Vol. 146, No. 22 — October 24, 2012

Registration

SOR/2012-207 October 3, 2012

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT

Marketing Authorization for Food Additives That May Be Used as Firming Agents

The Minister of Health, pursuant to subsections 30.3(1) (see footnote a) and 30.5(1) (see footnote b) of the Food and Drugs Act (see footnote c), issues the annexed Marketing Authorization for Food Additives That May Be Used as Firming Agents.

Ottawa, October 2, 2012

LEONA AGLUKKAQ
Minister of Health

MARKETING AUTHORIZATION FOR FOOD ADDITIVES THAT MAY BE USED AS FIRMING AGENTS

INTERPRETATION

Definitions

1. (1) The following definitions apply in this Marketing Authorization.

“firming agent”
« agent raffermissant »

“firming agent” means a food additive that is used to make or keep a food firm or crisp.

“List”
« Liste »

“List” means the List of Permitted Firming Agents published by the Department of Health on its website, as amended from time to time.

Food and Drug Regulations

(2) Unless otherwise indicated, a reference in the List to a provision or division is a reference to a provision or division of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations.

Same meaning

(3) Words and expressions used in the List have the same meaning as in Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations.

EXEMPTIONS

Food

2. (1) When a firming agent that is set out in column 1 of the List is added to a food that is set out in column 2, the food is exempt from the application of paragraphs 4(1)(a) and (d) and sections 6 and 6.1 of the Food and Drugs Act and sections B.01.042, B.01.043 and B.16.007, as applicable, of the Food and Drug Regulations, in respect of the use or presence of the agent only, if the amount of the agent does not exceed the maximum level of use for that food that is set out in column 3 and if any other condition that is set out in that column is met.

“Good manufacturing practice”

(2) When the words “good manufacturing practice” appear in column 3, the exemption applies if the amount of the agent that is added to the food in manufacturing and processing does not exceed the amount required to accomplish the purpose for which it has been added and if any other condition that is set out in that column is met.

Labelling or packaging requirement

(3) Subsection (1) does not exempt a food for which a standard is prescribed in Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations from the application of any labelling or packaging requirement that is set out in the standard.

Food additives

3. A firming agent that is set out in column 1 of the List is exempt from the application of section B.16.100 of the Food and Drug Regulations if, at the time of sale, all of the other requirements in those Regulations that apply in respect of the agent are met.

COMING INTO FORCE

Coming into force

4. This Marketing Authorization comes into force on the day on which section 416 of the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, chapter 19 of the Statutes of Canada, 2012, comes into force but if the Marketing Authorization is registered after that day, it comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for this Marketing Authorization appears following SOR/2012-202, Marketing Authorization for Food Additives That May Be Used as Anticaking Agents.

Footnote a
 S.C. 2012, c. 19, s. 416

Footnote b
 S.C. 2012, c. 19, s. 416

Footnote c
 R.S., c. F-27