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Food and Drug Regulations

Version of section B.16.003 from 2024-12-18 to 2025-02-04:


 Subject to sections B.16.005 and B.16.006, if a food additive set out in column 1 of the Lists of Permitted Food Additives is added to a corresponding food set out in column 3, that food does not have a poisonous or harmful substance in or on it for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(a) of the Act — or is not adulterated for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(d) of the Act — by reason only that the food additive is in or on it, or has been added to it, if

  • (a) the food additive is obtained from any corresponding source set out in column 2;

  • (b) the food additive is used for any corresponding purpose of use set out in column 4;

  • (c) the amount of the food additive does not exceed

    • (i) any corresponding maximum level of use and any corresponding maximum level of residue set out in column 5, and

    • (ii) the amount that is required to accomplish the purpose for which it is added, in the case where the words “Good Manufacturing Practice” appear in column 5 for that food additive in the food; and

  • (d) any other corresponding condition set out in column 5 is met.

  • SOR/2024-244, s. 112

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