Worldwide: Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences

This bulletin provides an overview of the current framework governing spirit-based RTD beverages in Quebec, along with the proposed changes and their potential impact on producers and distributors of spirit‑based RTD beverages in Quebec.

Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have introduced significant regulatory updates affecting food additives, enzymes, and supplements that took effect in late 2025 and early 2026. These changes represent a modernization effort aimed at creating a more flexible regulatory framework that can respond quickly to market innovations and new processing technologies. Agricultural producers and food manufacturers need to understand how these updates impact compliance requirements and market opportu

Recently, Ad Standards Canada published the updated Code for the Restriction of Food and Beverage Product Advertising to Children (the “Updated Code”), replacing the earlier Code for the Responsible Advertising of Food and Beverage Products to Children.