Food labelling in Canada

For claims that are not subject to specific regulatory requirements, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and/or Health Canada provide interpretive guidance that assist industry in compliance.

[4] The name of the product must also be displayed on the main label in both English and French with a minimum height of 1/16 of an inch (1.6 mm).

Exceptions to this requirement include "spices, seasonings and herbs (except salt), flavour enhancers, natural and artificial flavourings, food additives, and vitamin and mineral nutrients and derivatives or salts, which may be shown at the end of the ingredient list in any order".

[10] The Food and Drug Regulations Act also ensures that "ingredients appear on labels in decreasing order of proportion".

The nutrition label gives you information about the product including, its serving size, calories, and its percentage of the 13 core nutrients that Canada deems necessary.

These guidelines determine that the nutrition label must be clearly and predominantly displayed on the package to the manufacturer as well as clearly visible to the consumer at the time of purchase.

Canada's climate only ensures that the citizens have the ability to eat local produce six months of the year.

Although readily available in the warmer months, the following food products are imported when not able to be grown or raised in Canada due to its varying climate:[26] Each one of these categories of imported goods have strict guidelines and a minimum standard that they must abide by under the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in order to gain access to Canada.

[32] Any type of advertisement that may create a false impression should be avoided as it will then be subject to review by the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act.

Radio and television advertisements are reviewed by the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations prior to being allowed to be broadcast.

It is listed under the Code of Ethics of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters that "no commercial message containing a claim or endorsement of a food or non-alcoholic beverage to which the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations apply may be broadcast unless the script for the commercial message or endorsement has been approved by the Food and Beverage Clearance Section of Advertising Standards Canada[33] (ASC) and carries a current script clearance number"[2] There is currently no compulsory law regulating print advertisements.

[2] Many companies utilize this, as it has the capability to reach a large number of people for a low cost and with little effort.