nsult the Lists for the most up-to-date information on the use of permitted food additives, including those permitted in beer.

With the amended standard, some unstandardized alcoholic beverages may now be considered beer and vice versa. The food additives permitted for unstandardized alcoholic beverages differ from those permitted for beer. Brewers of unstandardized alcoholic beverages affected by this change may no longer have the ability to use some additives in their products and may have to apply to Health Canada to have the additives assessed for use in beer. The food additives currently permitted for use in beer are not changing with these amendments.

Processing aids

A food processing aid is a substance used for a technical effect in food processing or in manufacture (e.g. a substance added to minimize the foaming in the kettle or fermenter during beer processing). Its use does not affect the intrinsic characteristics of the food and results in no or negligible residues of the substance or its by-products in or on the finished food. The amendments remove the listed processing aids from the standard. The FDR do not typically list processing aids in compositio