Canada: L-Lysine hydrochloride in snack foods
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...
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Lisa Logan
May 15, 20191 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...
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Lisa Logan
Apr 3, 20191 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....
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Lisa Logan
Mar 20, 20191 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...
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Lisa Logan
Jul 9, 20181 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...
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Lisa Logan
May 14, 20181 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,...
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Lisa Logan
May 8, 20181 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,...
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Lisa Logan
Mar 13, 20181 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%...
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Lisa Logan
Feb 9, 20181 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...
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foodlaw
Aug 30, 20171 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...
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Lisa Logan
Apr 28, 20171 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...
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Lisa Logan
Apr 19, 20171 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...
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Lisa Logan
Mar 24, 20171 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...
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Lisa Logan
Jun 7, 20161 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:...
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