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

Regulations are current to 2013-06-10 and last amended on 2013-05-31. Previous Versions

 [S]. Blended Vinegar shall be a combination of two or more varieties of vinegar of which spirit vinegar shall contribute not more than 55 per cent of the total acetic acid.

 No person shall name any of the varieties of vinegar forming a blended vinegar unless the label of such blended vinegar carries a complete list of all the varieties of vinegar present, in descending order of proportionate content, based on acetic acid.

 The maximum limits for the acetic acid content of a vinegar described in section B.19.001 do not apply to vinegar sold only for manufacturing use if the words “For Manufacturing Use Only” are shown on the principal display panel and upon all documents pertaining to such vinegar.

Division 20

Tea

 [S]. Tea shall be the dried leaves and buds of Thea sinensis (L.) Sims prepared by the usual trade processes.

 [S]. Black Tea shall be black tea or a blend of two or more black teas and shall contain, on the dry basis, not less than 30 per cent water-soluble extractive, as determined by official method FO-37, Determination of Water-Soluble Extractive in Tea, October 15, 1981, and not less than four per cent and not more than seven per cent total ash.

  • SOR/82-768, s. 61.

 The provisions of B.20.002 do not apply to original unblended black tea that contains, on the dry basis, not less than 25 per cent water-soluble extractive, as determined by official method FO-37, Determination of Water-Soluble Extractive in Tea, October 15, 1981, and not less than four per cent and not more than seven per cent total ash, and is packaged according to good commercial practice in the country of origin.

  • SOR/82-768, s. 61.

 [S]. Green Tea shall contain, on the dry basis, not less than 33 per cent water-soluble extractive, as determined by official method FO-37, Determination of Water-Soluble Extractive in Tea, October 15, 1981, and not less than four per cent and not more than seven per cent total ash.

  • SOR/82-768, s. 61.

 [S]. Decaffeinated (indicating the type of tea)

  • (a) shall be tea of the type indicated, from which caffeine has been removed and that, as a result of the removal, contains not more than 0.4 per cent caffeine; and

  • (b) may have been decaffeinated by means of extraction solvents set out in Table XV to Division 16.

  • SOR/90-429, s. 2.

Division 21

Marine And Fresh Water Animal Products

 The foods referred to in this Division are included in the term marine and fresh water animal products.

 In this Division,

“filler”

“filler” 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; (remplissage)

“Marine and fresh water animal”

“Marine and fresh water animal” includes

  • (a) fish,

  • (b) crustaceans, molluscs, other marine invertebrates,

  • (c) marine mammals, and

  • (d) frogs. (animaux marine et animaux d’eau douce)

  • SOR/82-768, s. 62.