Food and Drug Regulations

B.02.061 (1) No person shall sell brandy unless it has been aged for at least one year in wooden containers or at least six months in small wood.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) applies in respect of flavouring contained in brandy, but no person shall sell brandy containing any flavouring, other than wine, that has not been aged for a period of at least one year in wooden containers or at least six months in small wood.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of Armagnac brandy, Cognac brandy or any other brandy that complies with the standards set out in sections 2.4.2 to 2.4.7 of Volume 2 of the Food Compositional Standards Document.

(4) No person shall make any claim with respect to the age of brandy other than for the period during which the brandy has been held in wooden containers or in small wood.