The CFIA Is (Finally!) Updating the Feeds Regulations

By: Ivy Tang, Senior Product Safety Specialist, email

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has formally completed the consultation of the proposed Feeds Regulations, 2022. As part of their multi-year review of existing regulatory frameworks, the amendments to the Feeds Regulations, 1983 will be considered a key update in improving food safety and livestock feed. Major changes include, but are not limited to:

• The incorporation of Schedules IV and V into the ‘Canadian Feeds Ingredient Table’ (CFIT)
• Updates to the compendium of medicating ingredients that can be added to feeds
• Creation of a compendium of non-feed products (e.g. veterinary health products) that can be added to feeds
• Revision of maximum levels of contaminants that are allowed in livestock feed

The proposed Feeds Regulations 2022 were published in the Canada Gazette Part I in June 2021. The regulations will come into force the day it is registered in the Canada Gazette Part II, but the industry will be given time (estimated 12- 18 months, depending on the requirement) to transition. One of the major transitions will allow stakeholders the choice to follow the previous or new regulations.

Contact:
Dell Tech Laboratories
Ivy Tang, B.Sc.
Senior Product Safety Specialist
itang@delltech.com
519-858-5021 ext 2043

Dell Tech has provided professional, confidential consulting services to the chemical specialty

industry in Canada, the USA, Europe, and Asia for the last 40 years.

Contact us today for more information.

www.delltech.com