Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.350
B.01.350 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the principal display panel of a prepackaged product must carry a symbol that is set out in Schedule K.1 if (a) the product, as offered for sale, contains a nutrient that is set out in column 1 of the table to this section; and (b) the amount of the nutrient, calculated as a percentage of the daily value, meets or exceeds the applicable threshold set out in columns 2 to 7 of that table. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the percentage of the daily value for the nutrient is calculated on the basis of the amount of the nutrient, by weight, per serving of stated size or per reference amount, whichever is greater. (3) Despite subsection (2), if the prepackaged product requires reconstitution with water or another liquid or the addition of any other ingredient for its preparation and the reference amount applicable to the product only refers to the food in its prepared form, the percentage of the daily value for the nutrient is calculated on the basis of the amount of the nutrient, by weight, per serving of stated size. (4) In the case of a prepackaged product referred to in subsection (3), the applicable threshold set out in columns 2 to 7 of the table to this section is determined on the basis of the product’s serving of stated size rather than its reference amount. (5) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following: (a) shipping containers, unless the containers and their contents are sold as a one unit prepackaged product to a consumer at the retail level; (b) prepackaged products with an available display surface of less than 15 cm 2 ; (c) prepackaged individual portions of food that are intended solely to be served by a restaurant or other commercial enterprise with meals or snacks; (d) ready-to-serve multiple-serving prepackaged products that are intended solely to be served in a commercial or industrial enterprise or an institution; (e) prepackaged products that are intended solely for use as an ingredient in the manufacture of other prepackaged products intended for sale to a consumer at the retail level or as an ingredient in the preparation of food by a commercial or industrial enterprise or an institution; (f) milk, partly skimmed milk, skim milk, goat’s milk, partly skimmed goat’s milk, skimmed goat’s milk, (naming the flavour) milk, (naming the flavour) partly skimmed milk, (naming the flavour) skim milk or cream sold in a refillable glass container; (g) sweetening agents, including maple sugar and maple syrup; (h) salt for table or general household use, celery salt, garlic salt, onion salt and any other seasoning salt if “salt” forms part of the common name of the food; (i) fats and oils, including fish and other marine fats and oils, butter, ghee and margarine and other similar substitutes for butter; or (j) individual rations intended for use by military personnel engaged in operations or exercises. (6) Subsection (1) does not apply, in respect of a nutrient, to the following prepackaged products if the only ingredients containing the nutrient are, in the case of saturated fat or sodium, ingredients set out in subsection (7) or, in the case of sugars, ingredients set out in subsection (8): (a) whole or cut fruits or vegetables, including frozen, canned or dried fruits or vegetables; (b) milk obtained from any animal, in liquid or powdered form; (c) whole eggs, including liquid, frozen or dried eggs, or whole egg mixes; (d) nuts, seeds or nut or seed butters in which less than 30% of the total fat content consists of saturated fat; (e) vegetable oils or marine oils in which less than 30% of the total fat content consists of saturated fat; (f) marine and fresh water animal products in which less than 30% of the total fat content consists of saturated fat; or (g) any combination of the foods referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f). (7) For the purposes of subsection (6) in relation to saturated fat and sodium, the ingredients are the following ingredients