Food labelling changes

We've made improvements to the nutrition facts table and list of ingredients on food labels. These amendments will improve the nutrition facts table and list of ingredients to make them easier to understand thereby helping the people living in Canada to make informed choices. A five-year transition period, which ended on December 14, 2021, was provided to allow sufficient time for industry to make the necessary changes to their labels and also to use up any existing stocks of labels already printed to comply with current requirements. However, given the challenges imposed by COVID-19, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will focus its efforts on education and compliance promotion for the first year, until December 14, 2022. Between December 15, 2022, and December 14, 2023, CFIA will verify compliance and apply enforcement discretion in cases where non-compliant companies have detailed plans showing how they intend to meet the new requirements at the earliest possible time.