Moving into the Future Dorina Brasoveanu

Director, Quality Assurance

Agenda Food Labelling Modernization

Safe Food for Canadians

Beer Standard of Identity

Flavoured Purified Beverages

Vodka Standard of Identity

Food Labelling Modernization

Came into force December 14, 2016 In-market compliance by December 14, 2021

Public Consultation Consumer Feedback

• Clear, easy to understand language and formatting on labels

• Improved legibility and placement of information specific to ingredient lists, common name

• Transparency of ingredients in class names • Fewer exemptions for best before dating • Enhanced dealer name and address

Initiative Goals Objectives

Develop a modern food labelling system that responds to current and future challenges of a complex food safety environment

• Improve access to information for consumers to make informed decisions

• Enhance food safety and protect Canadians • Enhance opportunities for industry to be

competitive • Fair and secure marketplace

Ingredient List

Impacted categories: Unstandardized and all products with voluntary ingredient lists

Ingredients: Sugars (fancy molasses, brown sugar, sugar)•Flour • Vegetable oil shortening •Liquid whole egg •Salt • Sodium bicarbonate• Allura Red Contains: Wheat •Egg

Bullets or commas to separate

ingredients

Food colours listed by name

White or neutral background

The titles “Ingredients” and “Contains” in bold type

Minimum type height

requirements

Black font: upper and lower case

Grouping of sugars-based ingredients

NEW PRINCIPLES & FORMAT

Allergen Declarations

Impacted categories: Wine and all products that contain allergenic ingredients

Contains: Sulphites, Egg Contient: Sulfites, Oeuf

Ingredients: Sugars (fancy molasses, brown sugar, sugar)•Flour • Vegetable oil shortening •Liquid whole egg •Salt • Sodium bicarbonate• Allura Red Contains: Wheat •Egg May contain: Milk

NEW FORMAT

Serving Size

A single-serving selling unit may contain up to 200 % of the reference amount for that product

Wine Beer Coolers/RTD Spirits

188 mL 333 mL 333 mL 43 mL*

Regulated Reference Amounts

*LCBO defined

Nutrition Fact Tables

No Longer Acceptable Ingredient List NFT Allergen Declaration

Safe Food For Canadians

Came into force January 15, 2019 In-market compliance July 15, 2020

Traceability Principle

Use a unique identifier to trace each food item one step back and one step forward

Goals

• Improve the effectiveness and timeliness of food safety investigations and recalls

• Reduce the time it takes businesses to remove unsafe food from the market.

The selling unit label must include:

Common name of the food

Dealer name and address

Lot code

Traceability Label Requirements

New!

Summary of Impacts to Products

Wine

• New format for all allergen declarations

• New Canadian serving size

Spirits

Beer

Unstandardized

• No changes unless label contains an allergen declaration, or voluntary ingredient list

• No changes unless the label has a voluntary ingredient list or voluntary allergen declaration.

• New Canadian serving size

• Pending changes to compositional standards for beer

• New ingredient list format, including allergen declaration

• If NFT present, will need new format

• New Canadian serving size

• A lot code is required on each selling unit

• A lot code is required on each selling unit

• A lot code is required on each selling unit

• A lot code is required on each selling unit

Food Labelling Modernization and Safe Food for Canadians

Transition Timelines 1.5 Years from Regulatory Deadline

3 Months from Regulatory Deadline

All Labels Compliant in

Market

Dec 14, 2021

Corrective Rework on PO Received After

Sept 14, 2021

Fail PIH Labels with Old

Regulations

Jan 1, 2021

Warn PIH Labels with Old

Regulations

June 1, 2020

NISS Review against New Regulations

June 1, 2019

2.5 Years from Regulatory Deadline

12 Months from Regulatory Deadline

Regulatory Deadline

7.5 Months from Regulatory Deadline

Fail PIH for Missing Lot

Code

Jan 1, 2020

Warn PIH for Missing Lot

Code

June 1, 2019

+1 Year from Regulatory Deadline

3.5 Months from Regulatory Deadline

All Labels Compliant in

Market

July 15, 2020

Correct PIH for Missing Lot

Code

April 1, 2020

Regulatory Deadline

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Beer Standard of Identity

Coming into force ETA Spring 2019 Proposed transition timeframe of 2 years

Key Proposed Changes

Repeal of: Stout, Ale, Porter, Malt Liquor

Max. 4% w/v

Differentiate between beer and malt-based products

Repeal of allergen exemption

(Health Canada proposal)

Addition of: herbs, spices

Flavouring preparations – trigger a modified common

name: e.g. “beer with apricot flavour”

SUGARS

STANDARDS

INGREDIENTS

ALLERGENS

Flavoured Purified Beverages

Coming into force ETA Spring 2019 Proposed implementation has no transition timeframe

New Category New Class of alcohol-based products

Purified through a process other than distillation

Flavoured and/or sweetened so that the product takes on the taste of the flavouring and

sweetening ingredients

Max. 1.5 standard

alcoholic drinks per container

If the container is ≤ 1000mL

Exemption: glass containers

≥ 750 mL

Vodka Standard of Identity

Public Consultation Stage

Proposed Changes

Any agricultural materials Currently: potato or grain

Ingredients

Allow use of other materials and processes beyond charcoal

Process

Modified standardized common name – when ingredients other than potato/grain and some characteristics of the raw material remain E.g. Vodka produced from apples

Labelling

CFIA - Food Labelling for

Industry Website

Product Packaging Standards

Resources

Q&A

Thank You quality.assurance@lcbo.com