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In Canada, the priority food allergens are peanuts, tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, …
With the emergence of several allergen detection methodologies, there was a need to adopt a consistent approach to evaluate/validate these …
Join Health Canada's Food Additives e-Notice, a free service to stay on top of issued advice as well as regulatory …
Health Canada's policy for enhancing the protection of food-allergic consumers in Canada is based on two guiding principles: prevent the …
In Canada, the priority food allergens are peanuts, tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, …
This section provides information on processing aids and their use in Canada.
Health Canada's Listeria policy is an important tool used to help prevent the introduction of the illness-causing bacteria, L. monocytogenes, …
The way in which Health Canada formally approves food additives once a scientific assessment has determined that a food is …
This List of Permitted pH Adjusting Agents, Acid-Reacting Materials and Water Correcting Agents sets out authorized food additives that are …
This List of Permitted Preservatives sets out authorized food additives used to control micro-organisms or oxidation in food.