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This enactment amends the Food and Drugs Act. It prohibits a
person from packaging a food intended for retail sale or importing a
packaged food intended for retail sale unless the person places a label
on the package that clearly indicates, in English and in French,
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(a) where the total surface area of the package is equal to or greater
than 120 square centimetres, the amount of calories, total fat,
saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrate,
dietary fibre, sugar, protein, iron, calcium, folic acid, potassium,
vitamin A and vitamin C contained in one portion; and
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(b) where the total surface area of the package is equal to or less than
120 square centimetres:
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(i) the nutrition information required by paragraph (a), or
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(ii) a toll-free telephone number allowing consumers to obtain, in
both official languages, the nutrition information referred to
above.
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The enactment also provides that a person may not sell a food in bulk
or sell unpackaged fruits or vegetables unless the nutrition information
referred to above is provided at the retail point of sale.
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This enactment does not apply to a person who
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(a) in either or both of the two years before the year in which the
person packages a food intended for retail sale or imports a packaged
food for retail sale, has less than $500,000 in annual gross revenues
from the activities referred to in the enactment; and
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(b) does not indicate the nutrient content of the food on the label or
at the retail point of sale.
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