Processed Products Regulations (C.R.C., c. 291)

Regulations are current to 2012-05-02 and last amended on 2011-09-30. Previous Versions

27. Notwithstanding section 26, all containers of fruit and vegetable products shall be filled as full as processing will permit and no more syrup, brine or water shall be added than is necessary for proper processing.

Packing Media

  • 28. (1) Canned fruits shall be packed in a packing media of

    • (a) water;

    • (b) fruit juice, fruit juices, fruit juice from concentrate or fruit juices from concentrate; or

    • (c) a syrup consisting of water, fruit juice, fruit juices, fruit juice from concentrate or fruit juices from concentrate, in combination with sugar, invert sugar, honey, dextrose or glucose, in dry or liquid form, or any combination thereof.

  • (2) Frozen fruits shall be packed

    • (a) without the addition of a sweetening agent;

    • (b) with a sweetening agent consisting of sugar, invert sugar, dextrose or glucose in dry or liquid form or any combination thereof, used either with water as a syrup or added directly to the frozen product in dry form;

    • (c) with fruit juice, fruit juices, fruit juice from concentrate or fruit juices from concentrate; or

    • (d) with a syrup consisting of water, fruit juice, fruit juices, fruit juice from concentrate or fruit juices from concentrate, in combination with sugar, invert sugar, dextrose or glucose in dry or liquid form, or any combination thereof.

  • SOR/81-337, s. 3.

  • 29. (1) The range of the cut-out strengths of juice or syrup for canned or frozen fruits set out in Table III of Schedule IV are as prescribed in that Table.

  • (2) Where sugar, invert sugar, dextrose or glucose in dry form is added to the frozen fruits set out in Table IV of Schedule IV, the minimum percentage thereof that shall be added to such fruits is as prescribed in that Table.

  • SOR/80-762, s. 4.

30. Canned vegetables shall be packed in a packing media of

  • (a) water with or without the addition of sugar, invert sugar, dextrose or glucose in dry or liquid form; or

  • (b) salt and water solution with or without the addition of sugar, invert sugar, dextrose, glucose or such seasonings or other ingredients as may be prescribed in the standards set out in Table I of Schedule I.

Packing of Low-Acid Food Products in Hermetically Sealed Containers

  • 30.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), in a registered establishment, every low-acid food product packed in a hermetically sealed container shall be thermally processed until at least commercial sterility is achieved.

  • (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a low-acid food product packed in a hermetically sealed container if it is

    • (a) stored continuously under refrigeration and the container in which it is packed, as well as the shipping container, is marked “Keep Refrigerated”; or

    • (b) kept continuously frozen and the container in which it is packed, as well as the shipping container, is marked “Keep Frozen”.

  • SOR/86-622, s. 2;
  • SOR/87-350, s. 2(F);
  • SOR/2011-205, s. 36(F).
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