•    Infant formula
•    Medical foods for ages one or more such as formulated liquid diets
•    Medical food represented as a total diet replacement for weight reduction
•    Conventional infant foods such as infant cereals and fruit purees
•    Gluten free foods
•    Meal replacements and nutritional supplements

Proposed compositional requirements for infant foods and foods currently regulated as foods for special dietary use (available in English and French).

·        Health Canada is working to modernize its regulations on infant foods and foods for special dietary use. These foods are regulated under Divisions 24 and 25 of the Food and Drug Regulations. On October 23, 2024, Health Canada launched a 60-day pre-consultation specific to the compositional requirements of these foods.

·        This consultation is a follow up to the pre-consultation on the Regulatory Modernization of Foods for Special Dietary Use and Infant Foods: Divisions 24 and 25 of the Food and Drug Regulations, (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/programs/consultation-regulatory-modernization-foods-special-dietary-use-infant-foods/document.html) held from November 28, 2023, to February 26, 2024.

·        The proposed compositional requirements vary by product category and include: energy, macronutrients and micronutrient amounts.

The consultation will close to new input on December 23, 2024.