Food and Drug Regulations

D.01.001 (1) In this Part,

advertise

advertise means to advertise to the general public; (faire de la publicité)

brand name

brand name means, with reference to a drug, the name, whether or not including the name of any manufacturer, corporation, partnership or individual, in English or French,

• (a) that is assigned to the drug by its manufacturer,

• (b) under which the drug is sold or advertised, and

• (c) that is used to distinguish the drug; (marque nominative)

common name

common name means, with reference to a salt or derivative of a vitamin, the name in English or French by which the salt or derivative is

• (a) commonly known, and

• (b) designated in scientific or technical journals; (nom usuel)

prepackaged product

prepackaged product means any food that is contained in a package in the manner in which it is ordinarily sold to, or used or purchased by, a person; (produit préemballé)

reasonable daily intake

reasonable daily intake, in respect of a food named in an item in Column I of Schedule K, means the amount of that food set out in Column II of that item; (ration quotidienne normale)

recommended daily intake

recommended daily intake[Repealed, SOR/2016-305, s. 61]

Table of Daily Values

Table of Daily Values has the same meaning as in subsection B.01.001(1); (Tableau des valeurs quotidiennes)

Table of Reference Amounts

Table of Reference Amounts has the same meaning as in subsection B.01.001(1); (Tableau des quantités de référence)

testimonial

testimonial, with respect to a food or drug that is represented as containing a vitamin, mineral nutrient or mineral, means any dramatized or undramatized pictorial, written or oral representation as to the result that is, has been or may be produced by the addition to a person’s diet of that vitamin, mineral nutrient or mineral, as the case may be; (témoignage)

weighted recommended nutrient intake

weighted recommended nutrient intake means, in respect of a vitamin or mineral nutrient, the amount of the vitamin or mineral nutrient set out in Table II to Division 1 and Table II to Division 2. (apport nutritionnel recommandé pondéré)

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a serving of stated size of a food shall be

• (a) based on the food as offered for sale;

• (b) in either of the following cases, the net quantity of the food in the package:

  • (i) if the quantity of food in the package can reasonably be consumed by one person at a single eating occasion, or

  • (ii) if the package contains less than 200% of the reference amount for the food; and

• (c) in all other cases, the amount indicated for the food according to the criteria set out in column 3A of the Table of Reference Amounts.

(3) A serving of stated size of a food shall be expressed as follows:

• (a) in the case of a single-serving prepackaged product to which paragraph (2)(b) applies, per package and using the following units:

  • (i) in grams, if the net quantity of the food is shown on the label by weight or by count, and

  • (ii) in millilitres, if the net quantity of the food is shown on the label by volume; and

• (b) in the case of a multiple-serving prepackaged product to which paragraph (2)(c) applies, according to the following units set out in column 3B of the Table of Reference Amounts and according to the manner set out in that column:

  • (i) the household measure that applies to the product, and

  • (ii) the metric measure that applies to the product.