Canada: Changes to the Common Names for Ingredients and Components document
Updated on : 23-02-2026
| Ingredients and components must be shown in the list of ingredients on food labels by their common names. For certain ingredients and components, there is an option to use a common name for the class of foods they belong to instead of their individual common names. The optional common names for certain classes of ingredients are set out in Table 2 of the Common Names for Ingredients and Components document, which is incorporated by reference in the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR). The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) consulted on proposed changes to the ingredients or components that are allowed to use the common name "milk ingredients" or "modified milk ingredients" in the list of ingredients on a food label. Following the WTO notification G/TBT/N/CAN/749 with a final date for comments ending on October 21, 2025, the proposed amendments to the document incorporated by reference titled “Common Names for Ingredients and Components” were adopted. They will be published and available to use on February 11, 2026 with a transition period ending on January 1, 2030. These changes include:revising the common name “modified milk ingredients” to “milk-derived ingredients” and “substance laitières modifiées” to “ingrédients dérivés du lait”the French common name from “substances laitières” to “ingrédients du lait” the ingredients or components that are allowed to use the common name “milk ingredients” and “modified milk ingredients.”During the transition period, regulated parties may comply with either the previous or new labelling requirements. |
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