CANADA Updates to the food labelling and advertising information

Updates made to the food labelling and advertising information / mises a jour apportées à l'information sur l'étiquetage et la publicité

 

There have been several updates made to the food labelling and advertising information.  Please refer to the Updates page at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/amende.shtml for detailed information.

 

2012

Item	Nature of Changes	Date
Compliance and Enforcement of Gluten-Free Claims	Posted information on Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Compliance and Enforcement of Gluten-Free Claims	June 2012
Consultation on the Guidelines for Highlighted Ingredients and Flavours	Posting of the Guidelines for Highlighted Ingredients and Flavours for public comments	June 2012
Origin Claims Information	Consolidated information on Origin Claims and provided additional information on the use of voluntary multiple country of origin statements	May 2012
Country of Origin Labelling Information	To provide information on country of origin labelling requirements, a new webpage on Country of Origin Labellinghas been added	May 2012
"Product of Canada" and "Made in Canada" Labelling Information	Consolidated information on "Product of Canada" and "Made in Canada" Labelling including the Guidelines for "Product of Canada" and "Made in Canada" Claims	May 2012
Labelling of Genetically Engineered Foods in Canada Factsheet	Consolidated the previous two factsheets on the labelling of genetically engineered foods and voluntary labelling of products of genetic engineereing into one factsheet called Labelling of Genetically Engineered Foods in Canada	May 2012
Food Irradiation Information	Consolidated information on Food Irradiation	May 2012
Method of Production Information	Consolidated information on claims and statements related toMethod of Production and provided additional guidance on the use of "Halal" claims	May 2012
Legibility and Location of Labelling Information	Consolidated information on Legibility and Location of Labelling Information and provided additional guidance on the legibility and location requirements for mandatory and voluntary labelling information on food labels	April 2012
Date Markings Information	Consolidated information on Date Markings and provided additional guidance on the date marking requirements for foods including shipping containers and modified atmosphere packaged foods	April 2012
Bilingual Labelling Information	Consolidated information on Bilingual Labelling and provided additional guidance on bilingual labelling of voluntary information and the exemption from bilingual labelling for local foods	April 2012
Results from Web Questionnaire	Posting of the Results from the Web Questionnaire	April 2012
Chapter 6 Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising	Addition of Barley Beta-Glucan Concentrate (partially hydrolysed) BarlivTM Barley Betafiber to Table 6-12	February 2012
Consultation on Wine Labelling	Posting of the Consultation on Wine Labelling for public comments	January 2012