Product Label Consulting
Ensuring food product labels comply with Canadian food labeling regulations is essential for both regulatory compliance and consumer trust. Labels must meet CFIA requirements, including accurate ingredient lists, allergen declarations, nutrition facts, and bilingual labeling. Non-compliance can result in recalls, fines, and damage to a brand’s reputation. Clear and accurate labeling helps consumers make informed choices and supports food safety by providing necessary information.
Imported food products must also meet Canadian labeling regulations before they can be sold in Canada. Even if a product complies with labeling requirements in its country of origin, adjustments may be needed to align with Canadian standards. This includes bilingual labeling, permitted claims, and format requirements for nutrition and ingredient information. Properly reviewing and updating labels ensures imported products can enter the market smoothly and avoid regulatory issues.
Label Consulting Options:
Label Artwork Compliance Reviews
We will review your label to ensure it meets the detailed requirements outlined in the Canadian food labeling regulations.
Compliance reviews include all aspects of the product label, including:
- Ingredient listings
- Allergen labelling
- Nutrition facts panel compliance
- Formatting/layout
- Standard of identify/food product classification
- Country of origin statements
- Date markings
- Food-specific labelling requirements
- Bilingual labelling requirements
- Ensuring minimum requirements are met for allergen claims, composition and quality claims, health claims, method of production claims, organic claims, origin claims, nutrient content claims, and structure/function claims
Nutrition Facts Table (NFT) and Supplemented Foods Facts Table (SFFt) Development
Canadian regulations require that companies provide nutritional information about a food product on its packaging.
We will help you create a NFT or SFFt based on your product recipe and raw materials that is compliant to the Canadian food labeling regulations.
Nutrition Facts Table Review
We will verify that your nutrition label contains all mandatory information and that each aspect meets the regulations.
Nutrition label requirements include:
- Adhering to appropriate Nutrition Facts panel size and layout
- Ensuring label claims (e.g., nutrient content claims) comply with nutrient quantity standards and other factors
- Complying with appropriate serving sizes and reference amounts per product type/category
- Ensuring Nutrition Facts panels reflect updated regulations and guidelines
Front of Package Nutritional Symbol Label Compliance Review
Starting in 2026, Canada will require Front-of-Package (FOP) nutrition labeling for prepackaged foods high in saturated fat, sugars, or sodium. This regulation aims to help consumers make informed choices by displaying a clear “High in” symbol on the front of the package when a product exceeds specific thresholds for these nutrients. Some foods, such as whole or single-ingredient items (e.g., raw meat and milk), are exempt.
We will help you
- determine if your products are required to have the new FOP symbol
- review your label artwork for compliance with the new FOP regulations
- choose the appropriate FOP nutrition symbol format for your product
Getting Started:
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Use the label services portal to choose the services you need.
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We’ll ask you for some information to help us understand your requirements. Depending on the scope of your request, we will need to gather information about ingredients, recipe formulations, nutritional content, allergens, and any existing labels.
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Once we know more about what you need, we will send you a proposal to sign that will include the project scope, deliverables, fees, and terms and conditions.
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You will then be connected with one of our labelling consultants to get started on the project and request any additional information.
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Depending on the type of services you requested, the label consultant will provide you with a detailed summary of the review or information generated, and work with you to answer any questions you might have. This includes providing suggestions for compliance requirements such as ingredient wording, allergen declarations, serving size determination, and the placement of information.
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Once you have worked with your graphic design company to finalize your label, your consultant will complete a final review of the changes for compliance before you send it for printing!
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