Food and Drug Regulations

B.29.029 (1) If a list of cautionary statements is shown on the label of a supplemented food, the representations set out in subsection (2) must meet the following requirements:

• (a) if the representation is displayed on the principal display panel,

  • (i) the height of the upper case letters in the representation must not exceed two times the height of the upper case letters, excluding any accents, in the supplemented food caution identifier, other than in the words “Health Canada” and “Santé Canada”, and

  • (ii) the height of the tallest ascender of the lower case letters in the representation must not exceed two times the height of the tallest ascender of the lower case letters in the supplemented food caution identifier, other than in the words “Health Canada” and “Santé Canada”; and

• (b) if the representation is displayed on any continuous surface, other than on the principal display panel,

  • (i) the height of the upper case letters in the representation must not exceed two times the height of the upper case letters, excluding any accents, in the cautionary statements, and

  • (ii) the height of the tallest ascender of the lower case letters in the representation must not exceed two times the height of the tallest ascender of the lower case letters in the cautionary statements.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the representations are the following:

• (a) a declaration referred to in subsection B.01.301(1) or (2);

• (b) any representation that expressly or implicitly indicates that the supplemented food or any substance it contains has particular nutritional or health-related properties, including any statement or claim set out in column 4 of the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims or column 1 of the table following section B.01.603 or referred to in section B.01.311, D.01.006 or D.02.004; and

• (c) any health-related statement, logo, symbol, seal of approval or mark.

(3) This section does not apply to the brand name or product name of a supplemented food.