Health Canada’s notice of modification to the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients to permit the use of green tea extract (EGCG/catechins) as a supplemental ingredient in foods

Health Canada’s Food Directorate completed a safety assessment of green tea extract for use as a supplemental ingredient in supplemented foods, under the Supplemented Foods regulatory framework. The results of the assessment support the safety of standardized green tea extracts based, in part, on the content of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and total catechins. Consequently, Health Canada has permitted the use of green tea extract (EGCG/catechins) as a supplemental ingredient by modifying th