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.05.002. [S]. Roasted Coffee or Coffee shall be roasted green coffee, and shall contain not less than 10 per cent fat, and may contain not more than six per cent total ash.

B.05.003. [S]. Decaffeinated (indicating the type of coffee)

  • (a) shall be coffee of the type indicated, from which caffeine has been removed and that, as a result of the removal, contains not more than

    • (i) 0.1 per cent caffeine, in the case of decaffeinated raw coffee and decaffeinated coffee, or

    • (ii) 0.3 per cent caffeine, in the case of decaffeinated instant coffee; and

  • (b) may have been decaffeinated by means of extraction solvents set out in Table XV to Division 16.

  • SOR/90-443, s. 1.

Division 6

Food Colours

B.06.001. In this Division,

“diluent”

“diluent” means any substance other than a synthetic colour present in a colour mixture or preparation; (diluant)

“dye”

“dye” means the principal dye and associated subsidiary and isomeric dyes contained in a synthetic colour; (pigment)

“mixture”

“mixture” means a mixture of two or more synthetic colours or a mixture of one or more synthetic colours with one or more diluents; (mélange)

“official method FO-7”

“official method FO-7” means official method FO-7, Determination of Dye Content of Synthetic Food Colours, March 15, 1984; ((méthode officielle FO-7))

“official method FO-8”

“official method FO-8” means official method FO-8, Determination of Water Insoluble Matter in Synthetic Food Colours, March 15, 1984; ((méthode officielle FO-8))

“official method FO-9”

“official method FO-9” means official method FO-9, Determination of Combined Ether Extracts in Synthetic Food Colours, March 15, 1984; ((méthode officielle FO-9))

“official method FO-10”

“official method FO-10” means official method FO-10, Determination of Subsidiary Dyes in Synthetic Food Colours, March 15, 1984; ((méthode officielle FO-1003))

“official method FO-11”

“official method FO-11” means official method FO-11, Determination of Intermediates in Synthetic Food Colours, March 15, 1984; ((méthode officielle FO-11))

“official method FO-12”

“official method FO-12” means official method FO-12, Determination of Volatile Matter in Citrus Red No. 2, March 15, 1984; ((méthode officielle FO-12))

“official method FO-13”

“official method FO-13” means official method FO-13, Determination of Sulphated Ash in Citrus Red No. 2, March 15, 1984; ((méthode officielle FO-13))

“official method FO-14”

“official method FO-14” means official method FO-14, Determination of Water Soluble Matter in Citrus Red No. 2, March 15, 1984; ((méthode officielle FO-14))

“official method FO-15”

“official method FO-15” means offical method FO-15, Determination of Carbon Tetrachloride Insoluble Matter in Citrus Red No. 2, March 15, 1984; ((méthode officielle))

“preparation”

“preparation” means a preparation of one or more synthetic colours containing less than three per cent dye and sold for household use; (préparation)

“synthetic colour”

“synthetic colour” means any organic colour, other than caramel, that is produced by chemical synthesis and has no counterpart in nature and for which a standard is prescribed in sections B.06.041 to B.06.053. (colorant synthétique)

  • SOR/80-500, s. 2;
  • SOR/84-440, s. 1.