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

• B.01.467. (1) Despite section A.01.016 and subject to subsection (2), if the available display surface of a prepackaged product is less than 100 cm², the label of the product need not carry a nutrition facts table if the outer side of the label contains an indication of how a purchaser or consumer may obtain the nutrition information that would otherwise be required to be set out in a nutrition facts table on the label of the product.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a prepackaged product that is

  • (a) described in paragraph B.01.401(3)(a), (b), (c) or (e); or

  • (b) contained in a package to which a label cannot be physically applied or on which information cannot be legibly set out and easily viewed by the purchaser or consumer under the customary conditions of purchase.

• (3) An indication referred to in subsection (1)

  • (a) shall be set out in a type size of not less than 8 points;

  • (b) shall include a postal address or a toll-free telephone number; and

  • (c) shall be

    • (i) in English and French, or

    • (ii) in one of those languages, if in accordance with subsection B.01.012(3) or (7) the information that is required by these Regulations to be shown on the label of the product may be shown in that language only and is shown on the label in that language.

• (4) The manufacturer of the prepackaged product shall provide the information referred to in subsection (1) to a purchaser or consumer on request

  • (a) without charge;

  • (b) in the following manner, namely,

    • (i) in the official language in which the information is requested or, if specified by the purchaser or consumer, in both official languages, or

    • (ii) in one of the official languages, if in accordance with subsection B.01.012(3) or (7) the information that is required by these Regulations to be shown on the label of the product may be shown in that language only and is shown on the label in that language; and

  • (c) in the form of a nutrition facts table that is set out

    • (i) in a format, other than a horizontal format, that is specified in any of sections B.01.454 to B.01.459 or B.01.461 to B.01.464 and that would otherwise be carried on the label of the product in accordance with these Regulations, and

    • (ii) in a version of that format that is listed in column 1 of item 1 of any Part of the table to the applicable section referred to in subparagraph (i).

• (5) In this section, “official languages” means the English language and the French language.

[B.01.468 to B.01.499 reserved]

• B.01.500. (1) The following definitions apply in this section and in the table following section B.01.513.

  “combination foods”

  “combination foods” means the category of food to which belong foods that contain as ingredients foods from more than one food group, or foods from one or more food groups mixed with foods from the category of other foods, such as pizza or lasagna. (aliments composés)

  “food group”

  “food group” means one of the following categories of foods:

  • (a) milk products, and milk product alternatives such as fortified plant-based beverages;

  • (b) meat, poultry and fish, and alternatives such as legumes, eggs, tofu or peanut butter;

  • (c) bread and grain products; or

  • (d) vegetables and fruit. (groupe alimentaire)

  “other foods”

  “other foods” means the category of food to which belong foods that are not part of any food group, including

  • (a) foods that are mostly fats, such as butter, margarine, oil or lard;

  • (b) foods that are mostly sugars, such as jam, honey, syrup or confectionery;

  • (c) snack foods, such as potato chips or pretzels;

  • (d) beverages, such as water, tea, coffee or soft drinks; and

  • (e) herbs, spices and condiments, such as pickles, mustard or ketchup. (autres aliments)

  “reference food of the same food group”

  “reference food of the same food group” means a food that can be substituted in the diet for the food to which it is compared and that belongs to

  • (a) the same food group as the food to which it is compared, such as cheese as a reference food for milk, or chicken as a reference food for tofu;

  • (b) the category of other foods, if the food to which it is compared also belongs to that category, such as pretzels as a reference food for potato chips; or

  • (c) the category of combination foods, if the food to which it is compared also belongs to that category, such as pizza as a reference food for lasagna. (aliment de référence du même groupe alimentaire)

  “similar reference food”

  “similar reference food” means a food of the same type as the food to which it is compared and that has not been processed, formulated, reformulated or otherwise modified in a manner that increases or decreases the energy value or the amount of a nutrient that is the subject of the comparison, such as whole milk as a similar reference food for partly skimmed milk or regular chocolate chip cookies as a similar reference food for fat-reduced chocolate chip cookies. (aliment de référence similaire)

• (2) The similar reference food referred to in column 3 of item 45 of the table following section B.01.513, with respect to the subject “light in energy or fat” set out in column 1, shall have a nutrient value that is representative of foods of that type that have not been processed, formulated, reformulated or otherwise modified in a manner that increases the energy value or the amount of fat.