Food and Drug Regulations

B.01.301 (1) No person shall, on the label of or in any advertisement for a food, other than in the nutrition facts table or supplemented food facts table, if any, include a declaration of the food’s energy value or the amount of a nutrient or supplemental ingredient contained in the food unless it is declared in the following manner, per serving of stated size:

• (a) in the case of the energy value, in Calories;

• (b) in the case of a vitamin referred to in subsection D.01.002(1) that is not one of the following vitamins, in the applicable unit set out in subsection D.01.003(1):

  • (i) beta-carotene as a form of vitamin A or retinol, including its derivatives, as a form of vitamin A, or both, if either is a supplemental ingredient, and

  • (ii) niacin, if it is a supplemental ingredient;

• (b.01) in the case of the following vitamins, in the applicable unit set out in column 3 of the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients:

  • (i) beta-carotene as a form of vitamin A or retinol, including its derivatives, as a form of vitamin A, or both, if either is a supplemental ingredient, and

  • (ii) niacin, if it is a supplemental ingredient;

• (b.1) in the case of the following mineral nutrients:

  • (i) for sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, zinc, chloride, copper and manganese, in milligrams, and

  • (ii) for iodide, chromium, selenium and molybdenum, in micrograms;

• (c) in the case of cholesterol, in milligrams;

• (d) in the case of the mineral ion content of prepackaged water or ice, in parts per million;

• (d.1) in the case of a supplemental ingredient other than a vitamin or mineral nutrient referred to in this subsection, in the applicable unit referred to in column 3 of the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients; and

• (e) in any other case, in grams.

(1.1) Despite subsection D.01.003(1) and for the purposes of this section, the amount in metric units of the vitamins referred to in paragraph (1)(b.01) must be determined in terms of their amount in the supplemented food in accordance with column 5 of the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients, as applicable.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a person may, on the label of or in any advertisement for a food, other than in the nutrition facts table or supplemented food facts table, if any, include a declaration of the percentage of the daily value of a nutrient contained in the food if

• (a) in the case of a food that is not a supplemented food, the nutrient is listed in column 1 of the table to section B.01.401 or the table to section B.01.402 and the percentage of the daily value of the nutrient is required or permitted to be declared in the nutrition facts table;

• (b) in the case of a supplemented food, the nutrient is listed in column 1 of the table to section B.29.002 or the table to section B.29.003, or referred to in column 2 of item 18 of the table to section B.29.002, and the percentage of the daily value of the nutrient is required or permitted to be declared in the supplemented food facts table; and

• (c) the percentage of the daily value of the nutrient is declared per serving of stated size.

(3) A declaration referred to in subsection (1) or (2) that appears on the label of a food shall be

• (a) in English and French; or

• (b) in one of those languages, if in accordance with subsection B.01.012(3) or (7) the information that is required by these Regulations to be shown on the label of the food may be shown in that language only and is shown on the label in that language.