Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Ingredients — edible cannabis

• 102 (1) Edible cannabis that is a cannabis product — or that is contained in a cannabis accessory that is a cannabis product — must not contain any ingredients other than food and food additives.

• Marginal note:Temporarily marketed foods

  (2) A food that is described in a Temporary Marketing Authorization Letter issued under subsection B.01.054(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations must not be used as an ingredient to produce edible cannabis referred to in subsection (1) and must not be a constituent of such an ingredient.

• Marginal note:Meat products, poultry products and fish

  (3) A meat product, poultry product or fish, other than a food additive, must not be used as an ingredient to produce edible cannabis referred to in subsection (1) — and must not be a constituent of such an ingredient — unless the meat product, poultry product or fish

  • (a) has been produced by a person that is authorized to produce it under the laws of a province or the Safe Food for Canadians Act or has been imported in accordance with that Act; and

  • (b) has a water activity that does not exceed 0.85 at a temperature of 22 ± 2°C at the time the meat product, poultry product or fish is obtained by the holder of the licence for processing that is producing the edible cannabis.

• Marginal note:Self-produced food

  (4) A holder of a licence for processing that produces a food may use it as an ingredient to produce edible cannabis referred to in subsection (1) — or as a constituent of such an ingredient — if

  • (a) the food is not a meat product, poultry product or fish; and

  • (b) the sale of the food would not be prohibited under section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.

• Marginal note:Food additives

  (5) A holder of a licence for processing may use a food additive as an ingredient to produce edible cannabis referred to in subsection (1) only if

  • (a) the edible cannabis would be a food that is the subject of a marketing authorization if the edible cannabis did not contain or have on it anything referred to in item 1 or 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act;

  • (b) the marketing authorization permits the food additive to be in or on the food;

  • (c) the conditions under which the marketing authorization permits the food additive to be in or on the food — including any maximum levels of use — are complied with; and

  • (d) the food additive is not caffeine or caffeine citrate.

• Marginal note:Vitamins and mineral nutrients

  (6) A vitamin or mineral nutrient must not be used as an ingredient to produce edible cannabis referred to in subsection (1) unless its use is permitted under subsection (5).

• Marginal note:Definitions

  (7) The following definitions apply in this section.

  fish

  fish has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations. (poisson)

  marketing authorization

  marketing authorization, except in subsection (2), has the same meaning as in subsection B.01.001(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations. (autorisation de mise en marché)

  meat product

  meat product has the same meaning as in subsection B.01.001(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations. (produit de viande)

  mineral nutrient

  mineral nutrient has the same meaning as in subsection D.02.001(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations except that it does not include sodium, potassium or chloride or compounds that include those elements. (minéral nutritif)

  poultry product

  poultry product has the same meaning as in subsection B.01.001(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations. (produit de volaille)

  vitamin

  vitamin has the same meaning as in subsection D.01.002(1) of the Food and Drug Regulations. (vitamine)

  water activity

  water activity means the ratio of the water vapour pressure of a meat product, poultry product or fish to the vapour pressure of pure water, at the same temperature and pressure. (activité de l’eau)