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Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.003
B.01.003 (1) The following foods shall carry a label when offered for sale: (a) all prepackaged products other than (i) prepackaged confections, commonly known as one bite confections, that are sold individually, and (ii) prepackaged products consisting of fresh fruits or fresh vegetables that are packaged in a wrapper or confining band of less than 1/2 inch in width; (b) meat and meat by-products that are barbecued, roasted or broiled on the retail premises; (c) poultry, poultry meat or poultry meat by-products that are barbecued, roasted or broiled on the retail premises; (d) horse-meat or horse-meat by-product; (e) any substance or mixture of substances for use as a food additive or food additive preparation; and (f) flour and whole wheat flour that has been treated with gamma radiation from Cobalt 60 Source. (2) [Repealed, SOR/79-23, s. 2] SOR/79-23, s. 2
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.004
B.01.004 (1) All or part of the label referred to in section B.01.003 shall be applied (a) in the case of a prepackaged product, to the container in which the prepackaged product is sold; and (b) in the case of a food that is not a prepackaged product, to the food itself. (2) The label shall be applied in such a manner that the container of the prepackaged product or the food, as the case may be, will bear the label at the time it is sold. SOR/84-300, s. 3
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.005
B.01.005 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), the information required to be shown on a label shall not be shown on that part of the label, if any, that is applied to the bottom of a food or container. (2) The information required to be shown on a label may be shown on that part of the label, if any, that is applied to the bottom of a food or to the bottom of a container if such information is also shown in those parts of the label that are not applied to the bottom of the food or container. (3) Despite subsection (2), if the container of a prepackaged product is an ornamental container and the label is applied to the bottom of the container, the information required to be shown may be shown on the label that is applied to the bottom of the container. (4) Despite subsection (2), the information required by subparagraph B.01.007(1.1)(b)(i) and paragraphs B.24.103(g), B.24.202(d), B.24.304(h), B.25.020(1)(h) and B.25.057(1)(f) and (2)(f) may be shown on that part of the label that is applied to the bottom of the package if a reference to where that information is located on the label appears elsewhere on the label. (4.1) Despite subsection (2), the information required by paragraph B.27.005(a) may be shown on that part of the label that is applied to the bottom of the package. (5) Despite subsection (2), the nutrition facts table, supplemented food facts table and list of cautionary statements may be shown on that part of the label that is applied to the bottom of the food or container if the available display surface includes the bottom. SOR/79-529, s. 1; SOR/92-626, s. 4; SOR/2003-11, s. 4 SOR/2021-57, s. 3 SOR/2022-143, s. 3 SOR/2022-169, s. 2
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.006
B.01.006 (1) The common name of the food shall be shown on the principal display panel. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the common name of a fresh fruit or fresh vegetable that is prepackaged in such a manner that the fruit or vegetable is visible and identifiable in the package is not required to be shown on the label. SOR/79-23, s. 3; SOR/92-626, s. 5
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.006.1
B.01.006.1 Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations or in the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations , if a prepackaged product is likely to be mistaken for another food, words describing the true nature of the prepackaged product so as to distinguish it from the other food shall appear on the principal display panel and may be in regard to (a) its type of liquid packaging medium, including brine, vegetable oil or syrup; (b) its style or form, including firm, extra firm, whole, sliced or diced; and (c) its condition, including dried, concentrated, reconstituted, carbonated or smoked, which, if shown, shall form part of the common name. SOR/2022-143, s. 4
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.008
B.01.008 (1) The following information shall be shown grouped together on any part of the label: (a) any information required by these Regulations, other than (i) the information required to appear on the principal display panel, nutrition facts table or supplemented food facts table, (ii) the information required by subsection B.01.005(4), sections B.01.007, B.01.301, B.01.305, B.01.311, B.01.503, B.01.513 and B.01.601, paragraphs B.24.103(g), B.24.202(d), B.24.304(h), B.25.020(1)(e), (f) and (h), B.25.057(1)(f) and (2)(f), B.27.005(a) and sections B.29.020 and B.29.026, and (iii) any statement required to be shown on the label of a supplemented food in accordance with column 5 of the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients; and (b) where a prepackaged product consists of more than one ingredient, a list of all ingredients, including, subject to section B.01.009, components, if any. (2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to (a) prepackaged products packaged from bulk on retail premises, except prepackaged products that are a mixture of nuts; (b) prepackaged individual portions of food that are intended solely to be served by a restaurant or other commercial enterprise with meals or snacks; (c) prepackaged individual servings of food that are prepared by a commissary and sold by automatic vending machines or mobile canteens; (d) prepackaged meat and meat by-products that are barbecued, roasted or broiled on the retail premises; (e) prepackaged poultry, poultry meat or poultry meat by-products that are barbecued, roasted or broiled on the retail premises; (f) prepackaged products that comply with the standards set out in sections 2.1.1 to 2.1.4, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.1 to 2.4.7, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 2.7.1 to 2.7.8, 2.8.1, 2.8.2 and 2.9.1 of Volume 2 of the Food Compositional Standards Document; (f.1) Scotch whisky, Irish whisky, Armagnac brandy, Cognac brandy, Bourbon whisky, Tennessee whisky, Tequila and Mezcal; or (g) prepackaged products that comply with the standards set out in sections 16.1.1 to 16.1.5 of Volume 16 of the Food Compositional Standards Document. (3) Despite paragraph (1)(b), the following items are not required to be shown on the label of a prepackaged product: (a) wax coating compounds and their components, used as an ingredient or component of prepackaged fresh fruit or vegetables; (b) sausage casings, used as an ingredient or component of prepackaged sausages; (c) hydrogen, used as an ingredient or component of a prepackaged product if used for hydrogenation purposes; (d) components of ingredients of a sandwich, if the sandwich is made with bread; and (e) added water used as an ingredient that has been removed during the manufacture of the prepackaged product. (4) to (10) [Repealed, SOR/2016-305, s. 4] SOR/79-23, s. 5; SOR/88-559, s. 3; SOR/92-626, s. 7; SOR/93-145, s. 1; SOR/2003-11, s. 5; SOR/2011-28, s. 1; SOR/2016-305, s. 4 SOR/2021-57, s. 4 SOR/2022-143, s. 5 SOR/2022-169, s. 3 SOR/2024-244, s. 5
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.008.2
d by these Regulations to be shown in a list of ingredients, the ingredient is not required to be shown in the list if all components of the ingredient are shown in the list by their common names and in accordance with subsection (3) as if they were ingredients. (7) In a list of ingredients, the source of a food allergen or gluten shall be shown (a) immediately after the ingredient or component to which it applies in accordance with subsections B.01.010.1(8) and (10); (b) entirely in lower case letters; and (c) separated by a comma from any other source of a food allergen or gluten that is shown for the same ingredient or component. (8) If the English and French versions of a list of ingredients appear on the label, they shall be displayed on a continuous surface of the available display surface, but need not be on the same continuous surface of the available display surface. (9) If the English and French versions of a list of ingredients appear on the same continuous surface of the label, the version that follows the other version shall not begin on the same line as that on which the other version ends, except in the case of a prepackaged product that has an available display surface of less than 100 cm 2 . SOR/2016-305, s. 5 SOR/2021-46, s. 2 SOR/2022-143, s. 6 SOR/2022-168, s. 3 SOR/2022-169, s. 5 SOR/2022-197, s. 3 SOR/2024-244, s. 7
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.008.3
B.01.008.3 (1) If a prepackaged product contains one or more sugars-based ingredients, despite the order of presentation referred to in paragraph B.01.008.2(3)(a), the sugars-based ingredient or ingredients shall be shown in the list of ingredients, in parentheses, immediately following the term (a) “Sugars” in the English version of the list; and (b) “ Sucres ” in the French version of the list. (2) The term “Sugars” referred to in subsection (1) shall be shown in the list of ingredients (a) in descending order of the proportion by weight of all the sugars-based ingredients in the prepackaged product, before they are combined to form the product; and (b) separated from other ingredients by a bullet point or a comma. (3) Each sugars-based ingredient mentioned immediately following the term “Sugars” shall be shown, (a) despite paragraph B.01.008.2(3)(b), entirely in lower case letters; and (b) in the case of more than one sugars-based ingredient, (i) in descending order of its proportion by weight of the prepackaged product as prescribed by subsection B.01.008.2(3), and (ii) separated by a comma. (4) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to the following prepackaged products: (a) a sweetening agent; (b) fruit or vegetable juice or vegetable drink that does not contain any sweetening agent, as well as any mixture of those juices and drinks, including any of those juices and drinks (i) to which fruit or vegetable purée or any mixture of those purées has been added, (ii) that are reconstituted, or (iii) that are a concentrate intended for dilution and consumption as juice or drink; (c) fruit or vegetable purée that does not contain any sweetening agent as well as any mixture of those purées; (d) prepackaged products that contain only one sugars-based ingredient that contains the word “sugar” in its common name; (e) formulated liquid diets, human milk fortifiers and human milk substitutes; and (f) prepackaged products that contain less than 0.5 g of sugars per serving of stated size. SOR/2016-305, s. 5 SOR/2021-57, s. 5 SOR/2022-143, s. 7 SOR/2022-197, s. 4
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.009
 s. 8] 10 food flavour-enhancer preparations 11 compressed, dry, active or instant yeast preparations (3) Where a preparation or mixture set out in the table to subsection (2) is added to a food, and the preparation or mixture contains one or more of the following ingredients or components, those ingredients or components shall be shown by their common names in the list of the ingredients of the food to which they are added as if they were ingredients of that food: (a) salt; (b) glutamic acid or its salts; (c) hydrolyzed plant protein; (d) aspartame; (e) potassium chloride; (f) any ingredient or component that performs a function in, or has any effect on, that food; and (g) any supplemental ingredient. (4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), where any of the following components is contained in an ingredient set out in the tables to those subsections, that component shall be shown in the list of ingredients: (a) peanut oil; (b) fully hydrogenated peanut oil; and (c) modified peanut oil. (5) [Repealed, SOR/2011-28, s. 2] SOR/78-728, s. 1; SOR/79-23, s. 6; SOR/79-662, s. 1; SOR/88-559, s. 4; SOR/92-626, s. 8; SOR/93-145, s. 2; SOR/93-465, s. 1; SOR/95-548, s. 5(F); SOR/97-263, s. 1; SOR/2000-417, s. 1; SOR/2010-143, s. 39(E); SOR/2011-28, s. 2 SOR/2022-143, s. 8 SOR/2022-168, s. 4 SOR/2022-169, s. 6 SOR/2024-244, s. 8
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.010
B.01.010 (1) In this section, common name includes a name set out in the Common Names for Ingredients and Components Document. (2) An ingredient or component shall be shown in the list of ingredients by its common name. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), (a) the ingredient or component set out in the Common Names for Ingredients and Components Document shall be shown in the list of ingredients by the common name of that ingredient or component that is set out in that Document; and (b) the ingredient or component set out in the Common Names for Ingredients and Components Document may be shown in the list of ingredients by the common name of that ingredient or component that is set out in that Document. (4) Despite subsection (2) and subsection B.01.008.2(5), if a food contains ingredients of the same class, those ingredients may be shown by a class name if (a) they consist of more than one component and are not listed in the table to subsection B.01.009(1); and (b) their components are shown (i) immediately after the class name of the ingredients of which they are components, in such a manner as to indicate that they are components of the ingredients, and (ii) in descending order of their collective proportion by weight of those ingredients. SOR/79-23, ss. 7, 8(F); SOR/79-529, s. 3; SOR/80-632, s. 1; SOR/84-300, ss. 4(E), 5(F); SOR/91-124, s. 2; SOR/92-626, s. 9; SOR/92-725, s. 1; SOR/93-243, s. 2(F); SOR/93-465, s. 2; SOR/95-548, s. 5(F); SOR/97-516, s. 1; SOR/98-458, ss. 1, 7(F); SOR/2005-98, s. 7; SOR/2007-302, s. 4(F); SOR/2011-28, s. 3; SOR/2016-305, s. 6 SOR/2021-46, s. 3(E) SOR/2022-143, s. 9
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.010.1
s (a)(i) to (v) of the definition gluten in subsection (1) or derived from that grain, by the name of the cereal as shown in the applicable subparagraph; and (b) for gluten from the grain of a hybridized strain created from one or more of the cereals referred to in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (v) of the definition gluten in subsection (1) or derived from that grain, by the names of the cereals as shown in the applicable subparagraphs. (8) For the purpose of paragraph (2)(a), the source of the food allergen or gluten must be shown in the list of ingredients, in parentheses, as follows: (a) immediately after the ingredient that is shown in that list, if the food allergen or gluten (i) is that ingredient, (ii) is present in that ingredient, but is not a component of or present in a component of that ingredient, or (iii) is, or is present in, a component of that ingredient and the component is not shown in the list of ingredients; or (b) immediately after the component that is shown in the list of ingredients, if the food allergen or gluten is that component or is present in that component. (9) Despite subsection (2), the source of the food allergen or gluten must be shown on the label of the product in the food allergen source, gluten source and added sulphites statement if the food allergen or gluten (a) is, or is present in, an ingredient that is not shown in the list of ingredients, but is not a component of that ingredient or present in a component of that ingredient; or (b) is, or is present in, a component and neither the component nor the ingredient in which it is present is shown in the list of ingredients. (10) Despite subsection (8), the source of the food allergen or gluten is not required to be shown in parentheses immediately after the ingredient or component, as the case may be, if the source of the food allergen or gluten appears (a) in the list of ingredients (i) as part of the common name of the ingredient or component, or (ii) in parentheses, under subsection (8), immediately after another ingredient or component; or (b) in the food allergen source, gluten source and added sulphites statement. (11) For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (8) affects how an ingredient or component may be shown in the list of ingredients under paragraph B.01.010(3)(b). SOR/2011-28, s. 4; SOR/2016-305, ss. 7, 72 SOR/2019-98, s. 1 SOR/2021-46, s. 4(E) SOR/2022-143, s. 10 SOR/2022-168, s. 5
Food and Drug Regulations — (a)
food allergen means any protein from any of the following foods, or any modified protein, including any protein fraction, that is derived from any of the following foods: (a) almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios or walnuts; (b) peanuts; (c) sesame seeds; (d) wheat or triticale; (e) eggs; (f) milk; (g) soybeans; (h) crustaceans; (i) molluscs; (j) fish; or (k) mustard seeds. ( allergène alimentaire )
Food and Drug Regulations — Food and Drug Regulations
food allergen source, gluten source and added sulphites statement means a statement appearing on the label of a prepackaged product that indicates the source of a food allergen or gluten that is present in the product or the presence in the product of added sulphites in a total amount of 10 p.p.m. or more. ( mention des sources d’allergènes alimentaires ou de gluten et des sulfites ajoutés )
Food and Drug Regulations — (a)
gluten means (a) any gluten protein from the grain of any of the following cereals or from the grain of a hybridized strain that is created from at least one of the following cereals: (i) barley, (ii) oats, (iii) rye, (iv) triticale, (v) wheat; or (b) any modified gluten protein, including any gluten protein fraction, that is derived from the grain of any of the cereals referred to in paragraph (a) or from the grain of a hybridized strain referred to in that paragraph. ( gluten )
Food and Drug Regulations — Food and Drug Regulations
height , in respect of type, means the height of the lower case letter “x”. ( hauteur )
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.010.2
the common name of another sulphite, or (ii) one of the common names “sulfites”, “sulfiting agents”, “sulphites” or “sulphiting agents” is shown in parentheses following another sulphite; or (b) one of the common names “sulfites”, “sulfiting agents”, “sulphites” or “sulphiting agents” is shown in a food allergen source, gluten source and added sulphites statement on the label of the product. SOR/2011-28, s. 4; SOR/2016-305, ss. 8, 72 SOR/2019-98, s. 2 SOR/2022-143, s. 11 SOR/2022-168, s. 6
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.010.3
B.01.010.3 (1) A food allergen source, gluten source and added sulphites statement must a) be introduced by a title that (i) consists of the terms (A) “Contains”, “Contains:” or “Contains :” in the English version of the statement, and (B) “ Contient ”, “ Contient : ” or “ Contient : ” in the French version of the statement, (ii) is shown in bold type, (iii) is shown without any intervening printed, written or graphic material appearing between it and the rest of the statement, and (iv) if the statement is preceded by a statement referred to in subsection B.16.016(1) and begins on the line on which that statement ends, is shown in a type that is of a height that is at least 0.2 mm greater than the height of the type used in that statement; (a.1) appear, in respect of each linguistic version, immediately after any statement referred to in subsection B.16.016(1) appearing in the same language or, if there is no such statement, immediately after the list of ingredients appearing in the same language and, in either case, without any intervening printed, written or graphic material; (a.2) appear on the same continuous surface as the statement or list that immediately precedes it and be shown in the same manner as the list of ingredients is shown under subsection B.01.008.2(2); (b) include all of the following information, even if all or part of that information is also shown in the list of ingredients: (i) the source for each food allergen that is present in the prepackaged product, (ii) each source for the gluten that is present in the product, and (iii) one of the common names “sulfites”, “sulfiting agents”, “sulphites” or “sulphiting agents”, if the total amount of sulphites present in the product is 10 parts per million or more; and (c) show information entries in regular or bold type, using lower case letters except for the first letter of each entry, which shall be an upper case letter, and shall use a bullet point or comma to separate each entry. (2) Despite paragraph (1)(b), the following information is not required to be shown in the statement more than once: (a) the same source of a food allergen; (b) the same source of gluten; and (c) one of the common names “sulfites”, “sulfiting agents”, “sulphites” or “sulphiting agents”. (3) If the English and French versions of the statement appear on the same continuous surface of the label, the version that follows the other version shall not begin on the same line as that on which the other version ends, except in the case of a prepackaged product that has an available display surface of less than 100 cm 2 . SOR/2011-28, s. 4; SOR/2016-305, s. 9 SOR/2022-168, s. 7 SOR/2024-244, s. 9
Food and Drug Regulations — B.01.010.4
B.01.010.4 (1) If the label of a prepackaged product includes a declaration alerting consumers that, due to a risk of cross-contamination, the product may contain the source of a food allergen or gluten, (a) the declaration must appear immediately after (i) the food allergen source, gluten source and added sulphites statement, if there is one, (ii) any statement referred to in subsection B.16.016(1), if no food allergen source, gluten source and added sulphites statement appears on the label, or (iii) the list of ingredients, if neither of the statements referred to in subparagraph (ii) appears on the label; (b) the declaration must appear in both English and French if the statement or list immediately preceding it appears in both languages; (c) the declaration must appear on the same continuous surface as the statement or list that immediately precedes it and be shown in the same manner as the list of ingredients is shown under subsection B.01.008.2(2); (d) the declaration must appear without any intervening printed, written or graphic material between it and the statement or list that immediately precedes it, except that a solid line may appear before the declaration if the declaration begins on a different line than the line on which the statement or list ends; (e) the declaration must be shown in bold type if it begins on the line on which the statement or list that immediately precedes it ends and if it is not introduced by a title; (f) any title that introduces the declaration must be shown in bold type if the declaration begins on the line on which the statement or list that immediately precedes it ends; and (g) if the declaration is preceded by a statement referred to in subsection B.16.016(1) and begins on the line on which the statement ends, the title of the declaration — or the declaration itself, if no title appears — must be shown in a type that is of a height that is at least 0.2 mm greater than the height of the type used in the statement. (2) If the English and French versions of the declaration appear on the same continuous surface of the label, the version that follows the other version must not begin on the line on which the other version ends unless the prepackaged product has an available display surface of less than 100 cm 2 . SOR/2016-305, s. 10 SOR/2022-168, s. 8 SOR/2024-244, s. 10