Marketing Authorization for Food Additives with Other Accepted Uses

Marginal note:Food

• 2 (1) When a food additive that is set out in column 1 of the List is added to a food that is set out in column 2 for a use whose purpose is set out in column 3, the food is exempt from the application of paragraphs 4(1)(a) and (d) and sections 6 and 6.1 of the Food and Drugs Act and sections B.01.042, B.01.043 and B.16.007, as applicable, of the Food and Drug Regulations, in respect of the use or presence of the additive only, if

  • (a) the purpose that is set out in column 3 was mentioned in column III of Table VIII to Division 16 of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations on the day on which this marketing authorization comes into force;

  • (b) the amount of the additive does not exceed the maximum level of use for that food that is set out in column 4; and

  • (c) any other condition that is set out in column 4 is met.

• Marginal note:“Good manufacturing pratice”

  (2) When the words “good manufacturing practice” appear in column 4, the condition in paragraph (1)(b) is met if the amount of the additive that is added to the food in manufacturing and processing does not exceed the amount required to accomplish the purpose for which it has been added.

• Marginal note:Labelling or packaging requirement

  (3) Subsection (1) does not exempt a food for which a standard is prescribed in Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations from the application of any labelling or packaging requirement that is set out in the standard.