Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.603
 colour or a fresh vegetable or fruit coated with mineral oil, paraffin wax, petrolatum or any other protective coating. 4 “A healthy diet rich in a variety of vegetables and fruit may help reduce the risk of some types of cancer.” The food (a) is one of the following foods and does not contain ingredients other than food additives that are set out in column 1 of the Lists of Permitted Food Additives, sweetening agents, salt, herbs, spices, seasonings and water: (i) a fresh, frozen, canned or dried vegetable, (ii) a fresh, frozen, canned or dried fruit, (iii) a vegetable or fruit juice, or (iv) a combination of the foods set out in subparagraphs (i) to (iii); (b) is not one of the following: (i) potatoes, yams, cassava, plantain, corn, mushrooms, mature legumes and their juices, (ii) vegetables or fruit used as condiments, garnishes or flavourings, including maraschino cherries, glacé fruit, candied fruit and onion flakes, (iii) jams or jam-type spreads, marmalades, preserves and jellies, (iv) olives, or (v) powdered vegetables or fruit; and (c) contains 0.5% or less alcohol. 4.1 “A healthy diet rich in a variety of vegetables and fruit may help reduce the risk of heart disease.” The food (a) is one of the following foods and does not contain ingredients other than food additives that are set out in column 1 of the Lists of Permitted Food Additives, salt, herbs, spices, seasonings and water: (i) a fresh, frozen, canned or dried vegetable, (ii) a fresh, frozen, canned or dried fruit, (iii) a vegetable juice or vegetable drink, or (iv) a combination of the foods set out in any of subparagraphs (i) to (iii); (b) is not one of or does not contain any of the following: (i) potatoes, yams, cassava, plantain, mature legumes and their juices, (ii) vegetables or fruit used as condiments, garnishes or flavourings, including maraschino cherries, glacé fruit, candied fruit and onion flakes, (iii) jams or jam-type spreads, marmalades, preserves and jellies, (iv) olives, (v) a fruit juice or fruit drink, (vi) powdered vegetables or fruit, or (vii) the seed of a fruit known as a drupe, including almonds, cashews and coconuts; (c) contains 0.5% or less alcohol; and (d) contains less than 15% of the daily value of sodium per reference amount and per serving of stated size, and per 50 g if the reference amount is 30 g or 30 mL or less. 5 (1) “Won’t cause cavities.” (2) “Does not promote tooth decay.” (3) “Does not promote dental caries.” (4) “Non-cariogenic.” The food is a chewing gum, hard candy or breath freshener product that (a) contains 0.25% or less starch, dextrins, mono-, di- and oligosaccharides or other fermentable carbohydrates combined; or (b) does not, if it contains more than 0.25% fermentable carbohydrates, lower plaque pH below 5.7 by bacterial fermentation during 30 minutes after consumption as measured by the indwelling plaque pH test, referred to in “Identification of Low Caries Risk Dietary Components” by T.N. Imfeld, Volume 11, Monographs in Oral Science, 1983. If the statement or claim is made on the label of a prepackaged product, or in any advertisement for the prepackaged product that is made or placed by or on the direction of the manufacturer of the product, the amount of sugar alcohols, if present, shall be included in, as the case may be, (a) the nutrition facts table, in accordance with subsection B.01.402(2); or (b) the supplemented food facts table, in accordance with subsection B.29.003(3). SOR/2003-11, s. 20; err.(F), Vol. 137, No. 5; SOR/2010-142, s. 2; SOR/2016-305, ss. 47, 48, 75(F) SOR/2022-168, s. 52 SOR/2022-169, s. 18 SOR/2024-244, s. 22 SOR/2024-244, s. 156(F)