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The following Canadian regulatory news from the Health Canada posted on August 6, 2012.
Canada's new food allergen labelling regulations came into force on August 4, 2012. The Food and Drug Regulations require that most prepackaged foods carry a label and that the ingredients appear on labels in decreasing order of proportion. However, some ingredients used in food products which were previously exempt from declaration in the list of ingredients, (e.g., components of margarine, seasoning and flour) will now be required to appear on food labels also. M9ore information can be found at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/label-etiquet/allergen/guide_ligne_direct_indust-eng.php.
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