Product category and ingredients
Determine whether the product is a conventional or supplemented food and review the status of its ingredients and supplemental ingredients.
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Food & Supplemented Food Compliance
Get the category, formulation and label working together.
Baseline supports conventional food and supplemented-food companies with product categorization, ingredient permissions, conditions of use, claims and Canadian labelling requirements.
The practical issue
Food compliance is not automatically simpler than NHP compliance. The product category determines which ingredients, claims, cautions, nutrition information and packaging rules apply. Use in another country does not establish that the same formula or presentation is permitted in Canada.
Conditions of use and claims
Identify permitted amounts, required cautions and claim limitations before artwork is finalized.
Canadian label requirements
Define the mandatory information that must appear for the applicable food category.
- Nutrition Facts or Supplemented Food Facts
- Supplemented food caution identifier
- Front-of-package nutrition symbol
- Bilingual mandatory information
- Claims and representations
Scope boundaries
Laboratory analysis and generated nutrition data are not implied. Where testing or specialist analysis is required, it must be separately scoped or completed by a qualified provider.
Start with the situation