Regulations under the food and drugs act made by order in council 16th August, 1934 / [Canada, Department of Pensions and National Health].
- Canada. Department of Pensions and National Health
- Date:
- [1934?]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Regulations under the food and drugs act made by order in council 16th August, 1934 / [Canada, Department of Pensions and National Health]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![4] Class II Until further notice the preservatives of this class may be used in certain foods but not in those in which such preservatives are prohibited elsewhere in these Regulations, provided that not more than one kind of preservative substance named in this list shall be added to any one kind of food or to any mixture of two or more kinds of food; provided also that the amount of preservative shall not exceed the limit herein specified, and the presence of the preservative shall be declared by mame, on the main panel of the main label, in easily legible type. Regarding this class of preservatives it is to be noted that toleration of their use is dependent upon the fact that available evidence concerning their physiological action is not considered sufficient to prove that, under the prescribed regulations, they are harmful to health in such degree as to bring them under Section 4 (f) of the Food and Drugs Act, which reads as follows:— “Food shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this Act, if it contains any added poisonous ingredient, or any ingredient which may render it injurious to the health of the person con- suming it, whether added with intent or otherwise.” Should satisfactory evidence of the harmfulness to health of any of the preservatives named in Class II be forthcoming, such preservatives would immediately fall under the condemnation of the Food and Drugs Act, and foods containing such pre- servatives would be declared to be adulterated. 1. Benzoic Acid or its salts. Limit: 1 part (calculated as benzoic acid) in 1,000 parts. 2. Sulphurous Acid or its salts. Limit: 1 part (SOg) in 10,000 parts in beverages. Limit: 1 part (SO2) in 2,000 parts in solid foods. Limit: 1 part. (SO2) in 2,000 parts im lime juice. Limit: 4 parts (SO) in 2,000 parts in dried fruits. Class III Foods shall not contain preservatives of this class: 1. Formaldehyde (Formalin). 2. Beta-Naphthol. 3. Abrastol (Asaprol).](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32173246_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
