Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses  to  
Enable the Use of Carnauba Wax as an Antifoaming Agent in Broth  
Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch     1 
  
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food 
Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses  to Enable 
the Use of Carnauba Wax a s an Antifoaming Agent in 
Broth  
Notice of Modification –  Lists of Permitted Food Additives  with Other Generally 
Accepted Uses  
Reference Number: [NOM/ADM -0081] 
 
 
 November 2 , 2016   
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses  to  
Enable the Use of Carnauba Wax as an Antifoaming Agent in Broth  
Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch     2 Summary  
 
Food additives are regulated in Canada under Marketing Authorizations  (MAs) issued by the 
Minister of Health and the Food and Drug Regulations. Approved food additives and their permitted conditions of use are set out in the 
Lists of Permitted Food Additives  that are 
incorporated by reference in the MAs and published on Hea lth Canada’s website. A petitioner 
can request that Health Canada approve a new additive or a new condition of use for an already approved food additive by filing a food additive submission with the Department's Food Directorate. Health Canada uses this pr emarket approval process to determine whether the 
scientific data support the safety of food additives when used under specified conditions in foods sold in Canada. 
 Health Canada received a food additive submission requesting that carnauba wax be permitted for use in broth. The carnauba wax is an ingredient in a preparation that is to be used to help reduce foaming in the broth during its manufacture.  Carnauba wax is already permitted for use in Canada as a glazing or polishing agent in or on unstandardized confectionery. The results of Health Canada’s evaluation of available 
information support the safety and efficacy of carnauba wax when used in broth as requested by the petitioner.  Therefore, Health Canada has modified the 
List of Permitted Food Additives with 
Other Generally Accepted Uses  to extend the use of carnauba wax by adding the entry shown 
below to the list.  
 
Modifications to the  List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses  
 
Item 
No. Column 1  
Additive  Column 2  
Permitted in or 
Upon  Column 3  
Purpose of use  Column 4  
Maximum Level of Use and Other 
Conditions  
C.11.2  Carnauba Wax  Broth, except 
broth that is used 
in canned (naming the poultry) (Division 22)  Antifoaming agent  6 p.p.m.  
 
Rationale  
 
Health Canada’s F ood Directorate completed a pre market assessment of the requested use of 
carnauba wax in broth. The assessment considered the toxicological safety of carnauba wax for 
this use, and no food safety concerns were identified. Information provided by the petitioner supported that the prepara tion containing carnauba wax functions as an antifoaming agent in 
broth. Since the outcome of the assessment was favourable, the Department has enabled the  
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses  to  
Enable the Use of Carnauba Wax as an Antifoaming Agent in Broth  
Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch     3 requested use of carnauba wax by modifying the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other 
Generally Accepted Uses  as described in the above table.  
 
Other Relevant Information  
 
The Food and Drug Regulations require that food additives such as carnauba wax, which do not 
have specifications set out in the Regulations, meet the food- grade specifications set out in the 
most recent edition of the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC). The FCC is a compendium of standards for  purity and identity for food ingredients, including food additives, which is 
published by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention.
 
 
Corrective modifications to the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses  
 The English and French List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses
 
are corrected by moving item S.6.01 immediately below item S.6 to maintain the alphabetical ordering of food additive names.  The item number S.6A is renumbered to S.6.02 for Sodium 
Hydroxide and placed below item S.6.01.  
 
For clarity regarding the maximum level of use for sodium hydrogen malate, the words “ in the 
finished product” i n column 4 of sub- items  S.6.01(1) and S.6.01(2) are replaced with “1.5% in 
the chewing gum, dry beverage mix or unstandardized confectionery containing the unstandardized flavouring preparation” and “0.5% in the gelatin dessert powder containing the unstandardized flavouring preparation”.
 
 
Implementation and Enforcement  
 
The above  modifications came into force N ovember 2 , 2016, the day they were published in the 
List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses . 
 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is responsible for the enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act and its associated regulations with respect to foods.  
Contact Information  
 
Health Canada's Food Directorate is committed to reviewing any new scientific information on 
the safety of any permitted food additive, including carnauba wax. Anyone wishing to submit new scientific information on the use of this additive or to submit any inquiries may do so in writing, by regular mail or electronically. If you wish to contact the Food Directorate electronically, please use the words “ carnauba wax” in the subject line of your e -mail.  
 Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate
 
251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway   
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses  to  
Enable the Use of Carnauba Wax as an Antifoaming Agent in Broth  
Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch     4 Tunney’s Pasture, PL: 2202C  
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2  
E-mail: bcs -bipc@hc -sc.gc.ca