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How to Comply with New Front-of-Package (FOP) Nutrition Label Requirements for Foods in Canada

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Sep

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UncategorizedCanada Food Regulations, canada foods, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Food Labeling, food labelling, Food Packaging, Packaging Compliance

How to Comply with New Front-of-Package (FOP) Nutrition Label Requirements for Foods in Canada

Back in June of 2022, Health Canada announced new regulations for nutrition labelling for prepackaged foods (see our brief bulletin here). To help you understand what you need to know—and do—considering this change, in this post we delve deeper into the new front-of-package (FOP) nutrition label requirements to help you…

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Jun

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UncategorizedBulletin, Canada, Canada Package Compliance, Canada Regulatory Compliance, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, CFIA, compliance, Consultation, deadline, Food Packaging, food safety, health canada, regulations

BULLETIN: FOP Labelling

THIS JUST IN! Front-of-Package Nutrition Labelling, as part of Health Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy, will be mandatory as of January 1, 2026 and the symbol is now finalized. The regulations with all details are set to be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on July 20, 2022. The purpose of…

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May

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Uncategorizedcaffeine, Canada, Canada Package Compliance, Canada Regulatory Compliance, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, CFIA, compliance, Consultation, deadline, food safety, health canada, NFt, nutrition facts table, regulations, SFCI, SFFt, Supplemented Food Caution Identifier, Supplemented Food Facts table, Taurine, TMA, TMAL

Supplemented Food Regulations

There is a new pathway for your unique product! A regulatory framework to allow market access for supplemented foods without pre-market review and approval by Health Canada. Forget the Temporary Marketing Authorization! With the guidance of SNI’s regulatory team, your supplemented food product can be on Canadian shelves without further…

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Feb

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UncategorizedCanada, Canada Package Compliance, Canada Regulatory Compliance, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, CFIA, compliance, Consultation, deadline, food safety, health canada, NFt, nutrition facts table, regulations

Are your NFts Ready?

In 2016, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced new food labelling regulations. Recognizing the industry would need time to pivot, the CFIA allowed for a five-year transition phase, ending December 2021. As a result of additional challenges, an extra year was given before enforcement action would be applied, but…

Take the Quiz: Are Your Labels Compliant?

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Sep

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Take the Quiz: Are Your Labels Compliant?

Canadian Food Labelling Challenge – Take our quiz! Are your Labels in Compliance with Canada’s Food Labelling Requirements? QUESTION 1: THE NET QUANTITY OF A PREPACKAGED FOOD PRODUCT IS 355.2 GRAMS. WHAT IS THE PROPER BILINGUAL LABEL DECLARATION? 355.2 g 350 g 355 g 0.35 kg QUESTION 2: WHICH OF…

Clearing the Table: Nutrition Facts Tables

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May

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UncategorizedCanadian Food Inspection Agency, health canada, Nutrition Labelling

Clearing the Table: Nutrition Facts Tables

A nutrition facts table helps consumers make informed food choices when grocery shopping and preparing food at home. By law, most packaged food in Canada must have a nutrition facts table. Many aspects of the table are specifically regulated by Health Canada including: size of the table, weight of the…

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Mar

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UncategorizedCanadian Food Inspection Agency, CGMP, GMP, Good Manufacturing Practices

GMP Inspection Pilot Program: NHPs

In an effort to improve the quality of Natural Health Products (NHPs) produced in (and imported into) Canada, Health Canada is revisiting and implementing a third round of an inspection program for site licensed facilities. Currently, Health Canada issues an NHP Site License following a paper-based review of evidence in…

05

Dec

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UncategorizedCanada, Canada Regulatory Compliance, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, compliance, consumer safety, Food Business, food labelling, health canada, health claims, Health misinformation, labelling, Packaging Compliance, scientific evidence

Debunking bogus health claims

With the holidays creeping around, many consumers are thinking of a New Year’s resolution. Most would say that their number one resolution is to become a healthier version of themselves. Whether that be exercising, dieting, or trying out supplements. Canadians spend hundreds of dollars each year on health products. It…

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Jun

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UncategorizedCanada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, CFIA, food labelling, labelling, packaging, Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, Temporary Market Authorization, TMA

TMA’s

What does TMA stand for? Too many acronyms? Take my advice? Test Market Authorization! With the coming into force of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), test market provisions now apply to ALL foods. Test Market Authorizations (TMAs) are granted to test market a food exempting them from certain requirements for…

Inside Source – Our Regulatory Team is Growing!

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Jun

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UncategorizedCanadian Food Inspection Agency, CFIA, Inside Source, Interview, Welcome

Inside Source – Our Regulatory Team is Growing!

Source is thrilled to announce that our Regulatory Affairs team is growing! We wanted to take this opportunity to introduce you to our new team members, and showcase their capabilities. Continuing with our Inside Source series it only seemed reasonable to introduce them via interview. Without further ado, meet Andrea…