Health Canada may make minor modifications to the Lists of Permitted Food Additives.
Food additive
Minister of Health issued a circular of amending, supplementing and repealing a number of legal documents on food safety which includes circulars Usage of Food Additives, GMP in dietary supplemets production, Functional Foods etc
Ministry of Health and Welfare issued an amendment to the Scope and Limitation Standards for the use of nutritional additive L-cystic acid in the daily consumption which should not exceed 500 mg.
The EU regulation on the use of ethylene oxide in food additives has been revised.