Canada: Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences

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

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.

Québec a récemment déposé le Projet de loi n° 11, Loi modifiant diverses dispositions principalement aux fins d’allègement du fardeau réglementaire et administratif (le « Projet de loi »), lequel vise, entre autres choses, à permettre la vente de prêts-à-boire à base de spiritueux dans les épiceries.