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

Regulations are current to 2026-03-17 and last amended on 2025-12-19. Previous Versions

  •  (1) Cheeses, other than cottage cheese and creamed cottage cheese, must be labelled to show on the principal display panel a statement of the percentage of milk fat in the food followed by the words “milk fat” or the abbreviation “B.F.” or “M.F.”, and the percentage of moisture in the food followed by the word “moisture” or “water”.

  • (2) Subject to subsection B.01.301(1), no person shall make any direct or indirect reference on the label of a food referred to in subsection (1) to the milk fat content or moisture content of the food except as required by subsection (1).

  • SOR/79-752, s. 2
  • SOR/88-559, s. 17
  • SOR/94-689, s. 2(E)
  • SOR/2010-94, s. 8(E)
  • SOR/2016-305, s. 75(F)
  • SOR/2024-244, s. 55

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