On July 21st, 2022, Health Canada’s Food Directorate published the “Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Carriers or Extraction Solvents to Extend the Use of Certain Solvents to Non-flavouring Extracts”.
The document highlights the following key points:
- Amends the List of Permitted Carriers or Extraction Solvents (Lists of Permitted Food Additives);
- Extends the use of carrier or extraction solvents such as Ethyl acetate, Ethanol, Glycerol, Methylene chloride, etc.,
- Applications of additives for use in the manufacture of non-flavoring extracts, caffeine extracts, or both, may be used as ingredients in supplemented foods;
- Maximum use levels have been set as GMP for CO2, Ethanol, Glycerol, and 0.1 ppm in Ethyl acetate, and Methylene chloride;
- No food safety concerns were identified in extending the use of the aforementioned additives.
The regulation is effective July 21st, 2022.
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