Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

Marginal note:Servings

• 241 (1) The declaration of net quantity of a serving of a consumer prepackaged food must be shown

  • (a) in close proximity to the representation with respect to the number of servings contained in the consumer prepackaged food; and

  • (b) in characters of the same height as those in which that representation is shown.

• Marginal note:Units

  (2) The declaration of net quantity of a serving must be shown

  • (a) in accordance with the requirements of sections 231 and 233 to 237 respecting the declaration of net quantity of the food; and

  • (b) in metric units, unless otherwise provided by these Regulations.

• Marginal note:Representation — cups or tablespoons

  (3) If the representation with respect to the number of servings is made in terms of cups or tablespoons,

  • (a) one cup is equivalent to 250 mL and one tablespoon is equivalent to 15 mL; and

  • (b) the declaration of net quantity is not required to meet the requirements of paragraph (2)(b).