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

B.06.007. No person shall sell a preparation for use in or upon food unless

  • (a) the label carries the words “Food Colour Preparation” on its principal display panel; and

  • (b) in the case of a liquid preparation, the container has a capacity of 60 ml or less and will permit dropwise discharge only.

  • SOR/80-500, s. 2.

B.06.008. No person shall import or sell a mixture or preparation for use in or upon food unless

  • (a) the Director, or an agency acceptable to the Director, has certified that any synthetic colour contained therein meets the requirements of section B.06.003 and the standard for such colour as prescribed in sections B.06.041 to B.06.053; or

  • (b) any synthetic colour contained therein has been previously certified and the certificate has been accepted as required by sections B.06.004 and B.06.005.

  • SOR/80-500, s. 2.

B.06.009. to B.06.013. [Repealed, SOR/80-500, s. 2]

Natural Colours

B.06.021. [S]. Oil-soluble Annatto, Annatto Butter Colour, or Annatto Margarine Colour

  • (a) shall be the extractives of Bixa orellana seeds

    • (i) dissolved in vegetable oil, castor oil, monoglycerides and diglycerides, propylene glycol or propylene glycol monoesters and diesters of fat-forming fatty acids, with or without one per cent potassium hydroxide, or

    • (ii) suspended upon sugar, lactose, starch or hydrated calcium silicate, with or without calcium phosphate, potassium aluminum sulphate, sodium bicarbonate or salt; and

  • (b) shall contain not less than 0.30 per cent total pigments calculated as natural (cis-) bixin, which pigments shall consist of not less than 40 per cent natural (cis-) bixin.

B.06.022. [S]. ß-Carotene shall be the food colour chemically known as ß-carotene that is manufactured synthetically and shall conform to the following specifications:

  • (a) one per cent solution in chloroform clear;

  • (b) loss of weight on drying not more than 0.2 per cent;

  • (c) residue on ignition not more than 0.2 per cent; and

  • (d) assay (spectrophotometric) 96 to 101 per cent.

B.06.023. [S]. ß-Apo-8′-Carotenal shall be the food colour chemically known as ß-apo-8′-carotenal and shall conform to the following specifications:

  • (a) one per cent solution in chloroform clear;

  • (b) melting point (decomposition) 136°C. to 140°C (corrected);

  • (c) loss of weight on drying not more than 0.2 per cent;

  • (d) residue on ignition not more than 0.2 per cent; and

  • (e) assay (spectrophotometric) 96 to 101 per cent.