Feeds Regulations, 2024 — 59
Content — hazards 59 (1) The preventive control plan must include the following information: (a) a description of the biological, chemical and physical hazards that are identified under section 56 as presenting a risk of contamination of a feed, the control measures for preventing or eliminating those hazards or reducing them to an acceptable level, and the evidence that shows that the control measures are effective; (b) a description of any critical control point, including, for each, (i) the related control measures and the evidence that shows that the control measures are effective, (ii) a description of the critical limits, (iii) the procedures for monitoring the critical control points in relation to their critical limits, and (iv) the corrective action procedures; and (c) the procedures for verifying that the implementation of the preventive control plan results in compliance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations. Content — measures to be taken (2) The preventive control plan must describe the measures that will be taken to ensure that (a) the cleaning and sanitation of a facility and of any equipment are conducted in a manner that does not present a risk of contamination of a feed; (b) a facility is protected against the entry of any animal that presents a risk of contamination of a feed and that the measures do not present a risk of contamination of that feed; (c) no substance in a facility presents a risk of contamination of a feed and no substance is handled or used in a manner that presents such a risk; (d) any sanitizer or non-feed chemical or biological agent in a facility (i) is properly and clearly identified, (ii) is suitable for its intended use, and (iii) is handled and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions; (e) any agronomic input, pet food or veterinary drug in a facility is properly and clearly identified; (f) any conveyance that is used to manufacture or convey a feed to or from a facility and that is unloaded or loaded at the facility (i) is designed, constructed, used and maintained to prevent, eliminate or reduce to an acceptable level any risk of contamination of the feed, (ii) is constructed of, and maintained using, materials that are suitable for their intended use and do not present a risk of contamination of the feed, (iii) is equipped with instruments to control, indicate and record any parameters that are necessary to prevent, eliminate or reduce to an acceptable level any risk of contamination of the feed, (iv) functions as intended, (v) is accessible for cleaning, sanitizing, maintenance and inspection, (vi) is of sound construction and in good repair, (vii) if necessary, is calibrated in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, (viii) does not contain or has not contained any animal, any pest control product as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Pest Control Products Act or any other material or substance that presents a risk of contamination of the feed unless the conveyance is adequately sanitized, and (ix) is clean and in a sanitary condition to prevent, eliminate or reduce to an acceptable level any risk of contamination of the feed; (g) any equipment that is used in the manufacturing, storing, packaging or labelling of a feed (i) meets the requirements set out in subparagraphs (f)(i) to (vii), and (ii) is appropriate for the feed and for the activity being conducted; (h) any equipment or conveyance in a facility that is used to handle contaminated materials, waste or any other thing that is not intended for a feed, unless that equipment or conveyance does not come into contact with those materials, that waste or those things, (i) is used only for that purpose and identified as being reserved for that purpose, or (ii) meets the applicable requirements set out in paragraph (g); (i) any risk is prevented, eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level for (i) any land that forms part of a facility and that presents a risk of contamination of a feed, an