Labelling, standards of identity and grades

Information on labelling, standards of identity and grades

• Food labelling for consumers
• Food labelling for industry

Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) set out the requirements for all foods that are imported, exported and inter-provincially traded. Some traceability, labelling and advertising provisions also apply to intra-provincially traded foods. Requirements of standards of identity and grades have been included in documents incorporated by reference.

Companies must adhere to requirements under the Food and Drugs Act (FDA) and Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) in addition to those under the Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA) and SFCR.

The information below outlines the main changes to labelling, standards of identity and grade requirements under the SFCR.

• Definition of "prepackaged" and "consumer prepackaged"
• Preventive control plan (PCP) content for consumer protection
  Provides information on the content of a PCP related to consumer protection, such as the measures for ensuring labelling, standards and grades requirements are met.
• Traceability-specific labelling requirements
• Ministerial exemptions
  Exemptions for the purpose of selling test market food and to alleviate a shortage of food in Canada.
• Trade of fresh fruits and vegetables

Food and Drug Regulations - updates

• Implementation plan for amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations (Supplemented Foods)
• Implementation plan for amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations (Nutrition Symbols, Other Labelling Provisions, Vitamin D and Hydrogenated Fats or Oils)
• Summary of changes for the creation of an agile framework for food compositional standards set out under the Food and Drug Regulations

Food labelling coordination

• Food labelling coordination
• Joint policy statement
• Consultation on Proposed Joint Policy Statement on Food Labelling Coordination [closed April 3, 2021]
• Summary of comments received on the draft joint policy statement

Food Product Innovation

• Food Product Innovation regulatory changes
• Food Product Innovation initiative
• Food Product Innovation: summary of changes

Notice to industry

Additional information

• Test marketing and other authorizations
• Food fraud