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Food and Drug Regulations

Version of section B.01.008 from 2016-12-14 to 2021-04-13:

  •  (1) The following information shall be shown grouped together on any part of the label:

    • (a) any information required by these Regulations, other than the information required to appear on the principal display panel or the nutrition facts table and the information required by sections B.01.007, B.01.301, B.01.305, B.01.311, B.01.503, B.01.513 and B.01.601; and

    • (b) where a prepackaged product consists of more than one ingredient, a list of all ingredients, including, subject to section B.01.009, components, if any.

  • (2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to

    • (a) prepackaged products packaged from bulk on retail premises, except prepackaged products that are a mixture of nuts;

    • (b) prepackaged individual portions of food that are served by a restaurant or other commercial enterprise with meals or snacks;

    • (c) prepackaged individual servings of food that are prepared by a commissary and sold by automatic vending machines or mobile canteens;

    • (d) prepackaged meat and meat by-products that are barbecued, roasted or broiled on the retail premises;

    • (e) prepackaged poultry, poultry meat or poultry meat by-products that are barbecued, roasted or broiled on the retail premises;

    • (f) Bourbon whisky and prepackaged products subject to compositional standards in Division 2; or

    • (g) prepackaged products subject to compositional standards in Division 19.

  • (3) Despite paragraph (1)(b), the following items are not required to be shown on the label of a prepackaged product:

    • (a) wax coating compounds and their components, used as an ingredient or component of prepackaged fresh fruit or vegetables;

    • (b) sausage casings, used as an ingredient or component of prepackaged sausages;

    • (c) hydrogen, used as an ingredient or component of a prepackaged product if used for hydrogenation purposes; and

    • (d) components of ingredients of a sandwich, if the sandwich is made with bread.

  • (4) to (10) [Repealed, SOR/2016-305, s. 4]

  • SOR/79-23, s. 5
  • SOR/88-559, s. 3
  • SOR/92-626, s. 7
  • SOR/93-145, s. 1
  • SOR/2003-11, s. 5
  • SOR/2011-28, s. 1
  • SOR/2016-305, s. 4

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