Canada announces draft labelling guidance for plant-based egg alternatives
Canada
Jul 30, 2024
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has initiated a 90-day consultation to seek feedback on the proposed guidance for labelling plant-based alternatives to egg products.
This guidance only applies to plant-based alternatives to egg products. Plant-based alternatives to egg products do not meet the definition for processed egg products in the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) or the compositional standards for egg products in the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR).
The FDR and the SFCR do not provide for a definition of plant-based foods. Many plant-based foods could also be described as vegetarian or vegan. Consumers would expect plant-based alternatives to egg products to be usable in place of an egg product.
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