Fair Labelling Practices
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Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) carry joint responsibility
for federal food labelling policies in Canada under the Food and Drugs Act.
Health Canada is responsible for setting food labelling policies with respect to health
and safety matters (i.e. nutritional content, special dietary needs etc.). CFIA is
responsible for the development of non-health and safety food labelling regulations and
policies. The CFIA's Fair Labelling Practices Program administers and enforces the
non-health and safety food components of the Food and Drugs Act and the Consumer Packaging
and Labelling Act.
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Search the Fair Labelling Practices Information (includes 2003 Guide
to Food Labelling and Advertising; labelling decisions and retail food)
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CFIA activities include:
- investigating consumer and industry complaints;
- developing programs designed to encourage compliance with the provisions of the
respective Acts;
- developing consumer protection policies.
The key acts and regulations we enforce are:
Information we provide for consumers includes:
Information we provide for the food industry includes:
Additional government and industry information can be found at:
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