regulations amending the food and drug regulations 1082 - food additives health canada has received submissions to amend the food and drug regulations to permit new uses of the following food additives that are already listed in the tables to division 16 of part b of these regulations - sunset yellow fcf as a colouring agent in cheese-flavoured corn snacks at a maximum level of use of 600 parts per million p.p.m. if used singly if used in combination with other synthetic food colours the maximum level of use is 300 p.p.m. in accordance with paragraph b.06.002 c of the regulations - propylene glycol mono fatty acid esters propylene glycol monostearate as an emulsifying agent in ice cream at a maximum level of use of 0.35 sorbitan tristearate as an emulsifying agent in unstandardized frozen desserts and ice cream at a maximum level of use of 0.035 - sorbitan monostearate as an emulsifying agent in puddings at a maximum level of use of 0.5 - powdered cellulose as a bulking agent in the following foods at the respective maximum levels of use 1 batter and breading - 1 2 canape toast - 2 3 confectionery calorie-reduced - 25 4 unstandardized edible ices - 3 5 fillings - 0.5 6 foods sold in tablet form - 50 7 icings - 1 8 seasonings - 3 9 sweet baked goods - 8 and - sodium bisulphate as a ph adjusting agent in unstandardized bakery products at a maximum level of use consistent with good manufacturing practice. as a means to improve the responsiveness of the regulatory system interim marketing authorizations imas were issued to permit the immediate use of these food additives. they were published in the government notices section of the canada gazette part i as follows - on 29 november 1997 for sunset yellow fcf - on 28 august 1999 and november 3 2001 for powdered cellulose - on 17 november 2001 for sorbitan monostearate - on 5 january 2002 for propylene glycol monostearate and sorbitan tristearate and - on 30 march 2002 for sodium bisulphate. these imas were issued prior to june 2002 the date when canada began to notify its imas. at the time that these imas were issued it was anticipated that wto notification would occur later when the appropriate regulatory amendments were published in the canada gazette part i. however in july 2006 the canadian regulatory process was modified to permit regulatory amendments having low significance when assessed against a triage framework to proceed directly to final approval and publication in canada gazette part ii. the imas noted above are enabling measures as they allow the sale of additional foods containing the food additive or the sale of food containing the food additive at higher levels than previously permitted. no concerns or issues have been identified by canadas trading partners since the imas were issued. accordingly these regulatory amendments were considered to be of low significance and were permitted to proceed directly to the canada gazette part ii. therefore the food and drug regulations have been amended to permit the use of the food additives mentioned above in the specified applications. these imas were revoked on 2 may 2007 the date on which these amendments came into force.