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Food additives
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.
Consult the Former – Food Additives for information on the former requirements.
On this page
- Overview
- General requirements
- How food additives are regulated
- Manner of declaring in the list of ingredients
- Food additive preparations
- Caffeine as a food additive
- Food colours
- Sweeteners
- Processing aids
- Related links
- Definitions
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