Former – Labelling requirements for meat and poultry products
Important notice
On December 14, 2016, amendments to nutrition labelling, list of ingredients and food colour requirements of the Food and Drug Regulations came into force. Regulated parties have a five (5) year transition period to meet the new labelling requirements. This former page of the Industry Labelling Tool reflects the former requirements.
For information on the new labelling requirements, consult Labelling requirements for meat and poultry products.
On this page
- Overview
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Common name – Meat and poultry products
- Meat cut nomenclature
- Modified standardized common names for meat products
- Coined names for meat products
- Highlighting meat cuts in the common name
- Species-specific common name
- Declaration of species
- Ground meat
- Veal
- Ham
- Jellied prepared meat
- Meat and poultry products with added phosphate salts and/or water
- Retained water declaration for raw single-ingredient meat products
- Meat products formed with meat binders
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List of ingredients – Meat and poultry products
- Exemptions from list of ingredients
- Ingredients and components of non-prepackaged meat products
- Products where mechanically separated meats have been used
- Products to which smoke or smoke flavour was added
- Sausages wrapped in natural casings
- Meat products wrapped in collagen or carrageenan films
- Solid meat cuts to which meat particles have been injected with brine
- Net quantity – Meat and poultry products
- Standard container sizes – Meat and poultry products
- Name and principal place of business – Meat and poultry products
- Country of origin – Meat and poultry products
- Date markings and storage instructions – Meat and poultry products
- Nutrition labelling – Meat and poultry products
- Legibility and location – Meat and poultry products
- Inspection legend
- Grade names
- Lot code
- Other required markings
- Packaging type
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Phosphated meats and meat products
- Products to which phosphate salts and/or water are incorporated
- Compositional requirements
- Common name – Phosphated meats and meat products
- Declaration of the minimum meat protein content as part of the common name
- Exemptions from phosphated meat and meat product requirements
- List of ingredients – Phosphated meats and meat products
- Nutrition Facts table – Phosphated meats and meat products
- Summary tables for labelling requirements for meats with added phosphate salts and/or water
- Mechanically tenderized beef
- Meat and poultry extenders
- Simulated meat and simulated poultry products
- Advertisements for bulk beef, veal, pork and lamb
- Voluntary claims and statements
- Reference information
- Additional information
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Definitions
- Catch-weight food
- Close proximity
- Consumer prepackaged
- Extended meat product
- Extended poultry product
- Filler
- Foreign state
- Gelling agent
- Grader
- Grade name
- Grade stamp
- Hermetically sealed package
- Insignificant quantity
- Livestock carcass
- Meat
- Meat by-product
- Meat product
- Meat product extender
- Ovine carcass
- Person
- Poultry carcass
- Poultry product
- Poultry product extender
- Prepackaged
- Primal cut
- Ready-to-eat
- Roller brand
- Simulated meat product
- Simulated poultry product
- Solid cut meat
- Sub-primal cut
- Yield stamp
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