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Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — Safe Food for Canadians Regulations
refrigerated , in respect of a food, means that it is kept at a temperature of 4°C or less, without being frozen. ( réfrigéré )
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sanitary condition means a condition that does not present a risk of contamination of a food. ( conditions hygiéniques )
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shellfish means a bivalve mollusc of the class Bivalvia or a carnivorous marine mollusc of the class Gastropoda , or any product that is derived from one of those molluscs. ( mollusque )
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Standard Container Sizes Document means the document entitled Standard Container Sizes , prepared by the Agency and published on its website, as amended from time to time. ( document sur les tailles de contenants normalisées )
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Standards of Identity Document means the document entitled Canadian Standards of Identity , prepared by the Agency and published on its website, as amended from time to time. ( Document sur les normes d’identité )
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tray , in respect of eggs, means a package, other than an egg carton, that is capable of containing not more than 30 eggs in separate compartments. ( plateau )
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wine means an alcoholic beverage that complies with the standard set out in section 2.7.1 of Volume 2 of the Food Compositional Standards Document. ( vin )
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Interpretation — fresh fruits or vegetables 2 (1) For the purposes of any provision of these Regulations that refers to “fresh fruits or vegetables”, other than section 122 , any fresh plant or any fresh edible fungus, or any part of such a plant or fungus, that is a food is considered to be a fresh fruit or vegetable. Exception — subparagraph 11 (2)(c)(i) (2) For the purposes of any provision of these Regulations that refers to “fresh fruits or vegetables”, a food described in subparagraph 11 (2)(c)(i) is not considered to be a fresh fruit or vegetable.
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Definition prepare in Act 3 For the purposes of the definition prepare in section 2 of the Act, the growing and harvesting of any fresh fruits or vegetables are prescribed activities.
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Words and expressions in documents incorporated by reference 4 For the purposes of interpreting any document prepared by the Agency that is incorporated by reference into these Regulations, words and expressions that are used but not defined in that document have the same meaning as in these Regulations.
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Compendium prevails 4.1 The requirements set out in the Compendium prevail over those set out in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document to the extent of any inconsistency or conflict between them. SOR/2025-192, s. 5
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Subsection 10(1) of Act 5 (1) For the purposes of subsection 10(1) of the Act, any food commodity is a prescribed food commodity that a person is prohibited to send or convey from one province to another — or to import or export — unless the person does so in accordance with these Regulations. Subsection 10(2) of Act (2) For the purposes of subsection 10(2) of the Act, any food — other than a food referred to in any of paragraphs 11 (2)(a) to (c) of these Regulations — is a prescribed food commodity that a person is prohibited to import unless the person is authorized to do so by a licence. Subsection 10(3) of Act (3) For the purposes of subsection 10(3) of the Act, any food commodity is a prescribed food commodity that a person is prohibited to send or convey from one province to another — or to import or export — unless it meets the requirements of these Regulations.
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Section 12 of Act 6 For the purposes of section 12 of the Act, any food commodity is a prescribed food commodity that a person is prohibited to have in their possession for the purpose of sending or conveying from one province to another — or for the purpose of exporting — unless it meets the requirements of these Regulations.
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Subsection 13(1) of Act 7 (1) For the purposes of subsection 13(1) of the Act, any food commodity is a prescribed food commodity that is to be exported or sent or conveyed from one province to another, and any of the following activities is a prescribed activity that a person is prohibited to conduct in respect of that prescribed food commodity except in accordance with these Regulations: (a) manufacturing, preparing, storing, packaging and labelling; and (b) if the food commodity is an organic product, in addition to the activities set out in paragraph (a), advertising and conveying. Subsection 13(2) of Act (2) For the purposes of subsection 13(2) of the Act, any food — other than a food referred to in paragraph 11 (2)(a) or (b) of these Regulations — and any food animal is a prescribed food commodity that is to be exported or sent or conveyed from one province to another, and any of the following activities is a prescribed activity that a person is prohibited to conduct in respect of that prescribed food commodity unless the person is authorized to conduct that activity by a licence: (a) in the case of a food, (i) manufacturing, processing, treating, preserving, grading, packaging and labelling, other than (A) the packaging and labelling of fresh fruits or vegetables in the field by the person who grows or harvests them if they are to be sent or conveyed from one province to another to be subsequently manufactured, processed, treated, preserved or graded by a licence holder, (B) the packaging and labelling of a food referred to in subparagraph 11 (2)(c)(i) if, at the time that the food is exported or is sent or conveyed from one province to another, it is not a consumer prepackaged food and it has a label applied or attached to it, or accompanying it, that bears the expression “For Further Preparation Only” or “ pour conditionnement ultérieur seulement ”, (C) the grading of a livestock carcass and a poultry carcass, and (D) any such activity conducted by a restaurant or other similar enterprise, where the food is to be sent or conveyed by the restaurant or other similar enterprise to consumers, and (ii) if the food is an edible meat product, in addition to the activities set out in subparagraph (i), storing and handling in its imported condition for the purpose of the exercise of an inspector’s powers under the Act; and (b) in the case of a food animal, slaughtering. SOR/2022-144, s. 2
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Interprovincial trade, import and export 8 (1) Any food that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported or exported (a) must not be contaminated; (b) must be edible; (c) must not consist in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, disgusting, rotten, decomposed or diseased animal or vegetable substance; and (d) must have been manufactured, prepared, stored, packaged and labelled under sanitary conditions. Prohibition — mixing of contaminated food (2) It is prohibited for a person to mix a contaminated food with other food so that it meets the requirements of subsection (1), unless the person is authorized to do so by the Minister under subsection (3). Ministerial authorization (3) The Minister may authorize a person to mix a contaminated food with other food if the Minister is of the opinion that no risk of injury to human health will result.
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Compliance with standard 9 (1) Any food that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported or exported and for which a standard is set out in the Standards of Identity Document must comply with that standard. Food likely to be mistaken (2) Any food that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported or exported and that is likely to be mistaken for a food for which a standard is set out in the Standards of Identity Document must comply with that standard.
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Use of food additives and other substances 10 Any person who manufactures, processes, treats or preserves a food that has been imported or that is to be exported or sent or conveyed from one province to another may use, in or on the food, a food additive or other substance unless the use of that food additive or other substance is not permitted by these Regulations or under the Food and Drugs Act or the use does not comply with any limits or levels provided by these Regulations or under that Act.
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Import 11 (1) Any food that is imported must have been manufactured, prepared, stored, packaged and labelled in a manner and under conditions that provide at least the same level of protection as that provided by sections 47 to 81 . Exception (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of (a) a food additive; (b) a beverage that contains more than 0.5% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume; or (c) a food that is set out in Schedule 1 and that (i) is unprocessed and is intended to be manufactured, processed or treated for use as a grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage, (ii) has a label applied or attached to it, or accompanying it, that bears the expression “For Further Preparation Only” or “ pour conditionnement ultérieur seulement ”, and (iii) is not a consumer prepackaged food.
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Import — fixed place of business 12 (1) Any person who imports a food, other than a food referred to in any of paragraphs 11 (2)(a) to (c), and who does not have, in Canada, a fixed place of business from which they carry on business related to the food must, (a) have a fixed place of business from which they carry on business related to the food in a foreign state that (i) has an inspection system that has been recognized under Part 7, if the imported food is a meat product or live or raw shellfish, or (ii) has a food safety system that has been determined by the Minister under subsection (2) to provide at least the same level of protection in relation to that food as that provided by the provisions of the Act and these Regulations, if the imported food is not a meat product or live or raw shellfish; and (b) send or convey the food directly to Canada from a foreign state that has an inspection system described in subparagraph (a)(i) or a food safety system described in subparagraph (a)(ii). Food safety system — Minister’s determination (2) The Minister must determine whether a foreign state’s food safety system provides at least the same level of protection in relation to an imported food as that provided by the provisions of the Act and these Regulations by taking into account the following: (a) any applicable legislative framework, controls and procedures; (b) the organizational structure of the authority that is responsible for the system; (c) the implementation of the system; (d) the resources that support the objectives of the system; and (e) any other relevant information. Exception — certain shellfish (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the reference to “shellfish” does not include the adductor muscles of scallops or the meat of geoducks. In transit (4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), if the food passes only in transit through a foreign state, the person is not considered to have sent or conveyed the food directly to Canada from that foreign state.
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Import information 13 (1) Any person who imports a food must provide to the Minister, in a form approved by the President, the following information: (a) their name and address and, if they hold a licence to import, the number of that licence; (b) the name and address of the person from whom the food is received; (c) the name of the foreign state of origin; (d) the address of the first destination of the food in Canada; (e) a description of the food, including its common name and quantity; (f) any information relating to the safety of the food that the Minister believes is required in order to respond to a risk of injury to human health; and (g) in the case of live or raw shellfish other than the adductor muscles of scallops or the meat of geoducks, with respect to the establishment at which the shellfish was last manufactured, prepared, stored, packaged or labelled prior to its importation, the establishment’s registration number, or another identification number for the establishment, that is provided by the foreign state. Provision of import information (2) The information referred to in subsection (1), and any documents required by sections 96 and 104 and paragraph 167 (d), must be provided before or at the time of the import. Exception (3) Despite subsection (2), in the case of a food other than a meat product, the Minister may authorize the person who imports the food, at their written request, to provide the information after the time of import, at the time specified by the Minister. Meat products (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the foods set out in paragraphs 25 (a) and (b) are not considered to be meat products.
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Import — further inspection 14 (1) If, during an inspection that is conducted at the time of the import, the inspector determines that a further inspection is required, (a) in the case of an edible meat product, (i) the meat product must be immediately delivered, by the licence holder who imports it, to an establishment where it must be stored and handled in its imported condition by a licence holder and must be kept in that establishment until the further inspection is completed, and (ii) the licence holder who imports the meat product must provide the address of the establishment referred to in subparagraph (i) to the inspector if it is different from the address referred to in paragraph 13 (1)(d); and (b) in the case of a food other than an edible meat product, the food must be kept, by the person who imports it, at the address referred to in paragraph 13 (1)(d) until the further inspection is completed. Meat products (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the foods set out in paragraphs 25 (a) and (b) are not considered to be meat products.
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Interprovincial trade and export 15 (1) Any food that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is exported must meet the following requirements: (a) if the food is manufactured, processed, treated, preserved, graded, packaged or labelled in Canada, that activity must be conducted by a licence holder in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations, unless that activity is (i) the packaging and labelling of fresh fruits or vegetables in the field by the person who grows or harvests them if they are to be sent or conveyed from one province to another to be subsequently manufactured, processed, treated, preserved or graded by a licence holder, (ii) the packaging and labelling of a food that is set out in Schedule 1 and that is unprocessed and intended to be manufactured, processed or treated for use as a grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage, if, at the time that the food is sent or conveyed from one province to another or exported, it is not a consumer prepackaged food and it has a label applied or attached to it, or accompanying it, that bears the expression “For Further Preparation Only” or “ pour conditionnement ultérieur seulement ”, or (iii) the grading of a livestock carcass or a poultry carcass; (b) if the food, other than a food referred to in paragraph 11 (2)(c), has been imported, it must have been imported by a licence holder in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations; and (c) if the food is a meat product and if (i) any meat product that it contains was manufactured, processed, treated, preserved, packaged or labelled in Canada, that activity must have been conducted by a licence holder in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations, (ii) any meat product that it contains has been derived from a livestock carcass or a poultry carcass that has been graded in Canada, it must have been graded by a grader in accordance with these Regulations, (iii) any meat product that it contains has been imported, that meat product must have been imported by a licence holder in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations, and (iv) any meat product that it contains is derived from food animals that were slaughtered in Canada, the food animals must have been slaughtered by a licence holder in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations. Exception (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the foods referred to in paragraphs 11(2)(a) and (b) and foods that are manufactured, processed, treated, preserved, graded, packaged or labelled by a restaurant or other similar enterprise, when the food is to be sent or conveyed by the restaurant or other similar enterprise to consumers. SOR/2022-144, s. 3
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Exception — export of non-compliant food 16 (1) Any person may export a food that does not meet the requirements of these Regulations, other than a requirement of paragraph 8 (1)(c) or (d) or subsection 15 (1), if a label applied or attached to the food bears the word “Export” or “ exportation ” and (a) if the foreign state to which the food is exported has a different requirement on the same matter as the unmet requirement, the person prepares a document that substantiates that the foreign state’s requirement has been met; or (b) if the foreign state to which the food is exported has no requirement on the same matter as the unmet requirement, (i) the unmet requirement must be a requirement set out in any of subsection 9(1) and sections 10, 195, 197, 201, 210, 244 to 249, 262, 268, 272, 273, 292, 293, 306 to 308, 312, 313, 316, 322, 324 to 327, 329 and 331, and (ii) the person prepares a document that sets out the specifications for the unmet requirement as stipulated by the person in the foreign state for whom the exported food is intended. Retention period — documents (2) The documents referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) must be kept for two years after the day on which the food is exported. Additional requirements — meat products (3) In the case of the export of a meat product under subsection (1), the requirements of paragraphs 168 (1)(a) and (b) must also be met. SOR/2022-144, s. 4
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Application for export certificate 17 (1) An application for the issuance of a certificate or other document referred to in section 48 of the Act must be made to the Minister in a form approved by the President. Conditions for issuance (2) The Minister may issue a certificate or other document referred to in section 48 of the Act in respect of a food commodity that is intended for commercial use if the applicant holds a licence to export the food commodity and (a) in the case of a food, the manufacturing, preparing, storing, packaging and labelling of the food meets the applicable requirements of Part 4; (b) in the case of a food commodity referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition food commodity in section 2 of the Act, other than an animal, for which a competent authority of a foreign state requires a certificate or other document referred to in section 48 of the Act for its import into that foreign state for the purpose of human consumption, the manufacturing, preparing, storing, packaging and labelling of the food commodity meets the applicable requirements of Part 4 — other than Division 3 — as if it were a food; or (c) in the case of a food commodity referred to in subsection (3), the manufacturing, preparing, storing, packaging and labelling of the food commodity meets the applicable requirements of Part 4 — other than Division 3 — as if it were a food. Definition of food commodity in Act (3) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition food commodity in section 2 of the Act, any commodity that is derived from an animal or plant, or any of its parts, is a prescribed food commodity if (a) that commodity is not included in paragraph (a) or (b) of that definition; and (b) a competent authority of a foreign state requires a certificate or other document referred to in section 48 of the Act in order for that commodity to be imported into that foreign state for the purpose of human consumption. Exemption (4) The prescribed food commodity referred to in subsection (3) is exempted from the application of any provision of the Act and these Regulations that is not necessary to give effect to this section. For greater certainty, the exemption does not include section 6 of the Act. Inspection before export (5) The Minister may require that an inspection be conducted of any food commodity in respect of which a person has applied for a certificate or other document referred to in section 48 of the Act, for the purpose of deciding whether to issue the certificate or other document. Inspection — accessibility (6) If an inspection of a food commodity is required, the applicant must make the food commodity readily accessible to an inspector at the time of inspection.
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Non-compliant food 18 (1) Any person may send or convey from one province to another or import a food that does not meet the requirements of the Act or these Regulations — other than section 188 as that section relates to fresh fruits or vegetables, processed fruit or vegetable products or honey, section 306 as that section relates to fresh fruits or vegetables or processed fruit or vegetable products and Volume 4 of the Standards of Identity Document — if (a) a label that bears the expression “For Further Preparation Only” or “ pour conditionnement ultérieur seulement ” is applied or attached to the food or accompanies it; (b) subject to subsection 8 (2), the food is manufactured, processed, treated, preserved, graded, packaged or labelled so that it meets the requirements that are set out in the Act and these Regulations within (i) three months after the day on which the food is sent or conveyed from one province to another or is imported, or (ii) any longer period that is specified by the Minister at the person’s written request; and (c) in the case of import, the food is not a meat product. Exception (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply in respect of (a) a beef carcass, or a carcass side, hind quarter, front quarter, primal cut or sub-primal cut of a beef carcass, that meets the requirements that are set out in paragraph 306 (2)(f); (b) a processed fruit or vegetable product that is labelled under paragraph 306 (3)(a); or (c) honey that is labelled under paragraph 306 (3)(b). Licence holder (3) The activities referred to in paragraph (1)(b), other than the grading of a livestock carcass or a poultry carcass, must be conducted by a licence holder. SOR/2022-144, s. 5
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Exception — import for export 19 (1) Any person may import a food that does not meet the requirements of the Act or these Regulations — other than section 188 as that section relates to fresh fruits or vegetables, processed fruit or vegetable products or honey, section 306 as that section relates to fresh fruits or vegetables or processed fruit or vegetable products, Part 13 and Volume 4 of the Standards of Identity Document — if (a) a label that bears the expression “Imported for Export” or “ importé pour l’exportation ” is applied or attached to the food or accompanies it; and (b) the food is intended to be manufactured, processed, treated, preserved, graded, packaged or labelled for the purpose of exporting it. Licence holder (2) The activities referred to in paragraph (1)(b), other than the grading of a livestock carcass or a poultry carcass, must be conducted by a licence holder. SOR/2022-144, s. 6