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Malt extract – Canada

Official title

Notice of Intent to make a ministerial class exemption order for the exceptional importation of certain foods for a special dietary purpose to mitigate a shortage or risk of a shortage

Canada issued an addendum on 18 December 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/CAN/1576. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 7 October 2024. The comment period closed on 14 August 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Infant formula, human milk fortifiers, and formulated liquid diets

HS codes
  • 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
    • 190110 Food preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale, of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight…
Notifying member
Canada
Status
In force, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/CAN/1576Latest notice: G/SPS/N/CAN/1576/Add.2
Keywords
Food safety, Human health, Modification of content/scope of regulation, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 14 August 2025
Proposed adoption
To be determined.
Proposed entry into force
The proposed ministerial order would come into force upon its publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II.

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/CAN/1576/Add.2⁩, 18 December 2025)

The latest notice says the measure has entered into force.

Exemption Order in Respect of Foods for a Special Dietary Purpose

The proposed measure notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1576/Add.1 (dated 3 July 2025) was adopted and published on 17 December, 2025, as the Exemption Order in Respect of Foods for a Special Dietary Purpose (the Order). This Order contains two parts: Part 1 enables the exceptional importation and/or sale of infant formula (IF), human milk fortifiers (HMF) and formulated liquid diets (FLD) in the case of a shortage or risk of shortage, by exempting foods that meet the class criteria from specified provisions of the Food and Drugs Act (FDA) and Food and Drug Regulations (FDR); and; Part 2 permits the continued exceptional importation and sale of IFs and HMFs that are part of Health Canada’s Transition Strategy (while the pre-market review for these foods is underway, by exempting them from specified provisions of the FDA and FDR. To ensure that the Order’s exemptions do not introduce unacceptable health and safety risks, specific conditions relating to the food’s label, notifications to the Minister of Health and restrictions on the sale of HMFs are imposed. The Order came into force on 17 December 2025, the day on which it was published in Canada Gazette, Part II.

Notice of Intent to inform interested parties of the Minister of Health's intention, pursuant to 30.05(1) of the Food and Drugs Act (FDA), to make a ministerial class exemption order for the exceptional importation of certain foods for a special dietary purpose (FSDP) to mitigate a shortage or the risk of a shortage of these products. In the event of a shortage or risk of a shortage, the proposed order would enable the exceptional importation of certain FSDP by exempting them, subject to conditions, from certain prohibitions of the FDA and certain compositional, labelling, and pre-market requirements of the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR).

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/CAN/1576/Add.2

    Exemption Order in Respect of Foods for a Special Dietary Purpose

    The proposed measure notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1576/Add.1 (dated 3 July 2025) was adopted and published on 17 December, 2025, as the Exemption Order in Respect of Foods for a Special Dietary Purpose (the Order). This Order contains two parts: Part 1 enables the exceptional importation and/or sale of infant formula (IF), human milk fortifiers (HMF) and formulated liquid diets (FLD) in the case of a shortage or risk of shortage, by exempting foods that meet the class criteria from specified provisions of the Food and Drugs Act (FDA) and Food and Drug Regulations (FDR); and; Part 2 permits the continued exceptional importation and sale of IFs and HMFs that are part of Health Canada’s Transition Strategy (while the pre-market review for these foods is underway, by exempting them from specified provisions of the FDA and FDR. To ensure that the Order’s exemptions do not introduce unacceptable health and safety risks, specific conditions relating to the food’s label, notifications to the Minister of Health and restrictions on the sale of HMFs are imposed. The Order came into force on 17 December 2025, the day on which it was published in Canada Gazette, Part II.

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  2. AddendumG/SPS/N/CAN/1576/Add.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 14 August 2025

    Updated Proposal - Ministerial class exemption order for the exceptional importation and sale of certain foods for a special dietary purpose to mitigate a shortage or risk of a shortage

    The proposed measure notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1576 (dated 7 October 2024) has been revised. The purpose of this Notice of Intent (NOI) is to outline the revisions made to the Minister of Health’s proposal to make a ministerial class exemption order for the exceptional importation and sale of infant formula, human milk fortifiers and formulated liquid diets to mitigate a shortage or the risk of a shortage of these products.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

  3. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/CAN/1576

    Comment deadline: Closed on 15 November 2024

    Notice of Intent to make a ministerial class exemption order for the exceptional importation of certain foods for a special dietary purpose to mitigate a shortage or risk of a shortage

    Notice of Intent to inform interested parties of the Minister of Health's intention, pursuant to 30.05(1) of the Food and Drugs Act (FDA), to make a ministerial class exemption order for the exceptional importation of certain foods for a special dietary purpose (FSDP) to mitigate a shortage or the risk of a shortage of these products. In the event of a shortage or risk of a shortage, the proposed order would enable the exceptional importation of certain FSDP by exempting them, subject to conditions, from certain prohibitions of the FDA and certain compositional, labelling, and pre-market requirements of the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR).

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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