Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-20 and last amended on 2013-03-21. Previous Versions

 [S]. Graham Flour shall be flour to which has been added part of the bran and other constituents of the wheat berry, and shall have an ash content, calculated on a moisture-free basis, of not less than 1.20 per cent and not more than 2.25 per cent.

 [S]. Gluten Flour shall be the food obtained by removing from flour a part of the starch and shall not contain more than

  • (a) 10 per cent moisture, and

  • (b) 44 per cent Starch, calculated on a moisture-free basis, as determined by official method FO-28, Determination of Starch in Gluten Flour, October 15, 1981.

  • SOR/82-768, s. 37.

 [S]. Crushed Wheat or Coarse Ground Wheat shall be the food prepared by so crushing cleaned wheat that 40 per cent or more passes through a No. 8 (2 380 micron) sieve and less than 50 per cent through a No. 20 (840 micron) sieve, the proportions of the natural constituents of such wheat, other than moisture, remaining unaltered and shall have

  • (a) an ash content, calculated on a moisture-free basis, of not less than 1.50 per cent and not more than 2.25 per cent; and

  • (b) a moisture content of not more than 15.5 per cent.

 [S]. Cracked Wheat shall be the food prepared by so cracking or cutting cleaned wheat into angular fragments that not less than 90 per cent passes through a No. 8 (2 380 micron) sieve and not more than 20 per cent through a No. 20 (840 micron) sieve, the proportions of the natural constituents of such wheat, other than moisture, remaining unaltered and shall have

  • (a) an ash content, calculated on a moisture-free basis, of not less than 1.50 per cent and not more than 2.25 per cent; and

  • (b) a moisture content of not more than 15.5 per cent.

 [S]. Rice shall be the hulled or hulled and polished seed of the rice plant and, in the case of hulled and polished seeds, may be coated with magnesium silicate, talc and glucose.

  • SOR/78-403, s. 3.
  •  (1) For the purposes of this Division, precooked rice means polished rice that has been cooked in water or steam and dried in such a manner as to retain the rice grains in a porous and open-structured condition.

  • (2) Notwithstanding sections D.01.009, D.01.011 and D.02.009, no person shall sell pre-cooked rice to which a vitamin or mineral nutrient set out in Column I of an item of the table to this section has been added, either singly or in any combination, unless each 100 g of the pre-cooked rice as sold contains the added vitamin or mineral nutrient in the amount set out in Column II of that item.

    TABLE

    Column IColumn II
    ItemVitamin or Mineral NutrientAmount per 100 g of Pre-cooked Rice
    1.Thiamine0.45 mg
    2.Niacin4.2 mg
    3.Vitamin B60.6 mg
    4.Folic acid0.016 mg
    5.Pantothenic acid1.2 mg
    6.Iron1.6 mg
  • (3) No person shall represent pre-cooked rice as “enriched” unless the food contains added thiamine, niacin and iron.

  • SOR/86-320, s. 1;
  • SOR/98-458, s. 7(F).