Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point

Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate has modified the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients to authorize the use of caffeine as a supplemental ingredient in foods listed in item 6 of the List of Permitted Supplemented Food Categories (https://www.canada.ca/en/health- canada/services/food-nutrition/supplemented-foods/technical-documents/list-permitted-food- categories.html) and to require that all solid supplemented foods with high caffeine content be labelled to indicate that another source of caffeine should not be consumed on the same day. These modifications come into force on 25 November 2025, the day of its publication in the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients. However, given that the changes related to the addition of the new cautionary statement fall within the scope of the joint Health Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency Food Labelling Coordination policy, Health Canada is giving industry until 1 January 2028 to implement the labelling change for products affected by the modification to items (4), (6), and (7).

The purpose of this information document is to publicly announce the Department's decision and action in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit comments, inquiries or new scientific information relevant to the modification.