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Food > Labelling > Nutrition Labelling > Toolkit Section B - What Products May Carry a Nutrition Facts Table?
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| Section A | Section B | Section C | Section D | Section E | 1. When Do the Regulations Come Into Force?The amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations pertaining to Nutrition Labelling, Nutrient Content Claims and Health Claims require that all prepackaged foods, with some exceptions, carry a Nutrition Facts table. The Regulations also set out requirements for nutrient content claims and health claims.
2. What Foods Require a Nutrition Facts Table?
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| a) | foods, such as spices and some bottled waters, for which all the nutritional information (other than serving of stated size) set out in column 1 of the table to B.01.401 may be expressed as "0"; |
| b) | beverages with an alcohol content of more than 0.5 %; |
| c) | fresh vegetables and fruits without added ingredients, oranges with colour,
and fruit and vegetables coated with paraffin wax or petrolatum;
This category includes fresh herbs such as parsley, basil, thyme, etc. (but not dried herbs); sprouts; and fruits and vegetables that are minimally processed (e.g., washed, peeled, cut-up, shredded, etc.), including mixtures of fruits and vegetables, such as bagged mixed salad and coleslaw (without dressing, croutons, bacon bits, etc.). NOTE: The exemption is lost if any health claim set out in the table following B.01.603 is made, including the following: "A healthy diet rich in a variety of vegetables and fruit may help reduce the risk of some types of cancer," [B.01.401 (3)(e)(ii), and item 4 of the table following B.01.603]. |
| d) | raw, single ingredient meat, meat by-product, poultry meat, and poultry
meat by-product;
NOTE: Prepackaged ground meat, ground meat by-product, ground poultry meat and ground poultry meat by-product must always carry a Nutrition Facts table [B.01.401(3)(d)]. |
| e) | raw, single ingredient marine or freshwater animal products (such as fish, crustaceans, etc.); |
| f) | foods sold only in the retail establishment where the product is prepared
and processed, including products made from a pre-mix when an ingredient other
than water is added to the pre-mix;
NOTE: A Nutrition Facts table is required when only water is added to a pre-mix or when a product is only baked, cooked, etc. on the premises without the addition of other ingredients. |
| g) | foods sold only at a roadside stand, craft show, flea market, fair, farmers' market and sugar bush by the individual who prepared and processed the product; |
| h) | individual servings of foods that are sold for immediate consumption (e.g., sandwiches or ready-made salads), when these have not been subjected to a process or special packaging, such as modified atmosphere packaging, to extend their durable life; |
| i) | foods sold only in the retail establishment where the product is packaged, if the product is labelled by means of a sticker and has an Available Display Surface of less than 200 cm2; |
| j) | prepackaged confections, commonly known as one-bite confections, that are sold individually (e.g., small individually wrapped candies, mints, etc.); |
| k) | prepackaged individual portions of food that are solely intended to be served by a restaurant or other commercial enterprise with meals or snacks (e.g., crackers, creamers, etc.); and |
| l) | a variety of cow and goat milk products sold in refillable glass containers. |
(Excerpt from the 2003 Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising, Section 5.3.1)
The last three items listed above (a one-bite confection, an individual portion served with meals, milk in glass containers) never lose their exemption. The remaining items listed above lose their exempt status and are required to carry a Nutrition Facts table when:
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