The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is committed to strengthening Canada’s world-class food safety system. This includes fully bringing into force the Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA) through new regulations — the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations.
These new regulations, once in force, would provide more modern and consistent requirements for all foods imported, exported and traded between provinces by consolidating and streamlining requirements from several pieces of existing legislation and across sectors; and •introducing an outcome-based approach to food safety rules, where possible.
More information:
- Find out about our progress to date in bringing into force the SFCA and its regulations.
- Review our resources to learn more about the three key features of the proposed regulatory approach.
- Licensing – to know who is involved in preparing food, what they are producing, and communicate directly with these businesses to share important information.
- Preventive food safety controls – to ensure all businesses preparing, importing, or exporting food understand and control the potential hazards associated with their products and processes by having, where applicable, a written preventive control plan.
- Traceability – to trace a food one step forward and one step back so that unsafe food can be removed quickly from the market.
In the resources section there are Fact Sheets posted for Licensing, Preventative Controls, Traceability, Food Importer, Food Exporters and FAQ for Food Businesses.
Understanding the proposed requirements and what it could mean for your food business are the first steps toward being ready to provide informed feedback during the official public comment period.