G/SPS/N/CAN/1537  
8 November 2023  
(23-7539) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Health Canada  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Food products in general (ICS: 67.040)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning 
Food Additives and Compositional Standards, Microbiological Criteria and Methods of 
Analysis for Food . Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages : 107 
6. Description of content:  The proposed regulations would amend Part B of the Food and 
Drug Regulations (FDR), along with targeted amendments to Parts A and D of the FDR. In 
particular, the proposed amendments include introducing modernized frameworks for 
setting, and updating the regulations for food compositional standards, microbiological 
criteria and methods of analysis, as well as continuing the modernization of the food 
additives framework that was initiated in 2012. Consequential amend ments would also be 
made to certain regulations under the Cannabis Act, Excise Act, 2001, Pest Control 
Products Act, and Safe Food for Canadians Act.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or relate d text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/CAN/1537  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
Canada Gazette, Part I, 4 November 2023, pages 3365 -3471 (available in English and 
French) https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2023/2023 -11-04/pdf/g1 -15744.pdf   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are published 
in the Canada Gazette, Part II.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 2 February 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2023/2023 -11-04/html/reg2 -eng.html  (English)  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2023/2023 -11-04/html/reg2 -fra.html  (French)  
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