Nutrition Labelling of Foods Dianne Del Zotto Fair Labelling Practices Program Specialist Consumer Protection Division, CFIA February 20, 2008

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New Nutrition Labelling Regulations

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Published in Canada Gazette Part II, January 1, 2003

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December 12, 2005

: for most companies:

− Companies with

more than

$1 million of gross revenues from the sale of food in Canada between 12 December 2001 and 12 December 2002 •

December 12, 2007

: for smaller companies:

− Companies with

less than

$1 million of gross revenues from the sale of food in Canada between 12 December 2001 and 12 December 2002

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New Nutrition Labelling Regulations

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3 Parts

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Diet-related Health Claims

: provision for use of 5 new claims −

Nutrient Content Claims

: updated requirements and restricted list Health Claims Nutrient Content Claims −

Nutrition Labelling

: mandatory, standardized format and content Nutrition Labelling

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 Core list of Calories and 13 nutrients always declared.

 Actual amount of the nutrient in the stated serving of the food is listed for macronutrients.

“Nutrition Facts” Table

 The nutrient information based on a specified amount of food as sold.

 % Daily Value (%DV) indicates the relative amount of the nutrient in the stated serving.

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Do the foods I sell require a Nutrition Facts Table (NFT)?

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What Foods Require a Nutrition Facts Table?

• Most prepackaged foods − − Including retail packed foods There are some exceptions and exemptions • Not required on non-prepackaged foods • May be voluntarily displayed on non-prepackaged foods or exempt prepackaged foods.

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Nutrition Facts Table Exceptions

NFT is prohibited on

- infant formulas and foods containing them - formulated liquid diets - meal replacements - nutritional supplements - foods for use in very low energy diets

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Always Exempt

- one-bite candy, individual portions sold by restaurant, milks in glass bottles

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Conditionally Exempt

• Term highlights that the exemption can be lost under certain circumstances and the Nutrition Fact Table required on the label

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Conditionally Exempt

• Beverages with more than 0.5% alcohol • Fresh vegetables or fruits or combinations • Raw, Single-ingredient Meat, Poultry, Fish and by products (except ground meat and poultry) • road-side stand, craft show, flea market, fair, farmers’ market or sugar bush • Individual servings for immediate consumption (without extended shelf life) • packaged at retail + stickered, when ADS <200 cm2 • Products prepared at the retail premises where sold (unless water is the only ingredient added to premix)

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Conditionally Exempt - Fresh vegetables or fruits or combinations

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Conditionally Exempt - RAW, Single-ingredient Meat, Poultry, Fish and by-products 15

Conditionally Exempt if sold only at road-side stand, craft show, flea market, fair, farmers’ market or sugar bush by the individual who prepared and processed the product 16

Conditionally Exempt if prepared and packaged at retail or packaged at retail + stickered + ADS

<

200 cm 2 PREPARED & PACKAGED AT RETAIL PACKAGED AT RETAIL ADS < 200 cm 2 17

Loss of Exemption

• • • • • vitamin or mineral ingredients vitamin/mineral declared component (except flour) aspartame/sucralose/acesulfame-K ground meat/poultry Label or advertisement: − nutritional reference, nutrient content claim, biological role claim, health claim, health logo/symbol/name − “nutrition facts” or “valeur nutritive”

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Foods for further manufacturing Multi-serving Ready To Serve Foods for Commerical Operations 19

Nutrition Labelling TOOL KIT

•A Introduction

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B What Products May Carry a NF Table

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C Contents of NF Table

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D Hierarchy of Formats

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E Available Display Surface

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F Presentation of NF Table

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G NF Table for Children <2 yrs

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H Foods- Use in Manufacturing/RTE Food Service

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I Glossary

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J NL Assessment Criteria

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K Tools & Templates 20

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Additional Information

Poly- and Mono Unsaturated fats Potassium Soluble Fibre Sugar alcohols Information on any other component must appear

outside

of NF table Servings per Container Calories from fat and/or Calories from sat+trans %DV for Cholesterol Starch Additional Vitamins And Minerals Footnotes

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Linear Format

Basic Formats

Standard Format Horizontal Format

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Guide to Developing Accurate Nutrient Values

• Health Canada website: − http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/label etiquet/nutrition/reg/guide-nutri_val_tc-tm_e.html

− Strong focus on issues faced by manufacturers in developing accurate nutrient labels − key steps involved, options and factors to consider when developing a program to generate nutrient values − will help you get started on choosing the appropriate approach

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Guide to Developing Accurate Nutrient Values

− factors that affect the nutrients in your products, such as natural variation in nutrients, manufacturing and processing influences and transportation and storage influences.

− how to design a sampling plan, generate data from existing sources and how to use a commercial software program. − how the CFIA assesses the accuracy of nutrient values for nutrition labelling – the Nutrition Labelling Compliance Test − choosing a consultant, choosing a laboratory, reviewing results of laboratory analysis, critical features of databases and software.

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utrient Content Claims

New Regulations:

• Consolidation of 47 permitted claims in Food and Drug Regulations • Specify the product compositional criteria and package labelling requirements • Prohibit all other claims (expressed or implied) that characterize the level of a nutrient

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Nutrient Claims

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Compositional Criteria Based on:

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Regulated reference amounts

 standardized quantities reflect the amount of a food consumed at a single eating occasion

Servings of stated size

 Serving guidelines

Density criterion of 50 g for “low” claims

 for reference amounts of 30 g / mL or less (E.g., reference amount for crackers is 20 g) (Chapter 7 of the 2003 Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising)

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Old Nutrient Claims Low in Fat

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High in Fibre

2 g / 25 g serving - 4 g / 130 g serving 28

New Nutrient Claims

• “low fat”, “contains only 2 g of fat per serving”, “little fat” − (and other expressions specified in regulation) • • Only permitted when there is # − − serving and reference amount (55 g for muffins) At 4.4 g fat per 55 g (and 1.7 g fibre) 3 g fat per; • NO Low Fat claim & NO High Fibre claim

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New Nutrient Claims

• Nutrient content made on label or in advertisement of a conditionally exempt prepackaged product = loss of exemption: A nutrition facts table must be declared!

• Nutrient content made on label or in advertisement of a non-prepackaged product: Amount of the nutrient must be declared per serving of stated size on the label or in the advertisement of food

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Permitted Diet-related Health Claims

• • • • • Sodium and hypertension Calcium and osteoporosis Saturated and

trans

fat and heart disease Fruit and vegetables and some cancers Fermentable carbohydrate and tooth decay (Chapter 8 of the 2003 Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising)

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References, Resources & Tools

• CFIA Website : − www.inspection.gc.ca

• Health Canada Website: − http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/index_e.html

• Justice of Canada Website: − http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ •

Food and Drugs Act and Regulations

: − http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/legislation/acts-lois/fdr-rad/index_e.html

• 2003 Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising: − http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/guide/toce.shtml

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References, Resources & Tools

• Nutrition Labelling Tool Kit: − http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/nutrikit/nutrikite.shtml

• Guide to Developing Accurate Nutrient Values: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/label-etiquet/nutrition/reg/guide nutri_val_tc-tm_e.html

• Nutrition Labelling Compliance Test: − http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/nutricon/nutricone.sh

tml • Your local CFIA office – for Ontario: [email protected]

, 1-800-667-2657

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