Food and Drug Regulations

B.01.010.3 (1) A food allergen source, gluten source and added sulphites statement must

• a) be introduced by a title that

  • (i) consists of the terms

    • (A) “Contains”, “Contains:” or “Contains :” in the English version of the statement, and

    • (B) “Contient”, “Contient :” or “Contient :” in the French version of the statement,

  • (ii) is shown in bold type,

  • (iii) is shown without any intervening printed, written or graphic material appearing between it and the rest of the statement, and

  • (iv) if the statement is preceded by a statement referred to in subsection B.01.014(1) and begins on the line on which that statement ends, is shown in a type that is of a height that is at least 0.2 mm greater than the height of the type used in that statement;

• (a.1) appear, in respect of each linguistic version, immediately after any statement referred to in subsection B.01.014(1) appearing in the same language or, if there is no such statement, immediately after the list of ingredients appearing in the same language and, in either case, without any intervening printed, written or graphic material;

• (a.2) appear on the same continuous surface as the statement or list that immediately precedes it and be shown in the same manner as the list of ingredients is shown under subsection B.01.008.2(2);

• (b) include all of the following information, even if all or part of that information is also shown in the list of ingredients:

  • (i) the source for each food allergen that is present in the prepackaged product,

  • (ii) each source for the gluten that is present in the product, and

  • (iii) one of the common names “sulfites”, “sulfiting agents”, “sulphites” or “sulphiting agents”, if the total amount of sulphites present in the product is 10 parts per million or more; and

• (c) show information entries in regular or bold type, using lower case letters except for the first letter of each entry, which shall be an upper case letter, and shall use a bullet point or comma to separate each entry.

(2) Despite paragraph (1)(b), the following information is not required to be shown in the statement more than once:

• (a) the same source of a food allergen;

• (b) the same source of gluten; and

• (c) one of the common names “sulfites”, “sulfiting agents”, “sulphites” or “sulphiting agents”.

(3) If the English and French versions of the statement appear on the same continuous surface of the label, the version that follows the other version shall not begin on the same line as that on which the other version ends, except in the case of a prepackaged product that has an available display surface of less than 100 cm².