ISPAM Stakeholder Panel Meeting Book 3-14-17

“Gluten” Defined Any gluten protein from the grain of any of the following cereals or the grain of a hybridized strain created from at least one of the following cereals: Regulatory Amendments

‰ Wheat ‰ Oats ‰ Barley ‰ Rye ‰ Triticale

Section B.01.010.1 (1) of the Canadian Food and Drug Regulations

3

3

Gluten-Free Regulation ‰ In Canada there is a specific section of the Food and Drug Regulations that deals with gluten-free claims

‰ Section B.24.018 of the Canadian Food and Drug Regulations

‰ This section was updated as part of the development of the enhanced labelling requirements for allergens, gluten sources and added sulphites

4

4