Health Canada

Health Canada has notified Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira that it has no objection to the food use of raw and refined sugar derived from sugarcane event CTC175-A. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this variety according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel...

Health Canada has notified Fugeia NV that it has no objection to the addition of wheat bran extract (WBE) as a novel food ingredient. The Department has reviewed the information provided by Fugeia NV and conducted the safety assessment which included evaluation of the manufacturing process of...

Health Canada has notified TerraVia Holdings Inc. that it has no objection to the sale of Whole Algal Protein to be used as alternative protein source in unstandardized foods. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of whole algal protein according to its Guidelines for the Safety...

Health Canada has notified Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. that it has no objection to the food use of Arctic Fuji apple event NF872. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of these varieties according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.

Health Canada has notified Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. that it has no objection to the food use of Abiotic Stress and Herbicide Tolerant HB4 Soybean. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this soybean variety according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.

Health Canada has notified Monsanto Canada Inc. that it has no objection to the sale of food derived from Dicamba Tolerant Soybean MON 87708. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this soybean event according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.

In 2013, Health Canada’s Food Directorate received a submission to allow the sale of Coffeeberry® whole fruit derivatives in Canada as ingredients in beverages and other foods such as soups, snack chips, candies and pastries at a maximum intended level of 300 mg per serving.

Health Canada has notified Bayer CropScience that it has no objection to the food use of herbicide tolerant and lepidopteran pest resistant cotton event T304-40. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this variety according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.

Health Canada has notified Monsanto Canada, Inc. that it has no objection to the food use of herbicide tolerant cotton event MON 88701. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this cotton event according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.

Health Canada has notified Kemin Foods, L.C. that it has no objection to the sale of FloraGLO® Crystalline Lutein as a food ingredient to be added to a wide variety of foods at lutein levels of 0.3 to 10 mg/serving or reference amount to beverages, cereals, puddings and fillings, trail mix, plant...

Health Canada has notified the Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan (CDCS) that it has no objection to the sale of glabrous (hairless) hull varieties of brown and yellow coloured canary seed (Phalaris canariensis L.) as cereal grain for human consumption.

Health Canada has notified Bayer CropScience that it has no objection to the food use of GlyTol™ Cotton Event GHB614. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this cotton event according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.

Health Canada has notified Stine Seed Farm, Inc. that it has no objection to the food use of corn expressing a version of corn 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase to confer tolerance to glyphosate herbicide. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this corn event according...

Health Canada has notified Pioneer Hi-Bred Production Ltd. that it has no objection to the food use of Herbicide Tolerant Canola Lines 73496 and 61061. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of these varieties according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.

Health Canada has notified DOW AgroSciences Inc. that it has no objection to the sale of food derived from Herbicide Tolerant Cotton DAS-81910-7. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this cotton event according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.

Health Canada has notified Gridpath Solutions Inc. that it has no objection to the food use of avocado pulp, guacamole, and tomato-based salsas treated by high pressure processing (HPP). The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of these HPP-treated food products according to its...

Health Canada has notified Biscuits Leclerc Ltée that it has no objection to the sale of dark chocolate chip 70% cocoa cookies containing added red wine extract (herein referred to as Praeventia cookies with red wine extract).

Health Canada has notified Nutrition 21, Inc., that it has no objection for the use of Chromax® (chromium picolinate) as an alternate source of trivalent chromium in foods for special dietary use as defined in Division 24 of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR).

Health Canada has notified Cibus US LLC, a legal affiliate of Cibus Canada Inc., that it has no objection to the food use of Cibus canola event 5715. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this canola variety according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.

Health Canada has notified Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. that it has no objection to the sale of Cluster Dextrin®, CCD® (cyclic dextrin, highly branched) as a food ingredient to be added to foods and beverages in Canada. CCD® is intended to be used as a carbohydrate source, totally or partially...