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Section B.24.018 was first enacted in Canada in
1995
The initial gluten-free regulations in Canada read
as follows :
No person shall label, package, sell or advertise a
food in a manner likely to create an impression that
it is a “gluten-free” food unless the food does not
contain wheat, including spelt and kamut, or oats,
barley, rye, triticale or any part thereof
.
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Section B.24.018 was amended to the following :
It is prohibited to label, package, sell or advertise a food in a manner
likely to create an impression that it is a gluten-free food if the food
contains any gluten protein or modified gluten protein, including any
gluten protein fraction, referred to in the definition of “gluten” in
subsection B.01.010(1)
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Under B.01.010(1) “gluten” means any gluten protein from the
grain of any of the following cereals or from the grain of a
hybridized strain that is created from at least one of the following
cereals
Barley, oats, rye, triticale, wheat
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