Composition

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This information is in addition to the core labelling requirements.

The Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) prescribes standards of composition, strength, potency, purity, quality and other properties for over three hundred foods. These foods are often referred to as standardized foods and appear in bold face type in the FDR.

Information related to this subject

• Composition and Quality - Names of Foods
  • Common, Coined, Trade and Brand Names
  • Qualified Descriptive Common Names of Standardized Foods
  • Stressing or Highlighting Particular Ingredients
  • Minute or Trace Ingredients
  • Common Names and Descriptions with Characterizing Ingredients - Butter, Cream, Malt
• Additives
• Fortification
  • Foods to which vitamins, minerals and amino acids may or must be added
  • Fortification of Gluten Free Foods
  • Iron - Common Name in Ingredient List
  • Letter to Industry - Prohibition against the sale of unenriched white flour and products containing unenriched flour