News Release from Canadian Food Inspection Agency Government of Canada announces new Administrative Monetary Penalties for companies that break federal food safety rules May 1, 2019 – Ottawa, Ontario The Government of Canada is committed to ... Read More
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Important Integrated Import Declaration (IID) Deadline Coming
Source: Import Systems Unit (CFIA) cfia.isu-usi.acia@canada.ca All those who declare plant, animal or food imports to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) need to be aware of an important deadline ... Read More
Less Than Two Months Until Your Food Business May Need a Licence
Did you know? In two months, food businesses may need a licence to import, export or send food across provincial and territorial borders. They may also need a preventive control plan and traceability records. Find out what requirements will apply to ... Read More
Connecting the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Industry to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Ask CFIA... The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) understands that access to information is key for industry to understand and comply with regulatory requirements. The CFIA website is a great resource for guidance documents and plain language ... Read More
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency Launches Newsletter
New Publication: The CFIA Chronicle. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) as launched a quarterly online newsletter called The CFIA Chronicle. It will provide updates on the Agency's activities and highlight some of the changes underway to ... Read More
CFIA Releases Proposed Regulatory Text
In an unprecedented move, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has released the draft (preliminary) text for the complete set of regulations covering all food, following the adoption in 2012 of the Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA). Typically ... Read More
Enhancing Fair and Ethical Trading in Canada’s Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Industry
Currently, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is drafting new regulations to replace the existing Licensing and Arbitration Regulations (LAR) and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Regulations under its new the Safe Food for Canadians Act ... Read More
Update on the Safe Food for Canadians Act
We continue to follow developments for the Safe Food for Canadians Act. "The Safe Food for Canadians Act focuses on three important areas: (1) Improved food safety oversight to better protect consumers; (2) Streamlined and strengthened legislative ... Read More
We Have the Solution for Effective Lot Control!
We recently participated in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's CFIA Food Safety Regulatory Modernization Webinar (August 29). Several documents were presented including: Outcomes Based Regulations Regulatory Framework Labelling ... Read More