Food and Drug Regulations

Version of section D.02.011 from 2006-03-22 to 2016-12-13:

D.02.011 No person shall sell a food to which sodium iron pyrophosphate has been added as a source of iron as a mineral nutrient unless

(a) the bioavailability of the iron in the food is not less than 50 per cent of the bioavailability of ferrous sulphate as determined by official method FO-42, Determination of Bioavailability of Iron, December 15, 1982; and
(b) that person retains documentary evidence showing that the bioavailability of the iron in the food has been determined by the official method referred to in paragraph (a) and, on request by the Director, submits such evidence to the Director.

SOR/84-303, s. 1.

TABLE I

Recommended Daily Intake

Item	Mineral Nutrient	UnitsFootnote for TABLE I Recommended Daily Intake^*	Intake of persons 2 years of age or older	Intake of infants and children less than 2 years of age
Item	Column I		Column II	Column III
1	Calcium	(mg)	1100	500
2	Phosphorus	(mg)	1100	500
3	Magnesium	(mg)	250	55
4	Iron	(mg)	14	7
5	Zinc	(mg)	9	4
6	Iodide	(µg)	160	55
7	Selenium	(µg)	50	15
8	Copper	(mg)	2	0.5
9	Manganese	(mg)	2	1.2
10	Chromium	(µg)	120	12
11	Molybdenum	(µg)	75	15
12	Chloride	(mg)	3400	1000

SOR/88-559, s. 34; SOR/96-259, s. 6; SOR/2003-11, s. 36.

TABLE II

Weighted Recommended Nutrient Intake

Item	Column I	Column II	Column III
Item	Mineral Nutrient	Units	Amount
1	Calcium	milligrams	780
2	Iodide	micrograms	155
3	Iron	milligrams	10
4	Phosphorus	milligrams	885
5	Magnesium	milligrams	210
6	Zinc	milligrams	10

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