Food and Drug Regulations

B.01.010 (1) In this section, common name includes a name set out in the Common Names for Ingredients and Components Document.

(2) An ingredient or component shall be shown in the list of ingredients by its common name.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2),

• (a) the ingredient or component set out in the Common Names for Ingredients and Components Document shall be shown in the list of ingredients by the common name of that ingredient or component that is set out in that Document; and

• (b) the ingredient or component set out in the Common Names for Ingredients and Components Document may be shown in the list of ingredients by the common name of that ingredient or component that is set out in that Document.

(4) Despite subsection (2) and subsection B.01.008.2(5), if a food contains ingredients of the same class, those ingredients may be shown by a class name if

• (a) they consist of more than one component and are not listed in the table to subsection B.01.009(1); and

• (b) their components are shown

  • (i) immediately after the class name of the ingredients of which they are components, in such a manner as to indicate that they are components of the ingredients, and

  • (ii) in descending order of their collective proportion by weight of those ingredients.