Food and Drug Regulations

B.29.020 (1) Every applicable cautionary statement set out in column 4 of the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients in respect of the supplemental ingredients contained in a supplemented food must be shown

• (a) in a list on the label of the supplemented food;

• (b) grouped together and introduced by the title, in bold type,

  • (i) “Caution”, “Caution:” or “Caution :” in the English version, and

  • (ii) “Attention”, “Attention :” or “Attention:” in the French version;

• (c) without any intervening printed, written or graphic material appearing between the title and the first cautionary statement;

• (d) in regular or bold type;

• (e) in lower case letters, except that upper case letters must be used to show the first letter of each cautionary statement; and

• (f) separated by a bullet point or comma.

(2) The list of cautionary statements must be shown in a manner that clearly differentiates it on the label by means of one or both of

• (a) graphics in the form of a solid-line border around the list or one or more solid lines appearing immediately above, below or at the sides of the list that are the same colour as that of the type used to show the information referred to in subsection B.01.008.1(1); and

• (b) a background colour that creates a contrast between the background colour of the list and the background colour used on the adjacent surface of the label, other than the surface used to display

  • (i) a list of ingredients,

  • (ii) a food allergen source, gluten source and added sulphites statement as defined in subsection B.01.010.1(1),

  • (iii) a declaration referred to in subsection B.01.010.4(1),

  • (iv) any statement referred to in subsection B.01.014(1),

  • (v) a nutrition facts table, or

  • (vi) a supplemented food facts table.

(3) The list of cautionary statements must be shown on the label without any intervening printed, written or graphic material,

• (a) in English and French, adjacent to each linguistic version of the supplemented food facts table appearing in the same language, if there are separate English and French versions of the table;

• (b) in English and French, adjacent to a bilingual version of the supplemented food facts table, with one linguistic version of the list following the other linguistic version; or

• (c) in English or French, adjacent to the supplemented food facts table in the same language, if, in accordance with subsection B.01.012(3), the information required by these Regulations to be shown on the label may be shown in that language only and is shown on the label in that language.

(4) If the English and French versions of a list of cautionary statements appear on the label, they must be displayed on a continuous surface of the label’s available display surface, but need not be on the same continuous surface of the label’s available display surface.

(5) If the English and French versions of a list of cautionary statements appear on the same continuous surface of the label, the version that follows the other version must not begin on the same line as that on which the other version ends, unless the available display surface is less than 100 cm².