 
  
Notice of Modification to the List of 
Permitted Preservatives  to Enable  the Use 
of Long -Chain Glycolipids from 
Dacryopinax spathularia  MUCL 53181 in 
Various Non -Alcoholic Beverages  
 
Notice of Modification  – Lists of Permitted Food 
Additives  
Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0184  
June  10, 2022 
 Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives  to Enable the Use of Long -Chain Glycolipids from Dacryopinax 
spathularia  MUCL 53181 in Various Non -Alcoholic Beverages  – Reference Number: NOM/ADM -0184| 2 
` Summary  
Food additives are regulated in Canada under Marketing Authorizations  (MAs) issued by the Minister of 
Health and the Food and Drug Regulations  (Regulations) . Approved food additives and their permitted 
conditions of use are set out in the Lists of Permitted Food Additives  that are incorporated by reference in 
the MAs and published on the Canada.ca website. A petitioner can request that Health Canada approve a 
new additive , a new source  or a new condition of use for an already approved food additive by filing a food 
additive submission with the Department's Food Directorate. Health Canada uses this premarket approval 
process to determine whether the scientific data support the safety of food additives when used under 
specified conditions in foods sold  in Canada.  
Health Canada’s Food Directorate received a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of long -
chain glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia  MUCL 53181  as a preservative in certain standardized and 
unstandardized non -alcoholic bever ages . 
Since this is a food additive that was not previously permitted for use in Canada, the Department published a  
Notice of Health Canada’s Proposal to Enable the Use of Long -Chain Glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia 
MUCL 53181 as a Preservative in Various Non -Alcoholic Beverages  on September 23, 2021 , which was open 
to the public for comment for 75 days. No new scientific information was submitted to the Department as a 
result of this Notice of Proposal. Since the conclusions of the evaluation remain as described in the Health 
Canada’s proposal , the Department has enable d the requested uses of long -chain glycolipids from D. 
spathularia  MUCL 53181  by adding the  entries shown in the table s below to Part 2 and Part 3 of the List of 
Permitted Preservatives . 
 
Modification s to Part 2 and Part 3 of  the List of Permitted Preservatives  
The following entries were  added  to Part 2 of the List of Permitted Preservatives : 
Item 
No. Column 1  
Additive  Column 2  
Permitted in or Upon  Column 3  
Maximum Level of Use and 
Other Conditions  
L.2 Long -chain glycolipids 
from Dacryopinax 
spathularia  MUCL 
53181  (1) 
Caffeinated energy drinks; Sports 
drinks; Unstandardized fermented tea 
beverages; Unstandardized tea 
beverages  (1) 
50 p.p.m.  
(2) 
Concentrated (naming the fruit) juice 
except frozen concentrated orange 
juice; (naming the fruit) Juice;  
(naming the fruits) Juice;  
Unstandardized vegetable juice s (2) 
100 p.p.m. in juices as 
consumed  
(3)  
Concentrates for u nstandardized non -
alcoholic carbonated beverage s; Non-
carbonated sweetened flavoured  
water -based beverages with vitamin (3)  
25 p.p.m. in beverages as 
consumed  Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives  to Enable the Use of Long -Chain Glycolipids from Dacryopinax 
spathularia  MUCL 53181 in Various Non -Alcoholic Beverages  – Reference Number: NOM/ADM -0184| 3 
` Item 
No. Column 1  
Additive  Column 2  
Permitted in or Upon  Column 3  
Maximum Level of Use and 
Other Conditions  
and mineral nutrients added; 
Unstandardized non -alcoholic 
carbonated beverages  
(4)  
Concentrates for unstandardized non-
alcoholic non -carbonated flavoured 
water -based beverage s; Mixes for 
unstandardized non-alcoholic non -
carbonated flavoured water -based 
beverage s; Unstandardized fruit -
based beverages; Unstandardized 
fruit and vegetable -based beverages; 
Unstandardized vegetable -based 
beverages; Unstandardized non -
alcoholic non -carbonated flavoured 
water -based beverages  (4)  
80 p.p.m. in beverages as 
consumed  
 
The following entries were  added  to Part 3 of the List of Permitted Preservatives : 
Item 
No. Column 1  
Additive  Column 2  
Permitted in or Upon  Column 3  
Maximum Level of Use and 
Other Conditions  
L.1 Long -chain glycolipids 
from Dacryopinax 
spathularia  MUCL 
53181  (1) 
Caffeinated energy drinks; Sports 
drinks; Unstandardized fermented tea 
beverages; Unstandardized tea 
beverages  (1) 
50 p.p.m.  
(2) 
Unstandardized vegetable juice s (2) 
100 p.p.m.  
(3)  
Concentrates for u nstandardized non -
alcoholic carbonated beverage s; Non-
carbonated sweetened flavoured 
water -based beverages with vitamin 
and mineral nutrients added; 
Unstandardized non -alcoholic 
carbonated beverages  (3)  
25 p.p.m.  in beverages as 
consumed  
(4)  
Concentrates for unstandardized non-
alcoholic non -carbonated flavoured 
water -based beverage s; Mixes for 
unstandardized non-alcoholic non -(4)  
80 p.p.m. in beverages as 
consumed  Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives  to Enable the Use of Long -Chain Glycolipids from Dacryopinax 
spathularia  MUCL 53181 in Various Non -Alcoholic Beverages  – Reference Number: NOM/ADM -0184| 4 
` Item 
No. Column 1  
Additive  Column 2  
Permitted in or Upon  Column 3  
Maximum Level of Use and 
Other Conditions  
carbonated flavoured water -based 
beverage s; Unstandardized fruit -
based beverages; Uns tandardized 
fruit and vegetable -based beverages; 
Unstandardized vegetable -based 
beverages; Unstandardized non -
alcoholic non -carbonated flavoured 
water -based beverages  
Rationale  
Health Canada’s Food Directorat e completed a premarket safety and efficacy assessment of long-chain 
glycolipids from D. spathularia  MUCL 53181  for use as an antibacterial agent and an antifungal agent in 
various non -alcoholic beverages . The Department  conclud ed that information related to allergenicity, 
chemistry, microbiology, molecular b iology, nutrition, and toxicology supports the safety of long-chain 
glycolipids from D. spathularia  MUCL 53181  for its requested uses , and tech nical information indicates thi s 
food additive is effective for its intended purpose . Therefore, the Department has enabled the requested 
uses of long-chain glycolipids from D. spathularia  MUCL 53181  by adding to  Part 2 and Part 3 of  the List of 
Permitted Preservatives  the new entries  shown in the above table s. 
Other Relevant Information  
Food additives such as long-chain glycolipids from D. spathularia  MUCL 53181  are required to meet food -
grade specifications set out in Part B of the Regulations , where such specifications exist, or those set out in 
the most recent  edition of the  Food Chemicals Codex  or the Combined Compendium of Food Additive  
Specifications . The Food Chemicals Codex  (FCC) is a compendium of standards for purity and identity for food 
ingredients, including food additives, published by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention. 
Specifications in the  Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications  and its associated General 
Specifications and Considerations for Enzyme Preparations  are prepared by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert 
Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) , both of which are  published by the Food and Agriculture Orga nization 
of the United Nations.  
There are no specifications for long -chain glycolipids from D. spathularia MUCL 53181 in the Regulations or in 
either of th e aforementioned compendia . Until such time that a specification is established within the FCC or 
by JECFA for  this food additive , Health Canada considers the specifications provided by the petitioner , which 
is the manufacturer of this preservative,  to be acceptable.  
  Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives  to Enable the Use of Long -Chain Glycolipids from Dacryopinax 
spathularia  MUCL 53181 in Various Non -Alcoholic Beverages  – Reference Number: NOM/ADM -0184| 5 
` Notification – Summary of Comments  and Health Canada’s 
Responses   
No comments were received in response to Health Canada ’s Proposal to Enable the Use of Long -Chain 
Glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia MUCL 53181 as a Preservative in Various Non -Alcoholic Beverages , 
published on September 23, 2021 . 
Implementation and Enforcement  
The above modif ication s came into force June 10, 2022, the day they were  published in  Part 2 and Part 3 of 
the List of Permitted Preservatives .  
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is responsible for the enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act and its 
associated regulations with respect to foods.   
Contact Information  
Health Canada's Food Directorate is committed to reviewin g new scientific information on the safety in use of 
any permitted  food additive, including  long-chain glycolipids from D. spathularia  MUCL 53181 . Anyone 
wishing to submit an inquiry or new scienti fic information on the use of this additive may do so in wr iting, by 
regular mail  or electronically.  If you wish to contact the Food Directorate electro nically, please use the words 
"long -chain glycolipids (NOM -0184 )" in the subject line of your e -mail.  
 
Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate  
251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway  
Tunney’s Pasture, PL: 2202C  
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9  
E-mail: bcs-bipc@hc -sc.gc.ca  