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Lisa Logan
- May 15, 2019
- 1 min
Canada: approval of sweetener Steviol glycosides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Health Canada has recently evaluated and approved the use of Steviol glycosides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae CD15380 and CD15407 in a variety of foods, in alignment with the current permitted uses of steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Further details of this amendment can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/modification-permitted-sweeteners-steviol-glycosides-saccharomyces-cerevisiae.ht
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Lisa Logan
- Apr 3, 2019
- 1 min
Canada: steviol glycosides in canned fruit
Effective April 3rd, Health Canada is allowing the use of steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni in canned fruits products. These are already allowed in various food products as a sweetener. Further details of the changes can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/modification-permitted-sweeteners-steviol-glycosides-stevia-rebaudiana-bertoni-canned-fruit-products.html #FoodAdditives #Canada #He
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Lisa Logan
- Mar 20, 2019
- 1 min
Canada: ground limestone colour now permitted in unstandardised confectionery
Effective March 20th 2019, Health Canada has approved the use of ground limestone as a colouring in unstandardisd confectionery in accordance with GMP. Further details can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/modification-permitted-colouring-agents-ground-limestone.html #Canada #HealthCanada #FoodAdditives
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Lisa Logan
- Jul 9, 2018
- 1 min
Canada: gellan gum
Health Canada has amended its food additive lists to provide for the use of gellan gum in certain standardised flavoured milks. Further details of the approval can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/modification-permitted-thickening-gellan-gum-milk.html #FoodAdditives #Canada #HealthCanada
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Lisa Logan
- May 14, 2018
- 1 min
Canada: tara gum approval
Effective May 14, 2018 Health Canada is now permitting the use of tara gum, a new emulsifying, gelling, stabilising and thickening agent, in the manufacture of various foods. You can access details here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/modification-permitted-emulsifying-gelling-stabilizing-thickening-tara-gum.html #FoodAdditives #Canada #HealthCanada
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Lisa Logan
- May 8, 2018
- 1 min
Canada: tamarind gum
Effective May 8, 2018 Health Canada has approved the use of tamarind gum and has included it in its list of permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents for use in several food applications. Further details can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/proposal-tamarind-gum-emulsifying-gelling-stabilizing-thickening-agent/information-document.html #FoodAdditives #Canada #HealthCanada
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Lisa Logan
- Apr 4, 2018
- 1 min
Canada: Propionic acid & sodium propionate extensions
Effective April 4, 2018 Health Canada is permittting the use of propionic acid and sodium propionate (preservatives) in ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and RTE poultry meat products . More details can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/modification-permitted-preservatives-propionic-acid-sodium-propionate-meat-poultry.html #Canada #Health #FoodAdditives
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Lisa Logan
- Mar 13, 2018
- 1 min
Canada: erythritol extension of uses
Effective today, Health Canada has extended the uses of erythritol to allow for its use in so-called "food thickener products" to max. 2% Further details can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/modification-list-contaminants-adulterating-substances-permitted-sweeteners-erythrital-food-thickener.html #Canada #HealthCanada #FoodAdditives
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Lisa Logan
- Feb 9, 2018
- 1 min
Canada: extended uses for nisin
Health Canada has approved the use of nisin (preservative) in several new applications effective February 9, 2018. Details of the approvals can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/notice-modification-list-permitted-preservatives-enable-use-nisin-antimicrobial-preservative-various-foods.html #Canada #HealthCanada #FoodAdditives
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foodlaw
- Aug 30, 2017
- 1 min
Canada: modification to steviol glycosides specification
Health Canada received a food additive submission seeking approval for the expansion of the steviol glycoside definition of this sweetener - to include all the steviol glycosides in the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant. As no safety concerns were identified, Health Canada has approved this application and updated the List of Permitted Sweeteners. Link: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/legislation-guidelines/acts-regulations/modification-list-permi
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Lisa Logan
- Apr 28, 2017
- 1 min
Canada: additional uses for sweetener erythritol
Health Canada had finished its assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of erythritol as a sweetener in meal replacement dry beverage mixes and in nutritional supplements in various formats (bars, breakfast cereal, beverage dry mixes) Link: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/notice-modification-list-permitted-sweeteners-extend-use-erythritol-meal-replacement-beverage-mixes-nutritional-sup
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Lisa Logan
- Apr 19, 2017
- 1 min
Canada: approval of new sweetener Advantame
Effective April 19 2017, Health Canada now permits the use of Advantame in several food and beverage applications. It has been added to the list of permitted sweeteners which can be accessed here: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/addit/list/9-sweetener-edulcorant-eng.php #Canada #HealthCanada #FoodAdditives
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Lisa Logan
- Mar 24, 2017
- 1 min
Canada: proposed new food colour - lycopene
Health Canada recently published a proposal to provide for the use of lycopene extract from tomato in a host of food categories. The comment period is open until June 6, 2017. This colour is listed under Table 3 of the Codex Alimentarius General Standard on Food Additives (known as the GSFA). The proposal can be viewed here: http://hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/alt_formats/pdf/consult/nov-avp-0024/nop-avp-0024-eng.pdf #FoodAdditives #Canada #HealthCanada
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Lisa Logan
- Oct 21, 2016
- 1 min
Canada: preservatives in meat and poultry
Health Canada has modified the list of permitted preservatives to allow for the use of potassium acetate and potassium diacetate in various meat and poultry products, effective October 21, 2016. Here is the link: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/consult/nom-adm-0080/index-eng.php #Canada #FoodAdditives
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Lisa Logan
- Aug 23, 2016
- 1 min
Canada: Steviol glycosides, new approvals
Health Canada is now allowing steviol glycosides to be used as a sweetener in nutritional supplement bars. This approval became effective on August 23, 2016. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/consult/nom-adm-0078/index-eng.php #Canada #Stevia #FoodAdditives
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Lisa Logan
- Jul 3, 2016
- 1 min
Canada: Two additives removed by Health Canada
Effective 29 June 2016 Health Canada has removed the entries for 2-nitropropane (under extraction / carrier solvents) and epichlorohydrin (as a starch-modifying agent). http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/consult/nom-adm-0074/index-eng.php #Canada #FoodAdditives
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Lisa Logan
- Jun 7, 2016
- 1 min
Canada: preservatives in meat and poultry
Health Canada proposes to allow potassium acetate and potassium diacetate as preservatives in meat and poultry products. See link here: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/consult/nop-avp-0017/index-eng.php #Canada #FoodAdditives #HealthCanada
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