Canada proposes to enable the use of green tea extract (EGCG/catechins) as a supplemental ingredient in foods

Health Canada's Food Directorate has assessed green tea extract for use as a supplemental ingredient. To use green tea extract as a supplemental ingredient, the Food Directorate concluded that information related to the safety of standardized green tea extract supports its safe use in supplemented foods provided levels of use do not exceed intakes equivalent to 300 mg epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and 600 mg total catechins per day, do not exceed 100 mg EGCG and 200 mg total catechins per serving, and that certain other compositional and labelling requirements are met.