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

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Division 3

Addition Of Vitamins, Mineral Nutrients Or Amino Acids To Foods

  • D.03.001. (1) In this Division, the expressions “vitamin” and “mineral nutrient” have the same meaning as in Divisions 1 and 2.

  • (2) This Division applies only in respect of foods that are represented as containing a vitamin, mineral nutrient or amino acid for use in human nutrition.

  • SOR/88-559, s. 35.

  • D.03.002. (1) Subject to section D.03.003, no person shall sell a food to which a vitamin, mineral nutrient or amino acid has been added unless the food is listed in Column I of the Table to this section and the vitamin, mineral nutrient or amino acid, as the case may be, is listed opposite that food in Column II of the Table.

  • (2) No milk or milk product or derivative listed in Column I of the Table to this section applies to the lacteal secretion obtained from the mammary gland of any animal other than a cow, genus Bos, or a product or derivative of such secretion unless that animal is identified therein.

    TABLE

    Column IColumn II
    FoodVitamin, Mineral Nutrient or Amino Acid
    1.Breakfast cerealsThiamine, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, pantothenic acid, magnesium, iron and zinc.
    2.Fruit nectars, vegetable drinks, bases and mixes for vegetable drinks and a mixture of vegetable juicesVitamin C.
    2.1Fruit flavoured drinks that meet all the requirements of section B.11.150Vitamin C, folic acid, thiamine, iron, potassium.
    2.2Bases, concentrates and mixes that are used for making fruit flavoured drinks and that meet all the requirements of section B.11.151Vitamin C, folic acid, thiamine, iron, potassium.
    3.Infant cereal productsThiamine, riboflavin, niacin or niacinamide, calcium, phosphorus, iron, iodine.
    4.Margarine and other similar substitutes for butterVitamin A, Vitamin D, alpha-tocopherol
    5.Alimentary pastesThiamine, riboflavin, niacin or niacinamide, folic acid, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, iron, magnesium
    6.Infant formulas and formulated liquid dietsAmino acids — alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, cystine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, hydroxyproline, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, taurine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine;
    Minerals — calcium, chloride, chromium, copper, iodide, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, sodium, zinc;
    Vitamins — alpha-tocopherol, biotin, d-pantothenic acid, folic acid, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin K.
    6.1Foods represented for use in a very low energy dietVitamins — alpha-tocopherol, biotin, d-pantothenic acid, folic acid, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin K Minerals — calcium, chloride, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, sodium, zinc
    7.Flavoured beverage mixes and bases recommended for addition to milkVitamin A, thiamine, niacin or niacinamide, vitamin C, iron.
    8.Simulated meat products, simulated poultry meat products, meat product extenders and poultry product extendersThiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, d-pantothenic acid, folic acid, vitamin B12, iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, copper, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, valine.
    9.Meal replacements and nutritional supplementsVitamins — alpha-tocopherol, biotin, d-pantothenic acid, folic acid, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D
    Minerals — calcium, chloride, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, sodium, zinc
    9.1Ready breakfast, instant breakfast and other similar breakfast replacement foods however describedVitamin A, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin or niacinamide, vitamin C, iron
    10.Condensed milk, milk, milk powder, sterilized milk, (naming the flavour) milkVitamin D.
    11.Skim milk with added milk solids, partly skimmed milk with added milk solids, (naming the flavour) skim milk, (naming the flavour) partly skimmed milk, (naming the flavour) skim milk with added milk solids, (naming the flavour) partly skimmed milk with added milk solids, skim milk, partly skimmed milk, skim milk powderVitamin A, vitamin D.
    12.Evaporated milkVitamin C, vitamin D.
    13.Evaporated skim milk, concentrated skim milk, evaporated partly skimmed milk, concentrated partly skimmed milkVitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D.
    14.Apple juice, reconstituted apple juice, grape juice, reconstituted grape juice, pineapple juice, reconstituted pineapple juice, apple and (naming the fruit) juice as described in section B.11.132, concentrated fruit juice except frozen concentrated orange juiceVitamin C.
    15.Flour, White Flour, Enriched Flour or Enriched White FlourThiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, d-pantothenic acid, calcium, iron, magnesium.
    16.[Repealed, SOR/94-689, s. 2]
    17.Table salt, table salt substitutesIodine.
    18.Dehydrated potatoesVitamin C.
    19.Products simulating whole eggVitamin A, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin or niacinamide, vitamin B6, d-pantothenic acid, folic acid, vitamin B12, alphatocopherol, calcium, iron, zinc, potassium.
    20.[Repealed, SOR/90-830, s. 11]
    21.Goat’s milk, goat’s milk powderVitamin D
    22.Partly skimmed goat’s milk, skimmed goat’s milk, partly skimmed goat’s milk powder, skimmed goat’s milk powderVitamins A and D
    23.Evaporated goat’s milkVitamins C, D, folic acid
    24.Evaporated partly skimmed goat’s milk, evaporated skimmed goat’s milkVitamins A, C, D, folic acid
    25.Pre-cooked rice as defined in subsection B.13.010.1(1)Thiamine, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, pantothenic acid, iron
    26.Mineral water, spring water, water in sealed containers, prepackaged iceFluorine
    27.Liquid whole egg, dried whole egg, frozen whole egg, liquid yolk, dried yolk, frozen yolk, liquid egg-white, (liquid albumen), dried egg-white (dried albumen), frozen egg-white (frozen albumen), liquid whole egg mix, dried whole egg mix, frozen whole egg mix, liquid yolk mix, dried yolk mix, frozen yolk mixVitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folacin, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc
  • SOR/78-64, s. 8;
  • SOR/78-403, s. 29;
  • SOR/78-478, s. 3;
  • SOR/78-637, s. 11(E);
  • SOR/78-698, s. 10;
  • SOR/79-6, s. 1;
  • SOR/81-60, s. 14;
  • SOR/83-858, s. 2;
  • SOR/84-300, s. 62;
  • SOR/85-623, s. 4;
  • SOR/86-320, s. 2;
  • SOR/87-640, s. 10;
  • SOR/88-559, s. 36;
  • SOR/89-145, s. 3;
  • SOR/89-198, s. 18;
  • SOR/90-830, s. 11;
  • SOR/94-35, s. 5;
  • SOR/94-689, s. 2;
  • SOR/95-474, s. 6;
  • SOR/96-259, s. 8;
  • SOR/2010-143, s. 39(E).
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