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Reference Listing of Accepted Construction Materials, Packaging Materials and Non-Food Chemical Products

Guidelines for Submissions

Requests for acceptance of non-food chemicalsshall be addressed to:

J.J. Donald
Technical Program Officer
Non-Food Chemical and Container Integrity Programs
Food Safety Division, Ottawa Lab. (Fallowfield)
Food Safety Risk Analysis Unit
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
3851 Fallowfield Road
Nepean, Ontario K2H 8P9
tel.: (613)228-6698 / fax (613)228-6675
email: jdonald@inspection.gc.ca

Non-Food Chemical Form CFIA/ACIA (2000/06) available in PDF format (Acrobat Reader)

Non-food products which require to be labelled. This group include the following: bleaches, cleaners, creams, deodorizers, desiccants, disinfectants, denaturing agents, floor drying compounds, industrial antifreeze, inks, lubricants, pesticides, protective oils, processing adjuncts, refrigerating brine additives, refrigerants (immersion freezing), release agents, scalding compounds, sanitizers and water-treatment compounds.

The initial submission is to be submitted in duplicate and shall consist of:

a letter of application;
the chemical composition of the product, listing all ingredients by percentage or quantitatively (all components shall be identified chemically);
labels for use in connection with the product; and
under certain circumstances, additional information, such as migration studies or extraction data, may be required.

NOTE: Submission of labels for non-food chemical products

For those non-food chemical products requiring labeling, 2 copies of a draft label are to be forwarded along with the submission for evaluation.

Every label shall show the following basic information:

the name and address of the firm manufacturing or distributing the product. The address may be that of the head office of the firm;
the descriptive name of the product. This is required prominently, immediately adjacent to the brand name, to denote the function and include a statement on the specific intended use in food plants;
a list of major ingredients. If there is an active ingredients list on the label and the other major ingredients in the product, are non-active, they should be declared under a separate heading such as contains or ingredients;
direction for use, including any precautionary statements necessary to avoid contamination of food, such as potable water rinse, where applicable;
net content statement; and
where applicable, the words "Product of...." indicating the country of origin. The statement should be placed below the descriptive name of the products.

Last updated: August 28, 2003

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