Moving into the Future Dorina Brasoveanu
Director, Quality Assurance
Agenda Food Labelling Modernization
Safe Food for Canadians
Beer Standard of Identity
Flavoured Purified Beverages
Vodka Standard of Identity
Food Labelling Modernization
Came into force December 14, 2016 In-market compliance by December 14, 2021
Public Consultation Consumer Feedback
• Clear, easy to understand language and formatting on labels
• Improved legibility and placement of information specific to ingredient lists, common name
• Transparency of ingredients in class names • Fewer exemptions for best before dating • Enhanced dealer name and address
Initiative Goals Objectives
Develop a modern food labelling system that responds to current and future challenges of a complex food safety environment
• Improve access to information for consumers to make informed decisions
• Enhance food safety and protect Canadians • Enhance opportunities for industry to be
competitive • Fair and secure marketplace
Ingredient List
Impacted categories: Unstandardized and all products with voluntary ingredient lists
Ingredients: Sugars (fancy molasses, brown sugar, sugar)•Flour • Vegetable oil shortening •Liquid whole egg •Salt • Sodium bicarbonate• Allura Red Contains: Wheat •Egg
Bullets or commas to separate
ingredients
Food colours listed by name
White or neutral background
The titles “Ingredients” and “Contains” in bold type
Minimum type height
requirements
Black font: upper and lower case
Grouping of sugars-based ingredients
NEW PRINCIPLES & FORMAT
Allergen Declarations
Impacted categories: Wine and all products that contain allergenic ingredients
Contains: Sulphites, Egg Contient: Sulfites, Oeuf
Ingredients: Sugars (fancy molasses, brown sugar, sugar)•Flour • Vegetable oil shortening •Liquid whole egg •Salt • Sodium bicarbonate• Allura Red Contains: Wheat •Egg May contain: Milk
NEW FORMAT
Serving Size
A single-serving selling unit may contain up to 200 % of the reference amount for that product
Wine Beer Coolers/RTD Spirits
188 mL 333 mL 333 mL 43 mL*
Regulated Reference Amounts
*LCBO defined
Nutrition Fact Tables
No Longer Acceptable Ingredient List NFT Allergen Declaration
Safe Food For Canadians
Came into force January 15, 2019 In-market compliance July 15, 2020
Traceability Principle
Use a unique identifier to trace each food item one step back and one step forward
Goals
• Improve the effectiveness and timeliness of food safety investigations and recalls
• Reduce the time it takes businesses to remove unsafe food from the market.
The selling unit label must include:
Common name of the food
Dealer name and address
Lot code
Traceability Label Requirements
New!
Summary of Impacts to Products
Wine
• New format for all allergen declarations
• New Canadian serving size
Spirits
Beer
Unstandardized
• No changes unless label contains an allergen declaration, or voluntary ingredient list
• No changes unless the label has a voluntary ingredient list or voluntary allergen declaration.
• New Canadian serving size
• Pending changes to compositional standards for beer
• New ingredient list format, including allergen declaration
• If NFT present, will need new format
• New Canadian serving size
• A lot code is required on each selling unit
• A lot code is required on each selling unit
• A lot code is required on each selling unit
• A lot code is required on each selling unit
Food Labelling Modernization and Safe Food for Canadians
Transition Timelines 1.5 Years from Regulatory Deadline
3 Months from Regulatory Deadline
All Labels Compliant in
Market
Dec 14, 2021
Corrective Rework on PO Received After
Sept 14, 2021
Fail PIH Labels with Old
Regulations
Jan 1, 2021
Warn PIH Labels with Old
Regulations
June 1, 2020
NISS Review against New Regulations
June 1, 2019
2.5 Years from Regulatory Deadline
12 Months from Regulatory Deadline
Regulatory Deadline
7.5 Months from Regulatory Deadline
Fail PIH for Missing Lot
Code
Jan 1, 2020
Warn PIH for Missing Lot
Code
June 1, 2019
+1 Year from Regulatory Deadline
3.5 Months from Regulatory Deadline
All Labels Compliant in
Market
July 15, 2020
Correct PIH for Missing Lot
Code
April 1, 2020
Regulatory Deadline
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Beer Standard of Identity
Coming into force ETA Spring 2019 Proposed transition timeframe of 2 years
Key Proposed Changes
Repeal of: Stout, Ale, Porter, Malt Liquor
Max. 4% w/v
Differentiate between beer and malt-based products
Repeal of allergen exemption
(Health Canada proposal)
Addition of: herbs, spices
Flavouring preparations – trigger a modified common
name: e.g. “beer with apricot flavour”
SUGARS
STANDARDS
INGREDIENTS
ALLERGENS
Flavoured Purified Beverages
Coming into force ETA Spring 2019 Proposed implementation has no transition timeframe
New Category New Class of alcohol-based products
Purified through a process other than distillation
Flavoured and/or sweetened so that the product takes on the taste of the flavouring and
sweetening ingredients
Max. 1.5 standard
alcoholic drinks per container
If the container is ≤ 1000mL
Exemption: glass containers
≥ 750 mL
Vodka Standard of Identity
Public Consultation Stage
Proposed Changes
Any agricultural materials Currently: potato or grain
Ingredients
Allow use of other materials and processes beyond charcoal
Process
Modified standardized common name – when ingredients other than potato/grain and some characteristics of the raw material remain E.g. Vodka produced from apples
Labelling
CFIA - Food Labelling for
Industry Website
Product Packaging Standards
Resources
Q&A
Thank You [email protected]
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