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 New front-of-package (FOP) nutrition symbol labelling (FOP labelling) regulations introduced by Health Canada last year will become mandatory on packaging at retail on January 1, 2026, and will affect some beef products. Canada Beef has developed an implementation support tool to assist beef industry stakeholders during the transition period which ends December 31, 2025. The implementation support tool is based on the latest guidance in Health Canada’s recently finalized industry guide on the new labelling regulations, Front-of-package nutrition symbol labelling guide for industry, available online on the Government of Canada website. Canada Beef’s implementation tool linked here provides an overview about the FOP labelling regulations in Canada, key FOP Symbol considerations for beef products sold in Canada, and links to the corresponding regulation in the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR).  The implementation tool includes details on conditional exemptions from FOP requirements for raw single ingredient meat and meat by-products, that are not ground; and raw single ingredient meats and meat by-product, that are ground and carry the Nutrition Fact table.It details how ground meat and meat by-products can lose the exemption (if the product label or any advertising of the product makes a claim regarding calories, a specific nutrient and/or makes a health claim) and why prepackaged prepared meat, that is not a single ingredient meat product, is not exempt from FOP labelling. Such products will have to carry a “high in” nutrition symbol if they meet or exceed any of the specified thresholds for saturated fat, sugars and/or sodium, known as nutrients of concern. The tool includes a breakdown of how the thresholds for the FOP nutrition symbol are based on the Daily Values (DVs) for each nutrient of concern. For most prepackaged products, a symbol must appear on the label when the amount of saturated fat, sugars and/or sodium is equal to or greater than 15% of the applicable DVs for each nutrient of concern. As we wrote in the first issue of Beef Watch last October, on July 20, 2022 Health Canada published new regulations that amended the FDR in Canada Gazette ll to include new requirements for FOP labelling for most prepackaged products sold at retail if they contain nutrients of public health concern at or above specific thresholds. The regulations apply to foods manufactured in Canada or imported for sale in Canada. Back to main page |
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