17-01-2025 15:10 via canada.ca

Proposal to modify the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims (free of sugars)

Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate has launched a consultation regarding the proposal to modify the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims to reintroduce the chewing gum energy requirement exemption. The Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (Nutrition Symbols, Other Labelling Provisions, Partially Hydrogenated Oils and Vitamin D) included modifications to the energy requirements of the "free of sugars" claim (item 37 of the now repealed tabl
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Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to revise certain permitted uses of aluminum-containing food additives
Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to remove duplication and harmonize the names of certain food additives
Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes to authorize the use of pullulanase from a new source
Modification to the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents to extend the use of polysorbate 80
Modification to the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents to extend the use of pectin
Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s report on red tape reduction
Modification to the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims (free of sugars)
Proposal to modify the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients to permit 30% juice in certain caffeinated beverages
Proposal to modify the use of caffeine as a supplemental ingredient
Proposal to transfer the maximum levels for ethyl carbamate in alcoholic beverages to the List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances in Foods
Modification to the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients to enable the use of milk thistle seed extract (silymarin)
Modification to the List of permitted supplemental ingredients to enable the use of grape seed extract (oligomeric proanthocyanidins)
Modification to the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims (Protein Claims and “No Added Fat”)
Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives as part of the modernization of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations
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