Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising

Section VII: Health-Related Claims

[PDF Section VII]

1. Health, Healthful, Wholesome, Nutritious
   1. Balanced
2. Healthy Eating and Dietary Guidance
   1. Guidelines for Health Information Programs Involving the Sale of Foods
   2. General Principles for Labelling and Advertising Claims that Relate to the Nutrition Recommendations and Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating and Guidelines on the Application of the General Principles -- References to Other Dietary Guidelines; "Healthy Eating", "Healthy Choice"; References to Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
   3. Advertising Claims Relating to Nutrition Recommendations made by Organizations which do not Control Food Packaging or Labelling (OWLs)
   4. Advertisement versus Educational Material
3. Third-Party Endorsements, Logos and Seals of Approval
   1. Use of Heart Symbols and Heart Health Claims
4. Foods Represented for Use in Weight Maintenance
5. Biological Role Claims for Nutrients (includes physiological effect claims for fibre)
   1. Biological Role of Nutrients
   2. Specific Claims
   3. Claims for Physiological Effects of Fibre
6. Testimonials and Guarantees Regarding Vitamins and Mineral Nutrients
7. Tonic Foods
8. Digestibility
9. Essential Foods
10. Dietary Standards
11. Disease Prevention and Drug-Like Claims
    1. Treatment for Schedule A Diseases
    2. Diet and Disease Information Which Does Not Offend Section 3 of the Food and Drugs Act
    3. Treatment of Other Diseases
12. Obesity: Diet Plans
13. Medicated
14. Laxative/Laxation Claims
15. Foods for Special Nutritional Purposes
    1. Foods for Special Dietary Use
    2. Carbohydrate-Reduced Foods
    3. Sugar-Free Foods
    4. Calorie-Reduced Foods
    5. Low-Calorie Foods
    6. Low-Sodium Foods
    7. Gluten-Free Foods
    8. Formulated Liquid Diets
    9. Meal Replacements
    10. Nutritional Supplements
    11. Prepackaged Meal Definition -- Prepackaged Meals for Use in a Weight-Reduction Diet
    12. Foods Sold by Weight-Reduction Clinics
    13. Foods Represented for Use in Very Low-Energy Diets
16. Infant Foods and Infant Formulas
17. Beverages for Athletes, Isotonic
    1. Beverages for Athletes
    2. Isotonic
18. Annex 1 - Schedule A Diseases from the Food and Drugs Act
19. Annex 2 - Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
20. Annex 3 - Guidelines on the Application of the General Principles for Labelling and Advertising Claims that Relate to the Nutrition Recommendations
21. Annex 4 - Policy - Advertising Claims Relating to Nutrition Recommendations made by Organizations which do not Control Food Packaging or Labelling (OWLs)
22. Annex 5 - Policy Respecting the Use of Heart Symbols and Heart Health Claims on Food Labels and in Food Advertisements
23. Annex 6 - Guidelines for Health Information Programs Involving the Sale of Foods
24. Appendices I - V