nal period provides sufficient time to make necessary labelling or formulation changes. On December 14, 2022, the new requirements must be applied.

Benefits and costs

The cost-benefit analysis assessed the potential impacts (i.e. costs and benefits) representing the differences between the baseline and regulatory scenarios.

The baseline scenario describes the situation given the current federal regulatory framework. It also takes into account the provincial requirement in British Columbia of a 4% residual sugar limit for beer. Therefore, there is no cost to businesses to meet this provision in British Columbia.

The beer compositional standard is applicable to interprovincially traded and imported products. In some cases provincial liquor boards are using the FDR as guidelines or policy. As a result of these decisions, it is possible that some Canadian manufacturers, who do not trade any of their affected products interprovincially, may still be required to comply with the beer compositio