A
|
Age
|
means the period during which an alcoholic beverage is kept
under such conditions of storage as may be necessary to develop its
characteristic flavour and bouquet [B.02.002]
|
Alcohol
|
means ethyl alcohol [B.02.002]
|
Available Display Surface
|
means
a) the bottom of an ornamental container or the total surface area of
both sides of a tag attached to the ornamental container, whichever is
greater
b) the total surface area of both sides of a tag attached to a package to
which a label cannot be physically applied or on which information cannot be
legibly set out and easily viewed by the purchaser or consumer under the
customary conditions of purchase, and
c) total surface area of any other package, excluding the bottom if the
contents of the package leak out or are damaged when the package is turned
over
but does not include
d) any area of a package on which a label cannot be physically
applied or on which information cannot be legibly set out and easily viewed by
the purchaser or consumer under the customary conditions of purchase,
e) any part of a package that is intended to be destroyed when it is opened,
other than a package of a food that is intended to be consumed by one person at
a single eating occasion, or
f) the area occupied by the universal product code. [B.01.001]
|
Advertise
|
means to advertise to the general public [D.01.001]
|
Advertisement
|
includes any representation by any means whatever for the
purpose of promoting directly or indirectly the sale or disposal of any food,
drug, cosmetic or device [2, FDA]
|
Animal
|
means any animal used as food, but does not include marine and
fresh water animals [B.14.001]
|
B
|
Biological Role Claims
|
statements or claims are allowed for energy or nutrients that
are generally recognized as an aid in maintaining the functions of the body
|
Body Mass Index
|
measurement tool that relates body weight to health
|
C
|
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating (CFGHE)
|
describes a pattern of eating based on a total diet approach and
provides consumers with detailed information on establishing healthy eating
habits through the daily selection of food
|
Canada Agricultural Products Act
|
is a trade and commerce act with regulations pertaining to the
following commodities: dairy, eggs and processed eggs, fresh and processed
fruit and vegetables, honey, livestock and poultry carcasses, and maple
products
|
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating (CFGHE)
|
describes a pattern of eating based on a total diet approach and
provides consumers with detailed information on establishing healthy eating
habits through the daily selection of food
|
Canada' s Guidelines for Healthy
Eating
|
are the consumer messages for Canadians that were translated
into the specific food choices promoted in Canada' s Food Guide to
Healthy Eating
|
CAPA
|
acronym for Canada Agricultural Products Act
|
Carbohydrate
|
includes sugars, starch, dietary fibre, sugar alcohols, and
polydextrose
|
Carbonated Water
|
water that contains added CO2
|
Chopped, chopped and formed meat products
|
This category includes products, such as ground roast beef,
ground ham and chicken breast (chopped and formed), that do not contain at
least 80% of pieces of boneless, skinless meat weighing a minimum of 25 g.
|
Close Proximity
|
means, with reference to the common name, immediately adjacent
to the common name without any intervening printed, written or graphic matter
[B.01.001]
|
Common Name
|
means
a) the name of the food printed in bold face type in the Food and Drug
Regulations
b) the name prescribed by any other regulation, or
c) if the name of the food is not so printed or prescribed, the name by which
the food is generally known [B.01.001]
|
Component
|
means an individual unit of food that is combined as an
individual unit of food with one or more other individual units of food to form
an ingredient
[B.01.001]
|
Concentrate
Concentrated
Condensed
|
may be used to describe products still in the liquid state after
a substantial amount of water has been removed
|
Combination Foods
|
means the category of foods that contain, as ingredients, foods
from more than one food group, or foods from one or more food groups mixed with
foods from the category of "other foods" , such as pizza or lasagna
[B.01.500]
|
Comparative Claim
|
is a statement that compares, directly or indirectly, the
nutritional properties of two or more foods
|
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act
|
provides for a uniform method of labelling and packaging of
consumer goods (products sold at retail) (CPLA)
|
Core Nutrition Information
|
information which is mandatory for all nutrition facts tables as
set out in the table following B.01.401
|
CPLA
|
acronym for Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act
|
D
|
Daily Value
|
means
a) in respect of a vitamin or mineral nutrient referred to in the definition
"recommended daily intake", the recommended daily intake for that
vitamin or mineral nutrient, and
b) in respect of a nutrient referred to in the definition "reference
standard", the reference standard for that nutrient [B.01.001]
|
Dangling Comparisons
|
using words such as "better" and "richer"
which often imply a comparison, without indicating its basis
|
Dietary Fibre
|
is defined as the endogenous components of plant material in the
diet which are resistant to digestion by enzymes produced by humans
|
Diet-Related Health Claim
|
is a statement that describes the characteristics of a diet
associated with the reduction of the risk of developing a diet-related disease
or condition, such as osteoporosis or cancer.
|
Distributor
|
or "manufacturer" means a person, including an
association or partnership, who under their own name, or under a trade-, design
or word mark, trade name or other name, word or mark controlled by them, sells
a food or drug [A.01.010]
|
Drug
|
includes any substance or mixture of substances manufactured,
sold or represented for use in
a) the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease, disorder,
abnormal physical state, or its symptoms, in human beings or animals
b) restoring, correcting or modifying organic functions in human beings or
animals, or
c) disinfection in premises in which food is manufactured, prepared or kept
[2, FDA]
|
Dry Wine
|
refers to a wine with a low residual sugar content
|
Durable Life |
means the period, commencing on the day on which a prepackaged
product is packaged for retail sale, during which the product, when it is
stored under conditions appropriate to that product, will retain, without any
appreciable deterioration, its normal wholesomeness, palatability, nutritional
value and any other qualities claimed for it by the manufacturer
[B.01.001] |
Durable Life Date
|
means the date on which the durable life of a prepackaged
product ends [B.01.001]
|
E
|
Energy Value
|
means, in respect of a food, the amount of energy made available
to a person' s body when the chemical constituents of the food, including
protein, fat, carbohydrate and alcohol, are metabolized following ingestion of
the food by the person [B.01.001]
|
Expiration Date
|
means, in respect of a formulated liquid diet, a food
represented for use in a very low-energy diet, a meal replacement or a
nutritional supplement, the date
a) after which the manufacturer does not recommend that it be consumed,
and
b) up to which it maintains its microbiological and physical stability and the
nutrient content declared on the label [B.24.001]
|
Extended Meat Product
|
means a meat product to which a meat product extender has been
added [B.01.001]
|
F
|
Fat
|
means all fatty acids expressed as triglycerides, in sections
B.01.401 to B.01.603 [B.01.400]
|
FDA
|
acronym for Food and Drugs Act
|
FDR
|
acronym for Food and Drug Regulations
|
FIA
|
acronym for Fish Inspection Act
|
Filler
|
means any vegetable material (except tomato or beetroot), milk,
egg, yeast or any derivative or combination thereof that is acceptable as food
[B.14.001, B.22.008]
-------------------
means
a) flour or meal prepared from grain or potato, but not from a legume
b) processed wheat flour containing not less than the equivalent of 80 per
cent dextrose, as determined by official method FO-32, Determination of
Fillers, Binders and Dextrose Equivalent, October 15, 1981
c) bread, biscuit or bakery products, but not those containing or made with a
legume,
d) milk powder, skim milk powder, buttermilk powder or whey powder, and
e) starch [B.21.002]
|
Fish Inspection Act
|
applies to fish and fish products which are marketed through
import, export and interprovincial trade
|
Food
|
includes any article manufactured, sold or represented for use
as food or drink for human beings, chewing gum, and any ingredient that may be
mixed with food for any purpose whatever [2, FDA]
|
Food for Special Dietary Use
|
means food that has been specially processed or formulated to
meet the particular requirements of a person
a) in whom a physical or physiological condition exists as a result of a
disease, disorder or injury, or
b) for whom a particular effect, including but not limited to weight loss, is
to be obtained by a controlled intake of foods [B.24.001]
|
Food Group
|
means one of the following categories of foods:
a) milk products, and milk product alternatives such as fortified plant-based
beverages
b) meat, poultry and fish, and alternatives such as legumes, eggs, tofu or
peanut butter
c) bread and grain products, or
d) vegetables and fruit [B.01.500]
|
Formulated Liquid Diet
|
means a food that
a) is sold for consumption in liquid form, and
b) is sold or represented as a nutritionally complete diet for oral or tube
feeding of a person described in paragraph (a) of the definition "food for
special dietary use" [B.24.001]
|
G H
|
Gluten-Free
|
is a food that does not contain wheat, including spelt and
kamut, or oats, barley, rye, triticale or any part thereof [B.24.018]
|
Home-made
|
describes a food that is not commercially prepared and does not
require further preparation
|
I
|
Imitation Food
|
resembles the food imitated in flavour, texture, appearance and
nutritional value
|
Imported
|
food, as a unit, that has been brought into Canada from another
country and is sold in Canada without modification to the food itself
|
Ingredient
|
means an individual unit of food that is combined as an
individual unit of food with one or more individual units of food to form an
integral unit of food that is sold as a prepackaged product [B.01.001]
|
Impressions
|
words and visual depictions used in advertisements
|
Isotonic Beverage
|
denotes a solution having the same concentration of electrolytes
and non-electrolytes as another solution with which it is being compared
|
J K L
|
Kosher
|
describes a food that meets the requirements of the kashruth and
includes the word "kosher" or any letters of the Hebrew alphabet or
any other word, expression, depiction, sign, symbol, mark, device or other
representation that indicates or that is likely to create an impression that
the food is kosher when used in labelling, packaging, advertising or selling a
food [B.01.049]
|
Label
|
includes any legend, word or mark attached to, included in,
belonging to or accompanying any food, drug, cosmetic, device or package [2,
FDA]
|
Laboratory
|
suggests scientific personnel, scientific equipment and
scientific research
|
Lot Number
|
means any combination of letters, figures, or both, by which any
food or drug can be traced in manufacture and identified in distribution
[A.01.010]
|
M
|
Manufacturer
|
or "distributor" means a person, including an
association or partnership, who under their own name, or under a trade-, design
or word mark, trade name or other name, word or mark controlled by them, sells
a food or drug [A.01.010]
|
Malted
|
means that the carbohydrate has been modified by suitable
treatment with the diastase of malt
|
Marine and Fresh Water Animal
|
includes
a) fish
b) crustaceans, molluscs, other marine invertebrates
c) marine mammals, and
d) frogs
|
Meal Replacement
|
means a formulated food that, by itself, can replace one or more
daily meals [B.01.001]
|
Meat Inspection Act
|
applies to meat and meat products which are marketed through
import, export and interprovincial trade
|
Meat Product Extender
|
means a food that is a source of protein and that is represented
as being for the purpose of extending meat products [B.01.001]
|
Medicated
|
term used to describe products containing an added medicinal
substance to treat or prevent a disease
|
MIA
|
acronym for Meat Inspection Act
|
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids
Monounsaturated Fat
Monounsaturates
or
Monounsaturated
|
means cis-monounsaturated fatty acids [B.01.001]
|
N
|
Novel Fibre or Novel Fibre Source
|
is a food that has been manufactured to be a source of dietary
fibre, and either has not traditionally been used for human consumption to any
significant extent, has been chemically processed or physically processed so as
to modify the properties of the fibre or that has been highly concentrated from
its plant source
|
Nutrition Claim
|
is any statement or expression which describes, directly or
indirectly, the level of a nutrient in a food or group of foods
|
Nutrition Facts Table
|
means the nutrition facts table that is required by subsection
B.01.401(1) to be carried on the label of a prepackaged product [B.01.001]
|
Nutrition Recommendations for Canadians (NRC)
|
provides guidance in the selection of a dietary pattern that
will supply recommended amounts of all essential nutrients while reducing the
risk of chronic diseases
|
Nutritional Supplement
|
means a food sold or represented as a supplement to a diet that
may be inadequate in energy and essential nutrients [B.01.001]
|
O
|
omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
omega-3 polyunsaturated fat
omega-3 polyunsaturates
omega-3 polyunsaturated
or
omega-3
|
means
a) 9-cis, 12-cis, 15-cis octadecatrienoic acid or -linolenic acid,
b) 8-cis, 11-cis, 14-cis, 17-cis eicosatetraenoic acid,
c) 5-cis, 8-cis, 11-cis, 14-cis, 17-cis eicosapentaenoic acid or EPA,
d) 7-cis, 10-cis, 13-cis, 16-cis, 19-cis docosapentaenoic acid, or
e) 4-cis, 7-cis, 10-cis, 13-cis, 16-cis, 19-cis docosahexaenoic acid or
DHA
[B.01.001]
|
omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids
omega-6 polyunsaturated fat
omega-6 polyunsaturates
omega-6 polyunsaturated
or
omega-6
|
means
a) 9-cis, 12-cis octadecadienoic acid or linoleic acid,
b) 6-cis, 9-cis, 12-cis octadecatrienoic acid
c) 8-cis, 11-cis, 14-cis eicosatrienoic acid or di-homo--linolenic acid,
d) 5-cis, 8-cis, 11-cis, 14-cis eicosatetraenoic acid or arachidonic acid,
e) 7-cis, 10-cis, 13-cis, 16-cis docosatetraenoic acid, or
f) 4-cis, 7-cis, 10-cis, 13-cis, 16-cis docosapentaenoic acid
[B.01.001]
|
Organoleptic Qualities
|
product characteristics such as flavour, texture, appearance and
aroma
|
Ornamental Container
|
means a container that, except on the bottom, does not have any
promotional or advertising material thereon, other than a trade mark or common
name and that, because of any design appearing on its surface or because of its
shape or texture, appears to be a decorative ornament and is sold as a
decorative ornament in addition to being sold as the container of a product
[B.01.001]
|
Other Foods
|
means the category of food to which belong foods that are not
part of any food group, including
a) foods that are mostly fats, such as butter, margarine, oil or lard;
b) foods that are mostly sugars, such as jam, honey, syrup or
confectionery;
c) snack foods, such as potato chips or pretzels;
d) beverages, such as water, tea, coffee or soft drinks; and
e) herbs, spices and condiments, such as pickles, mustard or ketchup.
[B.01.500]
|
P
|
Package
|
includes any thing in which any food, drug, cosmetic or device
is wholly or partly contained, placed or packed [2, FDA]
|
Point
|
means a unit of measurement for type size that is known as an
Anglo-American point and is equal to 0.3514598 mm [B.01.400]
|
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
|
means cis-methylene interrupted polyunsaturated fatty
acids [B.01.001]
|
Poultry Product
|
means poultry meat, prepared poultry meat, poultry meat
by-product or prepared poultry meat by-product [B.01.001]
|
Poultry Product Extender
|
means a food that is a source of protein and that is represented
as being for the purpose of extending poultry products [B.01.001]
|
Prepackaged Product
|
means any food that is contained in a package in the manner in
which it is ordinarily sold to or used or purchased by a person [B.01.001]
|
Prepackaged Meal
|
means a prepackaged selection of foods for one individual that
requires no preparation other than heating and that contains at least one
serving, as described in Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating, published
in 1992 by the Department of Supply and Services by authority of the Minister
of National Health and Welfare, of
a) meat, fish, poultry, legumes, nuts, seeds, eggs or milk or milk products
other than butter, cream, sour cream, ice-cream, ice milk and sherbet; and
b) vegetables, fruit or grain products [B.01.001]
|
Prescribed
|
means prescribed by the Food and Drug Regulations [2,
FDA]
|
Principal Display Panel
|
means, despite the meaning assigned to that term in section
A.01.010,
a) in the case of a label applied to a prepackaged product that is subject to
the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act the principal display panel
as defined in the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations,
b) in the case of a label applied to a prepackaged product that is not subject
to the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, that part of the label
applied to all or part of the side or surface of the container that is
displayed or visible under normal or customary conditions of sale or use, and
where the container does not have such a side or surface, that part of the
label applied to any part of the container, except the bottom, if any, and
c) in the case of a label applied to a food that is not a prepackaged product,
that part of the label applied to all or part of the side or surface of the
food that is displayed or visible under normal or customary conditions of sale
or use [B.01.001]
|
Processing Aids
|
are substances/ingredients which are added to a food for a
technological effect during processing and which are not present in the
finished food product or are present at insignificant or non-functional
levels
|
Product of Canada
|
See "Made in Canada"
|
Pure/100% Pure
|
used to described foods that are uncontaminated, unadulterated
and to contain only substances or ingredients that are understood to be part of
the food so described
|
Q R
|
Reasonable Daily Intake
|
in respect of a food set out in Column I of an item of Schedule
K, means the amount of that food set out in Column II of that item
[B.01.001]
|
Recommended Daily Intake (RDI)
|
in respect of a vitamin or mineral nutrient set out in column I
of Table I to Division 1 of Part D or in column I of Table I to Division 2 of
Part D, means
a) in the case of a prepackaged product intended solely for children under two
years of age, the quantity set out in column III, and
b) in any other case, the quantity set out in column II [B.01.001]
|
Recommended Pattern of Eating
|
refers to the following three guidance documents;
Canada' s Food Guide to Healthy Eating (CFGHE), Canada's
Guidelines for Healthy Eating (CGHE) and
Nutrition Recommendations for Canadians (NRC)
|
Reference Amount
|
in respect of a food set out in column 1 of Schedule M, means
the amount of that food set out in column 2 [B.01.001]
|
Reference Food of the Same Food Group
|
means a food that can be substituted in the diet for the food to
which it is compared and that belongs to
a) the same food group as the food to which it is compared, such as cheese as
a reference food for milk, or chicken as a reference food for tofu;
b) the category of other foods, if the food to which it is compared also
belongs to that category, such as pretzels as a reference food for potato
chips; or
c) the category of combination foods, if the food to which it is compared also
belongs to that category, such as pizza as a reference food for lasagna.
[B.01.500]
|
Reference Standard
|
in respect of a nutrient set out in column 1 of the table to
section B.01.001.1, means the amount set out in column 2 [B.01.001]
|
S
|
Sans Serif Font
|
a font without projections finishing off the stroke of a
letter
|
Saturated Fatty Acids
Saturated Fat
Saturates
or
Saturated
|
means all fatty acids that contain no double bonds
[B.01.001]
|
Sell
|
includes offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession for
sale and distribute, whether or not the distribution is made for consideration
[2, FDA]
|
Sensory Characteristics
|
characteristic of the food such colour, taste or flavour
|
Serving Size
|
is considered to be an amount of food which would reasonably be
consumed at one sitting by an adult
|
Similar Reference Food
|
means a food of the same type as the food to which it is
compared and that has not been processed, formulated, reformulated or otherwise
modified in a manner that increases or decreases the energy value or the amount
of a nutrient that is the subject of the comparison, such as whole milk as a
similar reference food for partly skimmed milk or regular chocolate chip
cookies as a similar reference food for fat-reduced chocolate chip cookies
[B.01.500]
|
Simulated Meat Product
|
means any food that does not contain any meat product, poultry
product or fish product but that has the appearance of a meat product
[B.01.001]
|
Simulated Poultry Product
|
means any food that does not contain any poultry product, meat
product or fish product but that has the appearance of a poultry product
[B.01.001]
|
Solid Cut Meat Product
|
is a whole cut of meat or a product consisting of at least 80%
of pieces of boneless, skinless meat weighing a minimum of 25 g each
|
Sugars
|
means all monosaccharides and disaccharides [B.01.001]
|
Sugar Alcohols
|
includes isomalt, lactitol, maltitol, maltitol syrup, mannitol,
sorbitol, sorbitol syrup xylitol and erythritol.
|
Sweetener
|
means any food additive listed as a sweetener in Table IX to
section B.16.100 [B.01.001]
|
Sweetening Agent
|
means glucose-fructose, fructose syrup or any food for which a
standard is provided in Division 18 of the FDR, or any combination thereof
[B.02.002]
|
Sweetening Ingredient
|
means sugar, invert sugar, honey, dextrose, glucose or glucose
solids or any combination thereof in dry or liquid form [B.11.001]
|
T
|
Third-Party Endorsement
|
means the approval or sanction of a food by any health
professional or health organization or any individual or group represented as
such
|
Trans Fatty Acids
trans fat
or
trans
|
means unsaturated fatty acids that contain one or more isolated
or non-conjugated double bonds in a trans-configuration [B.01.001]
|
U V W X Y Z
|
Underground Source
|
is considered to be a water-bearing formation which is below
that zone which is saturated with surface water, the upper part of which is
known as the water table
|
Unstandardized Food
|
means any food for which a standard is not prescribed in Part B
of the Food and Drug Regulations [B.01.001]
|