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Highlights
The latest additions and significant updates to the Food and Nutrition section.
December
- Health Canada Request for Scientific Data and Information - E. coli O157 in mechanically tenderized raw beef products [2012-12-13]
November
- Notice of Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to Enable the Use of Steviol Glycosides as a Table-Top Sweetener and as a Sweetener in Certain Food Categories [2012-11-30]
- Notice of Modification to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives to Enable the Addition of Potassium Lactate and Sodium Lactate to Standardized Meat Products and Poultry Meat Products [2012-11-20]
- Update to Canada's regulations for approving food additives [2012-11-08]
- Lists of Permitted Food Additives [2012-11-08]
- Consultation on the Proposed Domestic Policy and Implementation Framework for the Management of Low-Level Presence (LLP) of Genetically Modified Crops in Imports [2012-11-06]
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of the Food Additive 'Hexose Oxidase' in pizza mozzarella cheese, part-skim pizza mozzarella cheese, ultra-heat treated milk, and dough for bread, baking and pasta [2012-11-05]
October
- Technical Notification on Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of Dimethyl Dicarbonate as a Preservative in Wine and in Unstandardized Water-Based Non-alcoholic Beverages [2012-10-25]
- Health Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency statement on the Séralini et al. (2012) publication on a 2-year rodent feeding study with glyphosate formulations and GM maize NK603 [2012-10-25]
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the use of the Food Additive 'Trisodium Pyrophosphate' in certain Standardized Meat, Poultry and Marine and Freshwater Products, and in Unstandardized Foods [2012-10-16]
- Summary of Comments Received as part of Health Canada's 2010 Call for Data on Ochratoxin A [2012-10-04]
September
- Health Canada's Updated Assessment of Bisphenol A (BPA) Exposure from Food Sources [2012-09-27]
- Update on the Food Directorate's Risk Management Commitments for Bisphenol A as Part of Canada's Chemicals Management Plan [2012-09-27]
- Consultation on Health Canada's Guidance Document: Draft Guidance for Industry on Novelty Determination of High Pressure Processing (HPP)-Treated Food Products [2012-09-20]
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Draft Guidance Document - Satiety Health Claims on Food [2012-09-14]
August
- Botulism - Guide for Healthcare Professionals [2012-08-27]
- Health Canada's Revised Exposure Assessment of Acrylamide in Food [2012-08-23]
July
- Technical Consultation on Health Canada's Proposal to Allow the Use of the Food Additive Steviol Glycosides as a Table-Top Sweetener and as a Sweetener in Certain Food Categories [2012-07-31]
- Summary of Comments Received on Health Canada's Proposed Policy Intent for Revising Canada's Gluten-Free Labelling Requirements [2012-07-31]
- New Temporary Marketing Authorization Submission Form [2012-07-23]
- Classification criteria for products at the Food-Natural Health Products (NHP) interface [2012-07-12]
- Summary of Health Canada's Assessment of a Health Claim about Barley Products and Blood Cholesterol Lowering [2012-07-12]
- Summary of Health Canada's Assessment of a Health Claim about Whole Grains and Coronary Heart Disease [2012-07-12]
- Summary of Comments from Health Canada's Consultation on its Proposal to Introduce a Maximum Level for the Presence of Patulin in Apple Juice and Unfermented Apple Cider Sold in Canada [2012-07-09]
June
- Health Canada's Position on Gluten-Free Claims [2012-06-14]
- Guidance for the Food Industry on Reducing Sodium in Processed Foods [2012-06-08]
April
March
- Summary of Health Canada's Consultation to amend the Food and Drug Regulations to Permit the Use of Cross-Linked Carboxymethyl Cellulose as a Food Additive in Table-Top Sweetener Tablets [2012-03-14]
- National Nutrition Month [2012-03-01]
