Modification to buffer zone between the front-of-package nutrition symbol and the supplemented food caution identifier, and between nutrition symbols.

Consumer information, labelling (TBT)

Prepackaged and prepared foods(ICS Code: 67.230) 

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67.230 - Prepackaged and prepared foods; 67.230 - Prepackaged and prepared foods

Food standards; Food standards

The purpose of this notice is to inform consumers and interested stakeholders that Health Canada’s Food and Nutrition Directorate has modified the Directory of Nutrition Symbol Specifications and the Directory of Supplemented Food Caution Identifier Specifications. This modification permits the front-of-package (FOP) nutrition symbol and the supplemented food caution identifier (SFCI) to be displayed with no buffer between them where they share a border (that is, where they are contiguous). This flexibility also applies to prepackaged products that contain an assortment of foods that require more than one FOP nutrition symbol and/or the SFCI.The minimum buffer would continue to apply to the remaining borders of each symbol as indicated in their respective directories, as would the requirement for prepackaged products that contain an assortment of foods to display the nutrition symbols in a manner that clearly indicates the applicable nutrients that are contained in each food. Consequently, Health Canada has amended each directory to include a footnote to column 4 of the tables, permitting a buffer as small as 0 mm between symbols labelled contiguous.The above modification came into force July 17, 2024, the day it was published in the Directory of Nutrition Symbol Specifications and the Directory of Supplemented Food Caution Identifier SpecificationsHealth Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate is committed to reviewing new relevant to this notice. Anyone wishing to submit an inquiry or new information may do so in writing, by regular mail or electronically.  

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