Food and Drug Regulations

Version of section B.13.010.1 from 2006-03-22 to 2024-12-17:

B.13.010.1 (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 I Column II
Item Vitamin or Mineral Nutrient Amount per 100 g of Pre-cooked Rice
1 Thiamine 0.45 mg
2 Niacin 4.2 mg
3 Vitamin B₆ 0.6 mg
4 Folic acid 0.016 mg
5 Pantothenic acid 1.2 mg
6 Iron 1.6 mg
(3) No person shall represent pre-cooked rice as “enriched” unless the food contains added thiamine, niacin and iron.

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