Vol. 141, No. 23 — November 14, 2007

Registration
SOR/2007-225 October 25, 2007

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT

Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (1574 — Corrective Amendments, Miscellaneous Program)

P.C. 2007-1613 October 25, 2007

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to subsection 30(1) (see footnote a) of the Food and Drugs Act, hereby makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (1574 — Corrective Amendments, Miscellaneous Program).

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE FOOD AND DRUG REGULATIONS (1574 — CORRECTIVE AMENDMENTS, MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM)

AMENDMENTS

1. (1) The portion of subitem T.01(1) of Table V to section B.16.100 of the Food and Drug Regulations (see footnote 1) in column III is replaced by the following:

Item No.	Column III Permitted in or Upon
T.01	(1) Unstandardized prepared fish products

(2) The portion of subitems T.01(3) to (5) of Table V to section B.16.100 of the Regulations in column III is replaced by the following:

Item No.	Column III Permitted in or Upon
T.01	(3) Unstandardized cheese products
	(4) Unstandardized processed cheese products
	(5) Unstandardized cream cheese products

(3) The portion of subitem T.01(7) of Table V to section B.16.100 of the Regulations in column III is replaced by the following:

Item No.	Column III Permitted in or Upon
T.01	(7) Unstandardized frozen dairy desserts

COMING INTO FORCE

2. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT

(This statement is not part of the Regulations.)

Description

These regulatory amendments respond to concerns expressed by the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations (SJCSR) about the wording of the listings for the enzyme transglutaminase in item T.01 of Table V to section B.16.100 of the Food and Drug Regulations. Specifically, the SJCSR has suggested that the wording "except for any of these products for which standards are set out in these Regulations" designates these products "unstandardized foods," which is a defined term under the Regulations. The SJCSR has indicated that the specification of the areas of use for transglutaminase should include the word "unstandardized." Subitems (1), (3) to (5) and (7) in column III, item T.01 in Table V to section B.16.100 are amended to include the word "unstandardized" and to remove the words "except for any of these products for which standards are set out in these Regulations." These amendments do not bring any substantive amendments to the Regulations.

It is expected that these changes will have little or no impact on Canadians. The miscellaneous amendments regulations were developed to streamline the regulatory process in order to maintain accuracy and consistency in regulations.

Contact

Marie-Claude Tardif
Bureau of Food Regulatory,
International and Interagency Affairs
Health Canada
200 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
A.L. 0702C1
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0L2
Telephone: 613-957-0360
Fax: 613-941-3537
Email: sche-ann@hc-sc.gc.ca

Footnote a

S.C. 1999, c. 33, s. 347

Footnote 1

C.R.C., c. 870

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