Canadian Food and Drugs Act

Awareness of the problem developed in the mid 1970s when it was found that mineral waters sold in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) bottles contained measurable amounts of vinyl chloride monomer. Vinyl chloride is a known carcinogen. The Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants has set a guideline of 1 ppm for vinyl chloride monomer in PVC packaging and 0.01 ppm of the monomer in food (Institute of Food Technologists 1988). Another additive found in some PVC plastics is octyl tin mer-captoacetate or octyl tin maleate. Specific regulations for these chemicals exist in the Canadian Food and Drugs Act. 

Post-registration clinical studies must be carried out in accordance with the Canadian Food and Drugs Act and Regulations, other applicable federal and provincial legislation, and guidelines issued by Health Canada. 

Canada Canadian Veterinary Drugs Directorate VDD Food and Drugs Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-27) last amended on 2008-06-16... 

Food and Drug Act and Regulations, Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA 0S9. 

Food and Drug Act and regulations of Health and Welfare Canada and the color code outlined in Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) Standard 24.2-M86, Identification of Medical Gas Containers, Pipelines and Valves [3]. 

These studies persuaded the Canadian and American authorities to suspend use of the sweetener in 1977. In the USA it was banned under the Delaney Clause of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which prohibits the use of any food additive that has been shown to produce cancer in laboratory animals. There was a public outcry against the ban, as saccharin was the only general purpose artificial sweetener approved for use and available to diabetics and those with an obesity problem as well as to people who wished to reduce their consumption of sugar. The result was a moratorium on the ban in the USA to allow the evidence to be examined. Further studies were carried out and, while they confirmed the findings, it proved possible to rationalize the results in relation to human safety, as we shall see in the next chapter. In 1991 the FDA eventually withdrew its proposal to ban the sweetener.The cloud hanging over it was finally removed in 2000 when official concerns were dropped. 

James D. MacNeil, Scientist Emeritus, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Dartmouth Laboratory, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada also Department of Chemistry, St. Mary s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Ross A Potter, Veterinary Drug Residue Unit Supervisor, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Dartmouth Laboratory, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Philip Thomas Reeves, Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, Regulatory Strategy and Compliance, Canberra, ACT (Australian Capital Territory), Australia... 

On the basis of the above discussion of United States, British, and Canadian tables expressing needed quantities of calories and nutrients, it is clear that one must consider the use or purpose for which the figures are proposed. Other tables of figures, as well as decisions by the administrators of acts to control foods, drugs, and cosmetics, and acts to administer social assistance, show that certain figures may be set up just for these... 

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