The Ontario Agri Business Association (OABA) has been working on providing guidance to meet the reporting requirements outlined in Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff, and is graciously sharing these resources with ANAC members.
Have your questions on new labour reporting obligations answered En savoir plus
Following on from the consultation this past winter regarding the proposed development of a plastics registry, the federal government has recently published its Notice with respect to reporting of plastic resins and certain plastic products for the Federal Plastics Registry for 2024, 2025 and 2026 in Canada Gazette, Part I (CGI).
Companies soon required to submit data on use of plastics En savoir plus
Health Canada’s Food Directorate is proposing to publish a revised policy regarding the regulation of foods derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloned cattle and swine, and their offspring as novel foods in Canada.
Revised policy proposed for foods derived from cloned livestock En savoir plus
A 30-day consultation period is now open for the proposed new single ingredient feed (SIF) description for tannic acid. Please submit any comments on this SIF definition directly to the Animal Feed Program (cfia.afp-paa.acia@inspection.gc.ca) by April 28, 2024.
Consultation on new SIF description En savoir plus
The CFIA released several updates to the Compendium of Medicated Ingredient Brochures (CMIB) in the month of March. These updates are detailed in the post.
Updates made to the CMIB En savoir plus
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) adjusts its service fees annually based on the Consumer Price Index in accordance with the Service Fees Act. This requirement ensures that the CFIA’s service fees keep pace with inflation.
Annual adjustment of CFIA service fees En savoir plus
Employers of federally regulated industries (including feed mills) should have adjusted payrolls on April 1, 2024 to reflect the new federal minimum wage of $17.30 per hour.
Federal Minimum Wage increased April 1 En savoir plus
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has published a new guidance document in chapter 1 of Regulatory Guidance 1 (RG-1): 1.7 Priority status and review of feed applications. This guidance provides the criteria and the process by which feed applications may be prioritized for evaluation ahead of applications already in the queue.
New guidance on priority status for feed applications En savoir plus
The CFIA shared two What We Heard Reports summarizing the latest changes made to the proposed Canadian Feed Ingredients Table (CFIT) and Tables of Permissible Claims for Feed Labels.
Updates made to proposed CFIT and Tables of Permissible Claims for Feed Labels En savoir plus
30-day consultation period is now open for the proposed new single ingredient feed (SIF) description for dried sweet potato.
Consultation on new SIF description En savoir plus
