Notifications for Canada (1150 notifications)
This communication serves to inform Members that the date of entry into force for G/SPS/N/CAN/1613 will be 16 February 2026.
Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking authorization for the use of silicon dioxide in sugar at a maximum level of use of 2,000 ppm. The purpose of using the silicon dioxide is to increase the dissolution rate of the sugar.The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of silicon dioxide for its requested use. Consequently, Health Canada has authorized the use of silicon dioxide as described in the notified information document by modifying the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Purposes of Use https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/food-safety/food-additives/lists-permitted/8-other-accepted-uses.html), effective 4 February 2026. The purpose of the information is to publicly announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit an inquiry or new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has implemented new import requirements for select feed ingredients imported from countries identified as posing a potential concern with respect to African Swine Fever (ASF). The identified products will require an import permit prior to importation from the specified countries and the conditions in the implementing order and the import permit will need to be met. These conditions may include certification of origin, heat treatment and/or hold times (depending on the product in question) designed to mitigate the risk of contamination of these products with the African Swine Fever virus.Canada has amended the list of regions or countries likely to be affected by this measure to add Angola. The updated list is noted below:Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:[ ] All trading partners[X] Specific regions or countries: Albania; Angola; Bangladesh; Benin; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria*; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; China; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Croatia; Czech Republic*; Dominican Republic; Estonia*; The Gambia; Germany*; Ghana; Greece*; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Hong Kong, China; Hungary*; India; Indonesia; Italy*; Kenya; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Latvia*; Lithuania*; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Republic of Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; Nigeria; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Poland*; Republic of Korea; Republic of North Macedonia; Romania*; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Senegal; Serbia; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovak Republic*; South Africa; Spain*; Sri Lanka; Sweden*; Chinese Taipei; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Ukraine; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe* denotes recognition of regionalization.
The objective of the notified document PMRL2026-03 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for isocycloseramthat have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity10 Leafy vegetables (crop group 4-13), except head lettuce 4.0 Brassica head and stem vegetable group (crop group 5-13) 2.0 Dried tomatoes 1.5 Dried prune plums 1.0 Stone fruits (crop group 12-09) 0.6 Fruiting vegetables (crop group 8-09) 0.5 Almond oil0.4 Pome fruits (crop group 11-09) 0.2 Tree nuts (crop group 14-11) 0.15 Cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9); dry soybeans 0.01 Tuberous and corm vegetables (crop subgroup 1C); dry lentils, head lettuce, peanuts 1 ppm = parts per millionThe commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/protecting-your-health-environment/pesticides-food/residue-chemistry-crop-groups.html) in the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.
The objective of the notified document PMRL2026-02 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 1-methylcyclopropene that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.01 Avocados, bell peppers, broccoli, cantaloupes, cucumbers, peaches 1 ppm = parts per million
The objective of the notified document PMRL2026-01 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for sedaxane that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity0.01 Bulb onions (crop subgroup 3-07A); cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9)1 ppm = parts per millionThe commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/protecting-your-health-environment/pesticides-food/residue-chemistry-crop-groups.html) in the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking authorization for the use of polygalacturonase from Trichoderma reesei strain AR-414 in single-strength fruit juices, wine and fruit wine at a maximum level of use of “Good Manufacturing Practice”.The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of polygalacturonase from T. reesei AR-414 for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has authorized the use of polygalacturonase from T. reesei AR-414 as described in the notified information document by modifying the List of Permitted Food Enzymes effective 22 December 2025.The purpose of the information document is to publicly announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit an inquiry or new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking authorization for the use of phospholipase A1 from Trichoderma reesei strain GICC03613 in bread, white flour, whole wheat flour, and unstandardized bakery products at a maximum level of use of “Good Manufacturing Practice”.The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of phospholipase A1 from T. reesei GICC03613 for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has authorized the use of phospholipase A1 from T. reesei GICC03613 as described in the notified information document by modifying the List of Permitted Food Enzymes effective 22 December 2025.The purpose of the information document is to publicly announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit an inquiry or new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.
The proposed measure notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1576/Add.1 (dated 3 July 2025) was adopted and published on 17 December, 2025, as the Exemption Order in Respect of Foods for a Special Dietary Purpose (the Order). This Order contains two parts:Part 1 enables the exceptional importation and/or sale of infant formula (IF), human milk fortifiers (HMF) and formulated liquid diets (FLD) in the case of a shortage or risk of shortage, by exempting foods that meet the class criteria from specified provisions of the Food and Drugs Act (FDA) and Food and Drug Regulations (FDR); and Part 2 permits the continued exceptional importation and sale of IFs and HMFs that are part of Health Canada’s Transition Strategy (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/public-involvement-partnerships/notice-stakeholders-transition-strategy-prepare-expiration-interim-policy-mitigate-infant-formula-shortages.html) while the pre-market review for these foods is underway, by exempting them from specified provisions of the FDA and FDR.To ensure that the Order’s exemptions do not introduce unacceptable health and safety risks, specific conditions relating to the food’s label, notifications to the Minister of Health and restrictions on the sale of HMFs are imposed.The Order came into force on 17 December 2025, the day on which it was published in Canada Gazette, Part II.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has implemented new import requirements for select feed ingredients imported from countries identified as posing a potential concern with respect to African Swine Fever (ASF). The identified products will require an import permit prior to importation from the specified countries and the conditions in the implementing order and the import permit will need to be met. These conditions may include certification of origin, heat treatment and/or hold times (depending on the product in question) designed to mitigate the risk of contamination of these products with the African Swine Fever virus.Canada has amended the list of regions or countries likely to be affected by this measure to add Spain and Chinese Taipei. The updated list is noted below:Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:[ ] All trading partners[X] Specific regions or countries: Albania; Bangladesh; Benin; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria*; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; China; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Croatia; Czech Republic*; Dominican Republic; Estonia*; The Gambia; Germany*; Ghana; Greece*; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Hong Kong, China; Hungary*; India; Indonesia; Italy*; Kenya; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Latvia*; Lithuania*; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Republic of Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; Nigeria; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Poland*; Republic of Korea; Republic of North Macedonia; Romania*; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Senegal; Serbia; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovak Republic *; South Africa; Spain*; Sri Lanka; Sweden*; Chinese Taipei; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Ukraine; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe* denotes recognition of regionalization.
Health Canada completed a premarket safety and efficacy assessment of a food additive submission seeking authorization for the use of rosemary extract as an antioxidant preservative in:brownies, cookies and crackersdehydrated potato productsnoodles and pasta precooked with fatdried and/or roasted nuts, seeds, and nut or seed spreads unstandardized snack bars (cereal, fruit or nut bars)savory or sweet snack foods (such as chips, kernels from soybean or other legumes, popcorn, pretzels, rice cakes)The requested maximum levels of use range from 10 ppm to 50 ppm, calculated as the sum of carnosol and carnosic acid. The results of the premarket assessment support the safety and efficacy of rosemary extract for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada intends to enable the use of rosemary extract by modifying the List of Permitted Preservatives and setting out specifications for this food additive in the Table of Food Additive Specifications, as described in the information document referenced above.The purpose of this document is to publicly announce Health Canada’s intention in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit comments, inquiries or new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.
Health Canada is lowering the maximum level of use of caffeine and caffeine citrate permitted in cola type beverages from 200 parts per million (ppm) to 150 ppm. This change results from the Department now regulating caffeine as a supplemental ingredient when it is added to carbonated water-based beverages and the total amount of caffeine from all sources is more than 150 ppm. Consequently, Health Canada will modify the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other Purposes of Use as described in the notice on 1 December 2025. These modifications will come into force on the day they are published in the list.The purpose of the notice of modification (notified document) is to publicly announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit an inquiry or new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.
This communication serves to inform Members that the notification G/SPS/N/CAN/1614 has been updated. To mitigate the risk of Salmonella in pistachios, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is introducing new Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence conditions for importing pistachios and pistachio products. These include:Proof of origin: If the consignment/shipment is from outside Iran, Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence holders must obtain a proof of origin from the exporter or the competent authority in the exporting country demonstrating the products originate from a country other than Iran. The proof of origin must be included in the import declaration. If the proof of origin is not provided, the importer will be requested to re-submit the import declaration with proof of origin. If the proof of origin cannot be provided, the shipment will be refused entry into Canada.
Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate has modified the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients to authorize the use of caffeine as a supplemental ingredient in foods listed in item 6 of the List of Permitted Supplemented Food Categorieshttps://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/supplemented-foods/technical-documents/list-permitted-food-categories.html) and to require that all solid supplemented foods with high caffeine content be labelled to indicate that another source of caffeine should not be consumed on the same day. These modifications come into force on 25 November 2025, the day of its publicationin the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients. However, given that the changes related to the addition of the new cautionary statement fall within the scope of the joint Health Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency Food Labelling Coordination policy, Health Canada is giving industry until 1 January 2028 to implement the labelling change for products affected by the modification to items (4), (6), and (7).The purpose of this information document is to publicly announce the Department's decision and action in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit comments, inquiries or new scientific information relevant to the modification.
This communication serves to inform Members that the comment period for G/SPS/N/CAN/1613 has been extended to 18 December 2025.
Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate completed a premarket safety and efficacy assessment of a food additive submission seeking authorization for the use of exo-inulinase from Trichoderma reesei strain AR-577 to be used as a food enzyme in the manufacture of bread, flour, whole wheat flour, unstandardized flours (rye flour), unstandardized bakery products, and unstandardized mixes and batters. The results of the premarket assessment support the safety and efficacy of exo-inulinase from T. reesei AR-577 for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada intends to enable the use of exo-inulinase from T. reesei AR-577 by modifying the List of Permitted Food Enzymes as described in the information document referenced above.The purpose of this document is to publicly announce Health Canada’s intention in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit comments, inquiries or new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.
The objective of the notified document PMRL2025-27 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for spidoxamat that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity 1.5 Stone fruits (crop group 12-09) 1.0 Small fruits vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 13-07F) 0.9 Citrus fruits (crop group 10) (revised); pistachios 0.3 Pome fruits (crop group 11-09) 0.01 Tree nuts (crop group 14-11, except almond and pistachio)1 ppm = parts per millionThe commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/protecting-your-health-environment/pesticides-food/residue-chemistry-crop-groups.html) in the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.
The objective of the notified document PMRL2025-26 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limit (MRL) for penthiopyrad that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity3.0 Bananas1 ppm = parts per million
The objective of the notified document PMRL2025-25 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pyrethrins that have been proposed by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity20 Dried angelica leaves, dried balm leaves, dried basil leaves, dried borage leaves, dried burnet leaves, dried chamomile leaves, dried chervil leaves, dried Chinese chive leaves, dried chive leaves, dried cilantro leaves, dried clary leaves, dried costmary leaves, dried curry leaves, dried dillweed leaves, dried horehound leaves, dried hyssop leaves, dried lavender leaves, dried lemongrass leaves, dried lovage leaves, dried marigold leaves, dried marjoram leaves, dried parsley leaves, dried rosemary leaves, rue, dried sage leaves, dried summer savory leaves, dried bay leaves, dried tansy leaves, dried tarragon leaves, dried thyme leaves, dried winter savory leaves, dried wintergreen leaves, dried woodruff leaves, dried wormwood leaves, dried pennyroyal leaves5.0 Fresh angelica leaves, fresh balm leaves, fresh basil leaves, fresh borage leaves, fresh burnet leaves, fresh cilantro leaves, fresh clary leaves, fresh costmary leaves, fresh culantro leaves, fresh curry leaves, fresh dillweed leaves, fresh horehound leaves, fresh hyssop tops, fresh lavender, fresh lemongrass leaves, fresh lovage leaves, fresh marigold, fresh marjoram, fresh nasturtium leaves and flowers, fresh rosemary leaves, fresh sage leaves, fresh summer savory leaves, fresh sweet bay leaves, fresh tansy leaves, fresh tarragon leaves, fresh thyme leaves, fresh winter savory leaves, fresh wintergreen leaves, fresh woodruff leaves, fresh wormwood leaves 3.0 Brassica leafy greens (crop subgroup 4-13B) 1.0 Leafy greens (crop subgroup 4-13A, except fresh cilantro leaves); spices (crop subgroup 19B) 0.4 Hops (dried cones) 0.15 Bushberries (crop subgroup 13-07B)2; cherries (crop subgroup 12-09A)3; broccoli0.05 Cucurbit vegetables (crop group 9)4; carrot roots0.02 Bulb onions (crop subgroup 3-07A)1 ppm = parts per million2 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 1.0 ppm for currants, gooseberries, highbush blueberries, huckleberries and lowbush blueberries with a single crop subgroup 13-07B MRL at a lower value. This will result in a single MRL that will be applicable to all commodities within crop subgroup 13-07B. 3 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 1.0 ppm for cherries with a single crop subgroup 12-09A MRL at a lower value. This will result in a single MRL that will be applicable to all commodities within crop subgroup 12-09A. 4 The MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 1.0 ppm for muskmelons with a single crop group 9 MRL at a lower value. This will result in a single MRL that will be applicable to all commodities within crop group 9. The commodities included in the listed crop groups/subgroups can be found on the Residue Chemistry Crop Groups webpage (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/consumer-product-safety/pesticides-pest-management/public/protecting-your-health-environment/pesticides-food/residue-chemistry-crop-groups.html) in the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website.
The risk management document includes a summary of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) risk assessments on Phytophthora abietivora and presents CFIA’s regulatory decision under the authority of the Plant Protection ActPhytophthora abietivora is a fungal plant pathogen reported as causing root rot in fir (Abies spp.) trees. It is a recently documented pathogen that was originally isolated from diseased Christmas trees (fraser fir, Abies fraseri) in 2019 in Connecticut, United States. Since 2024, the CFIA has confirmed its presence in four Christmas tree plantations in Quebec, one provincial park in Ontario, and in three sites in Nova Scotia. The Province of Quebec has also reported detections at over 50 sites across the province.Given the known distribution in Eastern Canada and the ineffectiveness of risk management options for this pathogen, the CFIA is proposing to deregulate Phytophthora abietivora in Canada. Risk management document RMD-25-03 presents CFIA’s regulatory decision.