Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870)

B.14.073. No person shall sell a meat product extender intended to be used in a food consisting of a mixture described in section B.14.074, B.14.075, B.14.076, B.14.077 or B.14.078, unless that extender

• (a) has, in the rehydrated state,

  • (i) a total protein content of not less than 16 per cent, and

  • (ii) a protein rating of not less than 40, as determined by official method FO-1, Determination of Protein Rating, October 15, 1981;

• (b) contains, notwithstanding sections D.01.009 and D.02.009, each vitamin and mineral nutrient listed in Column I of the Table to this Division in an amount not less than the amount shown in Column II of that Table opposite each such vitamin and mineral nutrient respectively; and

• (c) where isolated essential amino acids have been added, contains those acids in an amount not exceeding an amount that improves the nutritional quality of the protein.

B.14.074. Subject to sections B.14.075 to B.14.079, no person shall sell a food that consists of a mixture of meat product and meat product extender, unless that food

• (a) has a total protein content of not less than 16 per cent;

• (b) has a fat content of not more than 25 per cent, as determined by official method FO-33, Determination of Fat in Meat and Simulated Meat Products, October 15, 1981; and

• (c) in respect of the meat product extender, meets the requirements of paragraphs B.14.073(a) to (c).

B.14.075. No person shall sell a food that consists of a mixture of meat product and meat product extender and that resembles fresh sausage, unless that food

• (a) has a total protein content of not less than nine per cent;

• (b) has a fat content of not more than 40 per cent, as determined by official method FO-33, Determination of Fat in Meat and Simulated Meat Products, October 15, 1981; and

• (c) in respect of the meat product extender, meets the requirements of paragraphs B.14.073(a) to (c).

B.14.076. No person shall sell a food that consists of a mixture of meat product and meat product extender and that resembles cooked sausage, meat loaf, meat by-product loaf, meat roll, meat lunch, or luncheon meat, unless that food

• (a) has a total protein content of not less than 11 per cent;

• (b) has a fat content of not more than 25 per cent, as determined by official method FO-33, Determination of Fat in Meat and Simulated Meat Products, October 15, 1981; and

• (c) in respect of the meat product extender, meets the requirements of paragraphs B.14.073(a) to (c).