Food and Drug Regulations

B.01.002A (1) For the purposes of this Part, a serving of stated size of a food shall be

• (a) based on the food as offered for sale;

• (b) in either of the following cases, the net quantity of the food in the package:

  • (i) if the quantity of food in the package can reasonably be consumed by one person at a single eating occasion, or

  • (ii) if the package contains less than 200% of the reference amount for the food; and

• (c) in all other cases, the amount indicated for the food according to the criteria set out in column 3A of the Table of Reference Amounts.

(2) A serving of stated size of a food shall be expressed as follows:

• (a) in the case of a single-serving prepackaged product to which paragraph (1)(b) applies, per package and using the following units:

  • (i) in grams, if the net quantity of the food is shown on the label by weight or by count, and

  • (ii) in millilitres, if the net quantity of the food is shown on the label by volume; and

• (b) in the case of a multiple-serving prepackaged product to which paragraph (1)(c) applies, according to the following units set out in column 3B of the Table of Reference Amounts and according to the manner set out in that column:

  • (i) the household measure that applies to the product, and

  • (ii) the metric measure that applies to the product.