Govt of Canada

Background Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of polysorbate 80 as an emulsifying agent in wheat-based ready-to-eat cereals.  Polysorbate 80 is already permitted for use in Canada...

Health Canada is providing information for consumers that fermented non-alcoholic beverages, such as kombucha, can contain low levels of ethanol. View original article here Source

Reference Number: NOM/ADM C-2020-1June 5, 2020 Background On June 14, 2019, Health Canada published a Proposal to Add Maximum Levels of Inorganic Arsenic in Polished (White) and Husked (Brown) Rice to the List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances in...

Background On occasion, Health Canada may identify the need to make changes to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives in order to correct minor errors, to adjust wording in the interest of clarity, to ensure consistency in terminology, or to...

The list of products that have received Temporary Marketing Authorization Letters has been updated with 12 products, and 5 Temporary Marketing Authorizations have been revoked, withdrawn or expired, as of March 31, 2020. View original article here Source

April 15, 2020Background Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of phospholipase from Aspergillus oryzae AT969 in bread, flour, whole wheat flour and unstandardized bakery products.  Phospholipase from...

Background Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval to extend the use of potassium phosphate, dibasic, to the same foods and same levels of use as is currently permitted for sodium...

Background Health Canada's Food Directorate completed an evaluation of available scientific and taxonomic data supporting the re-identification of the source organism name for invertase "Aspergillus japonicus" to "Aspergillus fijiensis" in the List of Permitted Food Enzymes. Invertase sourced from A....

Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0143 Background Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of lycopene extract from tomato in certain non-carbonated sweetened flavoured water-based beverages to which vitamins and minerals...