Food additive submission checklist

Updated: March 22, 2024

The updated checklists were published on March 22, 2024. Health Canada is giving stakeholders a six month transition period to become familiar with the checklists. You will need to include a completed checklist as part of your food additive submission starting on September 23, 2024.

There is a checklist for each of the three types of food additive submission. Choose the one that matches the type of food additive submission you want to file with the Food Directorate.

The checklists are in fillable Portable Document Format (PDF).

Note that the checklist is not a substitute for information that must be included in the food additive submission.

Include the completed checklist with the food additive submission and file the submission package electronically through the Application Form for Pre-Market Submissions to the Food Directorate (Online Application Form).

Additional information on submission preparation is available here: A Guide for the Preparation of Submissions on Food Additives.

Food additive submission checklists

  1. Submission for a "new" food additive (other than a food enzyme)

    File this type of submission if the food additive is not currently permitted in Canada.

  2. Submission to extend the use of an "already permitted" food additive (other than a food enzyme)

    File this type of submission if the food additive is already permitted in Canada and you want to request one or more of the following changes:

    • New source for the food additive
    • Use the food additive in a food it is not already permitted in
    • New purpose of use for the food additive
    • Change in the maximum level of use for the food additive
    • Change in a condition of use for the food additive
  3. Submission for a food enzyme

    File this type of submission if the food enzyme is not already permitted in Canada or if the food enzyme is already permitted and you want to request one or more of the following changes:

    • New source for the food enzyme
    • Use the food enzyme in a food it is not already permitted in
    • Change in a condition of use for the food enzyme

Contact information

Questions about the food additive submission checklists can be sent by e-mail to the Submission Management and Information Unit at smiu-ugdi@hc-sc.gc.ca.

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