Table 1.

Summary of the proposed (Canada gazette I) and final front-of-pack labelling regulations (Canada gazette II) in Canada

	Proposed FOPL Regulations (as published in Canada Gazette I, 2018)	Final FOPL Regulations (as published in Canada Gazette II, 2022)
Nutrients-of-concern	• Saturated fat • Sugars (total) • Sodium	• Saturated fat • Sugars (total) • Sodium
Exemption criteria	1) Foods that have shown health benefits • Examples: unflavoured milk, small serving size foods with high unsaturated fat content 2) Foods exempted from displaying NFt • Examples: fresh fruits and vegetables, single ingredient meats, foods sold in very small packages 3) Foods that are well-known sources of nutrients-of-concern • Examples: honey, salt, syrup	1) Health-related exemptions: • Foods that have shown health protective benefits • Full exemptions for all 3 nutrients-of-concern (i.e. never display a ‘High in’ nutrition symbol); examples: all unflavoured milk from any animals, eggs, fruits and vegetables, oils, nuts, fatty fish • Conditional exemptions for some nutrients-of-concern (i.e. may display a ‘High in’ nutrition symbol for non-exempted nutrient(s)); examples: exemptions for saturated fat and sodium for foods that are important sources of ‘shortfall nutrients,’ such as cheese and yogurt products ‘high in’ calcium‡ • Conditional exemptions if sole sources(s) of nutrients-of-concern are one of the exempted foods listed above; example: exemptions for saturated fat for tuna in olive oil 2) Technical-related exemptions: • Foods exempted from displaying NFt • Examples: fresh fruits and vegetables, single-ingredient meats, foods sold in very small packages • Includes single-ingredient ground meats, as nutrition composition is similar to freshly cut meats exempted from displaying NFt 3) Practical-related exemptions: • Well-known sources of nutrients-of-concern • Examples: honey, salt, butter
Threshold levels, overview	• Foods with a reference amount < 50 g or ml containing ≥ 5 %DV of nutrient per reference amount: ≥ 15 %DV per 50 g or ml of the food • Foods with a reference amount ≥ 50 g or ml: ≥ 15 % DV per reference amount • Meals and main dishes with a reference amount ≥ 200 g: ≥ 30 % DV per reference amount	• Foods with a reference amount ≤ 30 g or ml: ≥ 10 % DV per reference amount • Foods with a reference amount > 30 g or ml: ≥ 15 % DV per reference amount • Main dishes with a reference amount ≥ 200 g†: ≥ 30 % DV per reference amount
Reference amount	• 2016 Table of Reference Amounts for Food • 24 major and 173 minor categories	• 2022 Table of Reference Amounts for Food • 24 major, 185 minor and 3 sub-categories
Daily values	• Published in 2016 • Saturated fat: 10 g (1–< 4-year-olds) and 20 g for all others • Sugars (total): 50 g (1–< 4-year-olds) and 100 g for all others • Sodium: 1500 mg (1–< 4-year-olds) and 2300 mg for all others	• Published in 2022 (for implementation by January 1, 2026) • Saturated fat: 10 g (1–< 4-year-olds) and 20 g for all others • Sugars (total): 50 g (1–< 4-year-olds) and 100 g for all others • Sodium: 1200 mg (1–< 4-year-olds) and 2300 mg for all others
‘High in’ nutrition symbol(s)	Four symbols were proposed:	Final symbol was selected:

Details of the proposed and final FOPL regulations can be found in Canada Gazette I ⁽¹⁵⁾ and Canada Gazette II ⁽¹¹⁾, respectively. *Specific threshold levels are shown in online supplementary material, Supplemental Table 1. ^†For main dishes for children 1 to < 4 years of age, reference amount of 170 g is used instead of 200 g. ^‡‘High-in’ calcium is defined as ≥ 10 %DV per reference amount for foods with a reference amount ≤ 30 g or ml; and ≥ 15 %DV per reference amount for foods with a reference amount > 30 g or ml. Abbreviations: %DV, Percent Daily Value; FOPL, Front-of-pack Labelling; NFt, Nutrition Facts table.