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Learn about sodium and how it affects your health.

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Keywords: sodium sodium and your health sources of sodium table salt

Most of the sodium found in the typical diet comes from processed or prepared foods, not the salt shaker.
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Health Canada is responsible for establishing standards and policies governing the safety and nutritional quality of foods sold in Canada. …

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Keywords: novel-foods safety assessment-of-novel-foods plants-and-microorganisms safety-and-nutritional quality-of foods mandatory pre-market notification-procedure novel foods regulation

These Guidelines are intended to assist the petitioner in preparing a novel food notification and to ensure that the information …

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Volume 5 - The Compendium of Analytical Methods

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Keywords: methods for analysis parasites viruses other-foodborne pathogens official methods microbiological analysis-of-foods volume 5 compendium of analytical-methods

Volume 4 - The Compendium Of Analytical Methods

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Keywords: extraneous material in-foods official methods microbiological analysis-of-foods volume 4 compendium of analytical-methods

Volume 3 - The Compendium of Analytical Methods

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Keywords: Laboratory Procedures official methods microbiological analysis-of-foods volume 3 compendium of analytical-methods

On April 28, 2016, Health Canada, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) and the New Zealand Ministry for …

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Keywords: Health Canada Australian Medicines Authority New Zealand Ministry first trilateral joint review veterinary drug product pain-relief in sheep

The way in which Health Canada formally approves food additives once a scientific assessment has determined that a food is …

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This document has been prepared to assist processors and importers of RTE foods with the validation of the classification of …

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Keywords: Ready-to-Eat Foods RTE Validation of RTE-Foods changing the-classification-of-food-category policy-on-Listeria-monocytogenes-in-RTE-Foods