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Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870)

Regulations are current to 2026-09-21 and last amended on 2026-06-17. Previous Versions

  •  (1) A nutrition symbol must be displayed

    • (a) in the case of a prepackaged product with a principal display panel whose height is less than its width, on the right half of the panel; and

    • (b) in the case of any other prepackaged product, on the upper half of the principal display panel.

  • (2) The nutrition symbol must be surrounded by a buffer that

    • (a) has a width that is equal to or greater than that set out in column 4 of the applicable table in the Directory of Nutrition Symbol Specifications; and

    • (b) does not contain any text or other graphic material.

  • (3) If a prepackaged product is cylindrical in shape, the outer edge of the buffer must be a minimum distance of 10% of the width of the principal display surface from the edge of the left or right side of that surface.

  • (4) If it is impossible to comply with both paragraph (1)(a) and subsection (3), the nutrition symbol may be displayed partially in the left half of the principal display panel but only to the extent necessary to comply with that subsection.

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