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

Regulations are current to 2025-03-03 and last amended on 2024-12-18. Previous Versions

PART BFoods (continued)

DIVISION 8Dairy Products (continued)

Cheese (continued)

 [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 55]

 [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 55]

 [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 55]

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 No manufacturer shall sell whole cheese that is not made from a pasteurized source unless the date of the beginning of the manufacturing process is

  • (a) marked or branded thereon within three days thereof; or

  • (b) marked on the label at the time of packaging, if the cheese is such that, because of its texture, consistency, or physical structure, such date cannot be effectively branded or marked on the cheese.

 No manufacturer shall sell cheese that is not made from a pasteurized source if it has been cut into smaller portions unless

  • (a) it has been duly stored; or

  • (b) each portion of cut cheese is marked, branded or labelled with the date of the beginning of the manufacturing process.

  •  (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall sell cheese, including cheese curd, that is not made from a pasteurized source unless it has been stored.

  • (2) Cheese, including cheese curd, that is not made from a pasteurized source may be used as an ingredient in any food providing such food is manufactured or processed so as to pasteurize the cheese in the manner described in the definition pasteurized source in section B.08.030(1).

  • SOR/78-405, s. 1
  • SOR/79-752, s. 3

 Notwithstanding B.08.044, cheese that has not been manufactured from a pasteurized source and has not been stored but is marked or branded with the date of the beginning of the manufacturing process, may be sold to

  • (a) a wholesaler;

  • (b) a jobber; or

  • (c) in quantities of not less than 900 pounds, to a retailer.

 No person shall sell any whole cheese that has not been made from a pasteurized source unless there is stamped thereon the date of the beginning of the manufacturing process.

 Every manufacturer, wholesaler, or jobber who sells cheese not made from a pasteurized source and which has not been stored shall keep a record of

  • (a) the registered number of the cheese factory,

  • (b) the date of manufacture of the cheese,

  • (c) the vat number or vat numbers,

  • (d) the name and address of the person to whom the cheese is sold, and

  • (e) the weight sold from each vat,

for each lot of cheese sold.

 [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 57]

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 [Repealed, SOR/95-281, s. 1]

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 All dairy products used in the preparation of cottage cheese shall be from a pasteurized source.

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Ice Cream Mix and Ice Milk Mix

 No person shall sell ice cream mix or ice milk mix unless it has been pasteurized or unless the dairy products that are contained in the mix have been pasteurized.

 [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 58]

 [Repealed, SOR/92-626, s. 13]

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Sour Cream

 No person shall sell sour cream unless it has been prepared with pasteurized cream.

  • SOR/78-876, s. 1
  • SOR/80-500, s. 3
  • SOR/81-60, s. 5
  • SOR/92-197, s. 8
  • SOR/94-212, s. 8
  • SOR/95-183, s. 8
  • SOR/98-458, s. 5
  • SOR/2005-98, s. 7
  • SOR/2010-143, ss. 8, 39(E)
  • SOR/2024-244, s. 59

DIVISION 9Fats and Oils

 [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 60]

 No person shall sell animal fats and oils obtained from slaughtered animals unless they are derived from animals that were healthy at the time of slaughter.

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 Despite the common name set out in the Common Names for Ingredients and Components Document, if a vegetable fat or oil is an ingredient of any cooking oil, salad oil or table oil, the fat or oil shall be shown in the list of ingredients by its common name.

 [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 61]

 [Repealed, SOR/97-148, s. 2]

 [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 61]

 [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 61]

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  •  (1) No person shall sell margarine or calorie-reduced margarine for which a standard is set out in Volume 8 of the Food Compositional Standards Document unless

    • (a) the margarine or calorie-reduced margarine contains at least 3,300 I.U. of vitamin A per 100 g; and

    • (b) despite sections D.01.009 to D.01.011, the margarine or calorie-reduced margarine contains 26 μg of vitamin D per 100 g.

  • (2) No person shall sell margarine or calorie-reduced margarine for which a standard is set out in Volume 8 of the Food Compositional Standards Document and to which vitamin E has been added unless the finished product contains at least 0.6 I.U. of alpha-tocopherol per gram of linoleic acid.

 [Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 61]

 [Repealed, SOR/88-559, s. 20]

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DIVISION 10Flavouring Preparations

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 On any label of or in any advertisement for an artificial or imitation flavouring preparation, the word “artificial”, or “imitation” shall be an integral part of the name of such flavouring preparation and shall be set out in identical type and identically displayed with such name.

  • SOR/84-300, s. 28

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DIVISION 11Fruits, Vegetables, Their Products and Substitutes

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  • SOR/78-478, s. 1
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 In this Division,

acid ingredient

acid ingredient[Repealed, SOR/2024-244, s. 64]

fruit juice

fruit juice means the unfermented liquid expressed from sound ripe fresh fruit, and includes any such liquid that is heat treated and chilled; (jus de fruit)

sweetening ingredient

sweetening ingredient means sugar, invert sugar, honey, dextrose, glucose or glucose solids or any combination thereof in dry or liquid form. (ingrédient édulcorant)

 

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