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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/CAN/711/Add.1

Notification No.

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Date of Notification

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Title

Modification to the Table of reference amounts for food (very high fibre cereals, nutritional yeast, fondue cooking broths)

Objective

Other (TBT)

Product Covered

Prepackaged food products (ICS: 67.230)

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HSCODE

ICSCODE

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

Keywords

Nutrition information; Labelling; Food standards; Nutrition information; Labelling; Food standards

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Description

The purpose of this notice is to inform consumers and interested stakeholders that Health Canada’s Food and Nutrition Directorate has modified the Table of Reference Amounts for Food to address certain areas requiring revision and/or clarity which includes items related to very high fibre cereals, nutritional yeast, and fondue cooking broths. The above modification came into force October 18, 2024, the day it was published in the document, Nutrition LabellingTable of Reference Amounts for Food. This modification includes: new serving size instructions for very high fibre cereals that contain an amount of fibre more likely to be consumed in one sitting; a new reference amount category and corresponding serving size instructions for nutritional yeast; and revisions to the reference amount for fondue cooking broths, as well as the addition of “amount to make” serving size instructions for unprepared forms of fondue cooking broths.    Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate is committed to reviewing any new information relating to this Notice. Anyone wishing to submit an inquiry, or new information may do so by regular mail or email.

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