Food Directorate division supervised by Health Canada is accountable for the safety and nutritional information for conventional and supplemented foods.
Providing nutritional information such as calories, serving size, percent daily value (% DV) of foods, and including the listing of 13 nutrients is mandatory.
FDA asks food manufacturers, packers, processors, distributors for certain records to identify all food products handled by them are safe and healthy for use.
Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) and Fair Packaging and Labelling Act govern foods and nutrition labeling.
Registering with FDA is mandatory even before beginning any activities if you manufacture, pack, process or stock food for human or animal consumption in USA.
