Canada: Food Labeling
Health Canada published amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations related to nutrition regulations, list of ingredients, and food colors on December 14, 2016, giving the industry a 5-year period to adapt to the new legislation requirements. The transition period ended on December 14, 2021.
Main changes include:
Main changes include:
- New requirements regarding the legibility of the list of ingredients
- Grouping of sugars in the list of ingredients
- Various changes to information contained in the Nutrition Facts table (NFt)
- New requirements for how food colors are declared
- Removal of the requirement for certification of synthetic colours
- Incorporation by reference of daily values, templates for the NFt formats, reference amounts, serving sizes and most food colour specifications
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