Health Canada’s notice of modification to the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients to permit the use of green tea extract (EGCG/catechins)

Reference Number: NOM/ADM SI-007

January 11, 2024

Background

Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a safety assessment of green tea extract for use as a supplemental ingredient in supplemented foods, under the Supplemented Foods regulatory framework. The results of the assessment support the safety of standardized green tea extracts based, in part, on the content of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and total catechins. Consequently, Health Canada has permitted the use of green tea extract (EGCG/catechins) as a supplemental ingredient by modifying the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients as described in the Notice of Modification information document referenced below.

The purpose of this communication is to publicly announce the Department's modification in this regard, and to provide the appropriate contact information for any inquiries or for those wishing to submit new scientific information relevant to the safety of green tea extract (EGCG/catechins) when used as a supplemental ingredient in supplemented foods.

Information Document(s)

Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients to Permit the Use of Green Tea Extract (EGCG/catechins) as a Supplemental Ingredient in Foods – Reference Number: NOM/ADM SI-007

Summary of Health Canada's Safety Assessment of Green Tea Extract for Use as a Supplemental Ingredient

Contact Information

Health Canada's Food Directorate is committed to reviewing new scientific information on the safety in use of any permitted supplemental ingredient, including green tea extract (EGCG/catechins). Anyone wishing to submit an inquiry or new scientific information on the use of any permitted supplemental ingredient may do so in writing, by regular mail or electronically.

Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Food Directorate
251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway
Tunney's Pasture, PL: 2203E
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9
E-mail: supplementedfoods-alimentssupplementes@hc-sc.gc.ca

If communicating by e-mail, please use the words "Green Tea Extract (NOM/ADM SI-007)" in the subject line of your e-mail.

Supporting Information

• Supplemented Foods
• Guidance Document: Supplemented Foods Regulations