Canada: Canada Publishes New Regulations for Supplemented Foods

On July 20, 2022, Canada announced final regulations to amend the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) to establish detailed conditions for the use of supplemental ingredients in food. The amendments will also establish additional requirements on the labelling of supplemented foods beyond the general requirements in the FDR for prepackaged foods. Supplemented foods will now be required to carry a Supplemented Food Facts table (SFFt) that provides information on each of the supplemental ingredients added to them. These regulations came into force on the date they were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on July 20, 2022. Supplemented foods that are already on the market with a Temporary Market Authorization (TMA), or for which a company has submitted an application for a TMA before July 21, 2022 that is subsequently approved by Health Canada, will have until December 31, 2025, to comply. New supplemented foods will need to comply immediately.