August 20th 2026, Health Canada announced in Ottawa the “Transition Policy for Expired Interim Marketing Authorizations Related to Food Fortification,” allowing fortified foods covered by 10 expired Interim Marketing Authorizations (IMAs) to remain legally marketed in Canada until the relevant regulatory amendments are finalized.

The 10 Interim Marketing Authorizations (IMAs) include:

1. Interim Marketing Authorization to permit the optional addition of vitamins and mineral nutrients to plant-based beverages
2. Interim Marketing Authorization to permit the addition of certain vitamins and mineral nutrients to corn meal
3. Interim Marketing Authorization to permit the addition of folic acid to goat's milk
4. Interim Marketing Authorization to permit the optional addition of vitamins and mineral nutrients to vegetable-based or vegetable and milk protein-based products, which resemble cheese
5. Interim Marketing Authorization to increase the maximum levels of vitamins A and D in preterm infant formula
6. Interim Marketing Authorization to increase the maximum level of vitamin D in human milk substitutes (infant formulas)
7. Interim Marketing Authorization to exempt formulated liquid diets formulated specifically for patients with renal failure from the application of the minimum requirements of vitamins A and D and the mineral nutrients phosphorus and magnesium
8. Interim Marketing Authorization to permit a higher maximum level for vitamin D in formulated liquid diets
9. Interim Marketing Authorization to permit the addition of calcium, with or without vitamin D, to orange juice, or orange and tangerine juice sold as such, in fluid, concentrated, or reconstituted forms
10. Interim Marketing Authorization to permit the optional addition of vitamin D2-yeast to yeast-leavened bakery products

Reference

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/legislation-guidelines/policies/interim-policy-on-use-expired-interim-marketing-authorizations-related-food-fortification.html