As of November 6, 2019 Health Canada has approved the use of L-lysine hydrochloride in certain types of snack food (those made from dough where the main ingredient is dried potatoes or wheat flour) to inhibit acrylamide formation. You can find further details here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/modification-food-additives-other-accepted-uses-l-lysine-monohydrochloride-snack-foods.html #Canada #HealthCanada #Food

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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