Food and Drug Regulations

B.27.002 (1) No person shall sell a low-acid food packaged in a hermetically sealed container unless the food is commercially sterile.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a low-acid food packaged in a hermetically sealed container where

• (a) the low-acid food is kept under refrigeration and the statement “Keep Refrigerated” and “Garder réfrigéré” is carried on the principal display panel of the label of its container, as well as on the label of its shipping container; or

• (b) the low-acid food is kept frozen and the statement “Keep Frozen” and “Garder congelé” is carried on the principal display panel of the label of its container, as well as on the label of its shipping container.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of tomatoes or tomato products packaged in hermetically sealed containers where the tomatoes or tomato products have a pH of 4.7 or less after heat processing.