Regulatory

Kody Blois, MP (Kings-Hants, NS) and chair of the House of Commons agriculture and agri-food committee recently introduced Private Member’s Bill C-359, that seeks to amend the federal Feeds Act, Seeds Act and Pest Control Products Act. The bill proposes a 90-day provisional registration for new products, if the products have already been approved by two or more trusted jurisdictions.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently issued a notice advising of new information that has been added to chapter 4 section 4.0 General guidance on labelling of the RG-1 Feed Registration Procedures and Labelling Standards on the Livestock feeds webpage. Changes include clarification on the acceptable use of acronyms in brand names and a new flexibility on how vitamins D and E are listed on labels of domestically manufactured mixed feeds.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has launched a consultation on their new guidance document How to determine when a plant-derived ingredient requires a feed pre-market assessment, a supplement to the existing Guidelines for the assessment of novel feeds: Plant sources. This guidance is intended to support innovation and the introduction of products developed from new technologies, while keeping consistent with current and future Feeds Regulations.

The implementation of the Establishment-based Risk Assessment model for feed mills (ERA-Feed Mill model) by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has begun. As facilities experience the assessment process for the first time, questions have been raised. To respond to this feedback, the CFIA ERA team is inviting the feed industry to an interactive Q&A session on October 19, 2023.

Feed industry stakeholders gained valuable insights into best practices for transitioning to the modernized Feeds Regulations in an informative webinar held by ANAC and the CFIA last week.

The number of feed files awaiting authorization or registration by the CFIA has decreased since this time last year. To ensure review timelines continue to improve, ANAC requested a status update from the CFIA.

The CFIA will continue to share updates to Schedule IV and V with ANAC until the new Feeds Regulations come into force.

This highly requested resource enables users to search by registration number, brand name or feed name to find details on livestock feeds with active registrations.