Food and Drug Regulations

B.01.450 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (6), the nutrition facts table shall be presented in accordance with the format specified in the applicable figure in the Directory of NFT Formats, having regard to matters such as order of presentation, dimensions, spacing and the use of upper and lower case letters and bold type.

(2) The characters and rules in the nutrition facts table shall be displayed in a single colour that is a visual equivalent of 100% solid black type on a white background or on a uniform neutral background with a maximum 5% tint of colour.

(3) The characters in the nutrition facts table

• (a) shall be displayed in a single standard sans serif font that is not decorative and in such a manner that the characters never touch each other or the rules; and

• (b) may be displayed with larger dimensions than those specified in the applicable figure in the Directory of NFT Formats if all the characters in the table are enlarged in a uniform manner.

(3.1) The type size shown in parentheses for a version referred to in a table to sections B.01.454 to B.01.459 or sections B.01.461 to B.01.464 is the minimum type size that may be used in a nutrition facts table to show nutrients set out in the tables to sections B.01.401 and B.01.402 in accordance with that version.

(4) A rule that is specified in the applicable figure in the Directory of NFT Formats as being a 1 point rule or a 2 point rule may be displayed with larger dimensions in the nutrition facts table.

(5) The information in the nutrition facts table shall be in accordance with sections B.01.400 to B.01.403 and B.01.406.

(6) In a nutrition facts table consisting of a table in both English and French, the order of languages may be reversed from the order shown in the applicable figure in the Directory of NFT Formats.