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.10.024. [S]. Sweet Marjoram Essence, Sweet Marjoram Extract, Marjoram Essence, Marjoram Extract, Sweet Marjoram Flavour or Marjoram Flavour shall be the essence, extract or flavour prepared from marjoram or from oil of marjoram and shall contain not less than one per cent by volume of oil of marjoram.

B.10.025. [S]. Thyme Essence, Thyme Extract or Thyme Flavour shall be the essence, extract or flavour prepared from thyme or from oil of thyme and shall contain not less than 0.2 per cent by volume of oil of thyme.

B.10.026. [S]. Vanilla Extract, Vanilla Essence or Vanilla Flavour

  • (a) shall be the essence, extract or flavour prepared from the vanilla bean, the dried, cured fruit of Vanilla planifolia, Andrews, or Vanilla tahitensia, J. W. Moore;

  • (b) shall contain in 100 ml, regardless of the method of extraction, at least the quantity of soluble substances in their natural proportions that are extractable, according to official method FO-17, Extraction of Soluble Substances from Vanilla Beans, dated September 15, 1989, from

    • (i) not less than 10 g of vanilla beans, where the beans contain 25 per cent or less moisture, and

    • (ii) not less than 7.5 g of vanilla beans on the moisture-free basis, where the beans contain more than 25 per cent moisture; and

  • (c) notwithstanding sections B.10.003 and B.10.005, shall not contain added colour.

  • SOR/82-768, s. 25;
  • SOR/84-300, s. 29(F);
  • SOR/91-149, s. 1.

B.10.027. [S]. Wintergreen Essence, Wintergreen Extract or Wintergreen Flavour shall be the essence, extract or flavour prepared from oil of wintergreen, the volatile oil distilled from the leaves of Gaultheria procumbens L. or from Betula lenta L. and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of wintergreen.

Division 11

Fruits, Vegetables, Their Products And Substitutes

[SOR/78-478, s. 1]

B.11.001. In this Division,

“acid ingredient”

“acid ingredient” means

  • (a) citric, malic or tartaric acid,

  • (b) lemon or lime juice, or

  • (c) vinegar; (ingrédient acide)

“fruit juice”

“fruit juice” means the unfermented liquid expressed from sound ripe fresh fruit, and includes any such liquid that is heat treated and chilled; (jus de fruit)

“sweetening ingredient”

“sweetening ingredient” means sugar, invert sugar, honey, dextrose, glucose or glucose solids or any combination thereof in dry or liquid form. (ingrédient édulcorant)