner that the fresh fruits or vegetables are visible and identifiable in the container; and (b) consumer prepackaged fresh apples that are packaged in such a manner that the name of their variety is shown on any part of the label, except if that name is shown on any part that is applied to the bottom of the container. Definition of apple (2) In paragraph (1)(b), apple means a fresh apple for which a grade is prescribed by these Regulations.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 220
Exception — name and principal place of business 220 Consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables that are packaged at retail in such a manner that the fresh fruits or vegetables are visible and identifiable in the container are not required to be labelled with the name and principal place of business referred to in paragraph 218 (1)(b).
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 221
Consumer prepackaged food — declaration of net quantity 221 A label that is applied or attached to a consumer prepackaged food must bear on the principal display panel a declaration of net quantity of the food.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 222
Place of manufacture — label or container 222 If the label that is applied or attached to a consumer prepackaged food bears any reference, direct or indirect, to the place of manufacture of the label or container, the reference to that place must be accompanied by an additional statement that indicates that the reference relates only to the place of manufacture of the label or container.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 223
Name of importer 223 (1) If a consumer prepackaged food was wholly manufactured, processed or produced in a foreign state and the name and principal place of business of the person in Canada for whom it was manufactured, processed or produced or the person by whom it was stored, packaged or labelled in Canada is shown on its label, that information must be preceded by the expressions “Imported by” and “ importé par ” or “Imported for” and “ importé pour ”, as the case may be, unless the geographic origin of the consumer prepackaged food is shown on the label in accordance with subsection (3). Food packaged in Canada (2) If a food that was wholly manufactured, processed, produced in a foreign state is packaged in Canada, other than at retail, and the name and principal place of business of the person in Canada for whom the food was manufactured, processed, produced or packaged is shown on the label that is applied or attached to the resulting consumer prepackaged food, that information must be preceded by the expressions “Imported by” and “ importé par ” or “Imported for” and “ importé pour ”, as the case may be, unless the geographic origin of the food is shown on the label in accordance with subsection (3). Geographic origin (3) The geographic origin of a food must, subject to the requirements of any other federal or provincial law, be shown (a) in close proximity to the name and principal place of business of the person by or for whom the food was manufactured, processed or produced; and (b) in characters of at least the same height as those in which the information referred to in paragraph (a) is shown.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 224
Flavouring ingredient 224 (1) If a flavouring ingredient is added to a consumer prepackaged food, the label that is applied or attached to the consumer prepackaged food must bear a statement that indicates that the flavouring ingredient is imitation, artificial or simulated if (a) the ingredient is not derived from a natural substance such as meat, fish, poultry, fruits, vegetables, edible yeast, herbs, spices, bark, buds, roots, leaves or other plant material; and (b) the label bears a pictorial representation that suggests the natural food flavour that corresponds to the added flavouring ingredient. Statement (2) The statement must be shown (a) on or in close proximity to the pictorial representation, if the representation is shown on the principal display panel; (b) on the principal display panel, in close proximity to the common name, if the pictorial representation is shown on a part of the label other than the principal display panel; or (c) on or in close proximity to the portion of the pictorial representation shown on the principal display panel, if the representation is shown on the principal display panel and on another part of the label.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 225
Prepackaged food 225 The label of a prepackaged food must be applied or attached in such a manner that the label is still applied or attached at the time it is sold.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 226
Consumer prepackaged food — container 226 Subject to section 228, the label of a consumer prepackaged food that is for sale must be applied or attached to the container in accordance with section 227. SOR/2022-144, s. 21
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 227
Principal display surface 227 (1) All or part of the label of a consumer prepackaged food must be applied to the principal display surface. Ornamental container (2) Despite subsection (1), in the case of a consumer prepackaged food whose container is an ornamental container, the label may be applied to the bottom of the container or attached to the container.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 228
Display card 228 In the case of a consumer prepackaged food whose container is mounted on a display card, the label may be applied to the surface of the display card that is displayed or visible under customary conditions of sale or use.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 229
Consumer prepackaged food 229 (1) In the case of the label of a consumer prepackaged food, the following must be shown in characters of at least the minimum character height that is set out in column 2 of Schedule 6 for the area of a principal display surface that is set out in column 1: (a) the numerical quantity in the declaration of net quantity; and (b) the statement referred to in section 224 that indicates that a flavouring ingredient is imitation, artificial or simulated. Container mounted on display card — specific case (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), in the case of a container that is mounted on a display card, the reference to “Area of Principal Display Surface” in Schedule 6 must be read as “Total Area of the Surface of the Display Card that is Displayed or Visible under Customary Conditions of Sale or Use”, if the information is shown on a label that is applied to all or part of that surface. Consumer prepackaged wine — specific case (3) Despite paragraph (1)(a), in the case of consumer prepackaged wine, the numerical quantity in the declaration of net quantity may, if the net quantity is 750 mL, the container is no taller than 360 mm and the area of the principal display surface is greater than 258 cm 2 , be shown in characters of a height less than the minimum character height that is set out in column 2 of Schedule 6, but must be shown in characters that are at least 3.3 mm in height. Consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables — specific case (4) Despite paragraph (1)(a), in the case of consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, the numerical quantity in the declaration of net quantity must be shown in characters that are at least 1.6 mm in height. SOR/2025-192, s. 11
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 230
Consumer prepackaged food 230 The declaration of net quantity that is shown on the label of a consumer prepackaged food must (a) be in distinct contrast to any other information or pictorial representation on the label; and (b) show the numerical quantity in boldface type.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 231
General requirements 231 The declaration of net quantity of a consumer prepackaged food must be shown (a) in the case of a consumer prepackaged food that is listed in the document entitled Units of Measurement for the Net Quantity Declaration of Certain Foods , prepared by the Agency and published on its website, as amended from time to time, by volume, weight or numerical count in accordance with that document; or (b) in the case of a consumer prepackaged food that is not listed in the document referred to in paragraph (a), (i) if the food is liquid, gas or viscous, by food volume, or, if the food is solid, by weight, or (ii) if the established trade practice in respect of the food is to show its net quantity in a manner that is different than what is required by subparagraph (i), in accordance with that established trade practice.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 232
Permitted units of measurement 232 The declaration of net quantity of a consumer prepackaged food must be shown in metric units, unless otherwise provided by these Regulations.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 233
Millilitres, litres, grams and kilograms 233 (1) The metric units that must be shown in a declaration of net quantity of a consumer prepackaged food must be in (a) millilitres, if the net volume of the food is less than 1 000 mL; (b) litres, if the net volume of the food is 1 000 mL or more; (c) grams, if the net weight of the food is less than 1 000 g; and (d) kilograms, if the net weight of the food is 1 000 g or more. Half-litre or half-kilogram (2) Despite paragraphs (1)(a) and (c), 500 mL may be shown as 0.5 L and 500 g may be shown as 0.5 kg. Decimal fraction (3) In the case referred to in paragraph (1)(c), the net weight may be shown as a decimal fraction of a kilogram if the food is packaged from bulk at retail or is a catch-weight food that is sold by a retailer.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 234
Number of digits 234 (1) If the declaration of net quantity of a consumer prepackaged food is shown in metric units, it must be shown in the decimal system to three figures. Net quantity below 100 g or mL (2) Despite subsection (1), if the net quantity is below 100 g or 100 mL, it may be shown to two figures. Zero as final decimal (3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), any final zero appearing to the right of the decimal point is not required to be shown.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 235
Quantity less than one 235 If the declaration of net quantity of a consumer prepackaged food is shown in metric units and the quantity is less than one metric unit, the quantity must be shown (a) in words; or (b) in the decimal system, with a zero preceding the decimal point.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 236
Grouping 236 If the declaration of net quantity of a consumer prepackaged food is shown in metric units and Canadian units, those units must be grouped together, except that any symbol or pictogram that is shown in accordance with the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act or any regulations made under that Act may be shown between those units.