Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870)
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Regulations are current to 2013-06-10 and last amended on 2013-05-31. Previous Versions
Division 2
Alcoholic Beverages
B.02.001. The foods referred to in this Division are included in the term alcoholic beverage.
- SOR/93-145, s. 3(F).
B.02.002. In this Division,
- “absolute alcohol”
“absolute alcohol” means alcohol of a strength of 100 per cent; (alcool absolu)
- “age”
“age” means the period during which an alcoholic beverage is kept under such conditions of storage as may be necessary to develop its characteristic flavour and bouquet; (âge)
- “alcohol”
“alcohol” means ethyl alcohol; (alcool)
- “flavouring”
“flavouring” means, in respect of a spirit, any other spirit or wine, domestic or imported, added as a flavouring to that spirit as authorized under the Excise Act; (substance aromatique)
- “grain spirit”
“grain spirit” means an alcoholic distillate, obtained from a mash of cereal grain or cereal grain products saccharified by the diastase of malt or by other enzymes and fermented by the action of yeast or a mixture of yeast and other micro-organisms, and from which all or nearly all of the naturally occurring substances other than alcohol and water have been removed; (esprit de grain)
- “malt spirit”
“malt spirit” means an alcoholic distillate, obtained by pot-still distillation from a mash of cereal grain or cereal grain products saccharified by the diastase of malt and fermented by the action of yeast or a mixture of yeast and other micro-organisms; (esprit de malt)
- “molasses spirit”
“molasses spirit” means an alcoholic distillate, obtained from sugar-cane or sugar-cane products fermented by the action of yeast or a mixture of yeast and other micro-organisms, from which all or nearly all of the naturally occurring substances other than alcohol and water have been removed; (esprit de mélasse)
- “small wood”
“small wood” means wood casks or barrels of not greater than 700 L capacity; (petit fût)
- “sweetening agent”
“sweetening agent” means glucose-fructose, fructose syrup or any food for which a standard is provided in Division 18, or any combination thereof. (agent édulcorant)
- SOR/84-300, s. 10;
- SOR/93-145, s. 4.
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