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

Boiled Cider

B.11.260. [S]. Boiled Cider shall be the liquid expressed from whole apples, apple cores, apple trimmings or apple culls and concentrated by boiling.

Division 12

Prepackaged Water And Ice

[SOR/80-633, s. 1]

B.12.001. [S]. Water represented as mineral water or spring water,

  • (a) shall be potable water obtained from an underground source but not obtained from a public community water supply;

  • (b) shall not contain any coliform bacteria, as determined by official method MFO-9, Microbiological Examination of Mineral Water, November 30, 1981;

  • (c) shall not have its composition modified through the use of any chemicals; and

  • (d) notwithstanding paragraph (c), may contain

    • (i) added carbon dioxide,

    • (ii) added fluoride, if the total fluoride ion content thereof does not exceed one part per million, and

    • (iii) added ozone.

  • SOR/80-633, s. 2;
  • SOR/82-768, s. 34.

B.12.002. The principal display panel of the label on a container of water represented as mineral water or spring water shall carry a statement

  • (a) of the geographical location of the underground source from which it is obtained;

  • (b) of the total dissolved mineral salt content expressed in parts per million;

  • (c) of the total fluoride ion content expressed in parts per million; and

  • (d) of any addition of fluoride or ozone thereto.

  • SOR/84-300, s. 39(F);
  • SOR/88-336, s. 3;
  • SOR/92-626, s. 14(F).

B.12.003. Where carbon dioxide has been added to water represented as mineral water or spring water, the word “carbonated” (“gazéifiée”) shall appear on the principal display panel of the label on the container thereof, as the first designation in the common name of the water when the added carbon dioxide

  • (a) did not originate from decarbonation of the water upon emergence from the underground source; or

  • (b) is present in a quantity greater than was present originally in the water.

  • SOR/84-300, s. 40(F);
  • SOR/88-336, s. 3.

B.12.004. No person shall sell water in sealed containers, other than water represented as mineral water or spring water, if it contains

  • (a) any coliform bacteria, as determined by official method MFO-15, Microbiological Examination of Water in Sealed Containers (Excluding Mineral and Spring Water) and of Prepackaged Ice, November 30, 1981;

  • (b) more than 100 total aerobic bacteria per millilitre, as determined by official method MFO-15, Microbiological Examination of Water in Sealed Containers (Excluding Mineral and Spring Water) and of Prepackaged Ice, November 30, 1981;

  • (c) naturally occurring fluoride ion in an amount that exceeds its naturally occurring amount; or

  • (d) added fluoride in such an amount that the total amount therein of added and naturally occurring fluoride ion exceeds one part per million.

  • SOR/80-633, s. 3;
  • SOR/82-768, s. 35.