Food and Drug Regulations
B.02.130 [S]. (1) Beer
(a) shall be the product of the alcoholic fermentation by yeast, or a mixture of yeast and other micro-organisms, an infusion of barley or wheat malt and hops or hop extract in potable water;
(b) shall contain at most 4% of residual sugars; and
(c) may have added to it during the course of manufacture any of the following ingredients:
(i) cereal grain,
(ii) honey, maple syrup, fruit, fruit juice or any other source of carbohydrates,
(iii) herbs and spices,
(iv) salt,
(v) flavouring preparations,
(vi) pre-isomerized hop extract,
(vii) reduced isomerized hop extract, and
(viii) food additives to which a marketing authorization applies and that are set out in the Lists of Permitted Food Additives published on the Health Canada website.
(2) The name of any flavouring preparation added to a beer shall form part of the common name of the beer.
- SOR/88-418, s. 2
- SOR/92-92, s. 1
- SOR/96-483, s. 1
- SOR/2006-91, s. 3
- SOR/2019-98, s. 3
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