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Food and Drug Regulations

Version of section D.02.011 from 2024-12-18 to 2025-12-10:


 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 that set out in column 3 for that item of the Table of Chemical, Physical and Nutritional Characteristics of Food, as defined in subsection B.01.001(1), as determined by the corresponding method set out in column 4; and

  • (b) that person retains documentary evidence showing that the bioavailability of the iron in the food has been determined by the method referred to in paragraph (a) and, on request by the Minister, submits such evidence to the Minister.

  • SOR/84-303, s. 1
  • SOR/2018-69, s. 27
  • SOR/2024-244, s. 153

TABLE I[Repealed, SOR/2016-305, s. 70]

TABLE II

Weighted Recommended Nutrient Intake

ItemColumn IColumn IIColumn III
Mineral NutrientUnitsAmount
1Calciummilligrams780
2Iodidemicrograms155
3Ironmilligrams10
4Phosphorusmilligrams885
5Magnesiummilligrams210
6Zincmilligrams10
  • SOR/96-259, s. 7

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