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Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 111
Fresh fruits or vegetables packaged with other food 111 The requirements of sections 113 to 121 and 269 — as well as any requirements under Division 2 of Part 10 and Part 12 that apply in respect of fresh fruits or vegetables — do not apply in respect of consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables if the container contains more than one type of fresh fruit or vegetable together with other food and if (a) the label that is applied or attached to the container bears the expression “Gift Pack” or “ emballage-cadeau ” or the expression “Combo Pack” or “ emballage mixte ”; (b) no one type of fresh fruit or vegetable in the container exceeds 1 kg net weight; and (c) the net weight of the fresh fruits or vegetables and other food in the container does not exceed 10 kg.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 112
Whole fresh fruits or vegetables 112 The requirements of this Subdivision apply in respect of any fresh fruits or vegetables that are whole.
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Imported potatoes 113 (1) Potatoes that are imported must meet the requirements for the grade Canada No. 1 that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document. Presumption — potatoes from United States (2) Potatoes that are imported from the United States are considered to meet the requirements for the grade Canada No. 1 that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document if the potatoes have been graded in the United States and meet the applicable requirements that are set out in the document entitled Grade Standard Requirements for Fresh Fruits or Vegetables Imported from the United States , prepared by the Agency and published on its website, as amended from time to time. SOR/2025-192, s. 6
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Apples from foreign state other than United States 114 (1) Apples that are imported from a foreign state other than the United States must meet the requirements for the grade Canada Extra Fancy, Canada Fancy or Canada Commercial that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document. Apples from United States (2) Apples that are imported from the United States must meet the requirements for the grade Canada Extra Fancy or Canada Fancy that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document. Presumption — apples from United States (3) Apples that are imported from the United States are considered to meet the requirements for the grade Canada Extra Fancy or Canada Fancy that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document if the apples have been graded in the United States and meet the applicable requirements that are set out in the document entitled Grade Standard Requirements for Fresh Fruits or Vegetables Imported from the United States , prepared by the Agency and published on its website, as amended from time to time. SOR/2025-192, s. 6
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Presumption — general 115 Fresh fruits or vegetables, other than potatoes or apples, that are imported from the United States are considered to meet the applicable requirements that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document if the fruits or vegetables have been graded in the United States and meet the applicable requirements that are set out in the document entitled Grade Standard Requirements for Fresh Fruits or Vegetables Imported from the United States , prepared by the Agency and published on its website, as amended from time to time. SOR/2025-192, s. 6
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 116
Foreign states — onions, potatoes and apples 116 Onions and potatoes that are imported from a foreign state other than the United States, and apples that are imported from a foreign state other than the United States and New Zealand, must meet and be certified by the Minister as meeting the following requirements: (a) the applicable requirements that are set out in Parts 10 to 12; (b) in the case of onions, the requirements for a particular grade of onions that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document; (c) in the case of potatoes, the requirements for the grade Canada No. 1 that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document; and (d) in the case of apples, the requirements for the grade Canada Extra Fancy, Canada Fancy or Canada Commercial that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document. SOR/2025-192, s. 7
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Onions, potatoes and apples from United States 117 (1) Onions, potatoes and apples that are imported from the United States must (a) be accompanied at the Canadian port of entry by a serially numbered certificate or evidence, in the form of a facsimile or a copy of an email message, issued by the federal department responsible for agriculture in the United States, that establishes that the following requirements are met: (i) the applicable requirements that are set out in Parts 10 to 12, (ii) in the case of onions, the requirements for a particular grade of onions that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document, (iii) in the case of potatoes, the requirements for the grade Canada No. 1 that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document, and (iv) in the case of apples, the requirements for the grade Canada Extra Fancy or Canada Fancy that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document; or (b) meet and be certified by the Minister as meeting the requirements that are set out in subparagraph (a)(i) and, in accordance with any general tolerances for inspection at the time of shipping or repackaging that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document, the requirements that are set out in subparagraph (a)(ii), (iii) or (iv). Endorsement (2) The certificate and evidence referred to in paragraph (1)(a) must be endorsed with the expression “Meets Canadian Import Requirements for Grades, Packaging, Labelling and Standard Container Size” or “ satisfait aux exigences d’importation du Canada visant la classification, l’emballage, l’étiquetage et la taille des contenants normalisés ”. SOR/2025-192, s. 8
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 118
Apples from New Zealand 118 (1) Apples that are imported from New Zealand must (a) be accompanied at the Canadian port of entry by a serially numbered certificate or evidence, in the form of a facsimile or a copy of an email message, issued by the ministry responsible for agriculture in New Zealand, that establishes that the following requirements are met: (i) the applicable requirements that are set out in Parts 10 to 12, and (ii) the requirements for the grade Canada Extra Fancy, Canada Fancy or Canada Commercial that are set out in the Compendium or the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades Document; or (b) meet and be certified by the Minister as meeting the requirements that are set out in subparagraph (a)(i) and, in accordance with any general tolerances for inspection at the time of shipping or repackaging that are set out in the Compendium, the requirements that are set out in subparagraph (a)(ii). Endorsement (2) The certificate and evidence referred to in paragraph (1)(a) must be endorsed with the expression “Meets Canadian Import Requirements for Grades, Packaging, Labelling and Standard Container Size” or “ satisfait aux exigences d’importation du Canada visant la classification, l’emballage, l’étiquetage et la taille des contenants normalisés ”. SOR/2025-192, s. 9
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 119
Exception 119 Sections 116 to 118 do not apply in respect of onions, potatoes or apples that are part of a shipment that consists of not more than (a) 15 containers of onions with an aggregate net weight of not more than 250 kg of onions; (b) 15 containers of potatoes with an aggregate net weight of not more than 250 kg of potatoes; and (c) 15 containers of apples with an aggregate net weight of not more than 250 kg of apples.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 120
In transit 120 For the purposes of sections 113 to 119 , if fresh fruits or vegetables are sent or conveyed to Canada in an in bond shipment from a foreign state other than the United States and pass only in transit through the United States, the fresh fruits or vegetables are not considered to have been imported from the United States.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 121
Application for certificate 121 (1) An application for the issuance of a certificate referred to in section 116 or paragraph 117 (1)(b) or 118 (1)(b) must be made to the Minister in a form approved by the President. Inspection (2) The Minister may require an inspection for the purpose of deciding whether to issue the certificate. Inspection — accessibility (3) If an inspection is required, the applicant must make the onions, potatoes or apples readily accessible to an inspector at the time of inspection.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 122
Prohibition 122 (1) It is prohibited for a person to (a) sell any fresh fruits or vegetables that are to be exported or sent or conveyed from one province to another; (b) purchase or negotiate the purchase on another person’s behalf of any fresh fruits or vegetables that are to be imported or sent or conveyed from one province to another; (c) receive any fresh fruits or vegetables that have been imported or sent or conveyed from one province to another; or (d) send or convey from one province to another or import or export any fresh fruits or vegetables. Exception — persons (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of (a) any person who is a member in good standing of the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation, a corporation incorporated under Part 2 of the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act , as described in its by-laws; (b) any person who only sells fresh fruits or vegetables directly to consumers if that person paid less than $100,000 for the fresh fruits and vegetables that they sold to consumers within the previous 12 months; (c) any person who only purchases, sells or negotiates the purchase or sale on another person’s behalf, sends or conveys from one province to another or imports or exports less than one metric ton of fresh fruits and vegetables per day; (d) any person who only sells fresh fruits or vegetables that they have grown themselves; or (e) a registered charity as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act or a club, society or association described in paragraph 149(1)(l) of that Act. Exception — nuts, wild fruit and wild vegetables (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of nuts, wild fruit and wild vegetables.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 123
Damaged or defective fresh fruits or vegetables 123 (1) If a claim is made that all or part of a shipment of fresh fruits or vegetables that is imported or sent or conveyed from one province to another has arrived at its destination in a damaged or defective condition, any person who has a financial interest in that shipment may make a request to the Minister for (a) a written report that describes the condition of any damaged or defective fruits or vegetables at the time of the inspection; or (b) a written notice of the disposition of any damaged or defective fresh fruits or vegetables that describes the amount of fresh fruit or vegetables that have been disposed of and the place and time of their disposal. Request for report or notice (2) The request for a report or notice referred to in subsection (1) must be made to the Minister in a form approved by the President. Inspection — accessibility (3) The person who makes the request for a report regarding the condition of fresh fruits or vegetables must make the fresh fruits or vegetables readily accessible to an inspector at the time of inspection. Disposition of fresh fruit or vegetable (4) The person who makes the request for a notice regarding the disposition of damaged or defective fresh fruits or vegetables must ensure that their disposition is witnessed by an inspector.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 124
Definitions 124 The following definitions apply in this Division. on-farm food safety program means a program in respect of food animals that is operated on a farm or at a similar place and under which hazards relating to the safety of meat products that may be derived from those food animals are identified, analyzed and controlled. ( programme de salubrité des aliments à la ferme ) specified risk material has the same meaning as in section 6.1 of the Health of Animals Regulations . ( matériel à risque spécifié ) split means to cut a carcass lengthwise along the median line. ( fendre ) veterinary inspector means a person who is designated as a veterinary inspector under subsection 13(3) of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act for the purposes of the Act. ( inspecteur vétérinaire )
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on-farm food safety program means a program in respect of food animals that is operated on a farm or at a similar place and under which hazards relating to the safety of meat products that may be derived from those food animals are identified, analyzed and controlled. ( programme de salubrité des aliments à la ferme )
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specified risk material has the same meaning as in section 6.1 of the Health of Animals Regulations . ( matériel à risque spécifié )
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split means to cut a carcass lengthwise along the median line. ( fendre )
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veterinary inspector means a person who is designated as a veterinary inspector under subsection 13(3) of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act for the purposes of the Act. ( inspecteur vétérinaire )
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 125
Identification of meat products as edible 125 (1) A licence holder may identify a meat product as edible only if (a) the food animal from which the meat product is derived, or a sample from the shipment that the food animal is part of, is subjected to an ante-mortem examination under section 138 ; (b) the food animal, other than a game animal, from which the meat product is derived, or a sample from the shipment that the food animal is part of, is subjected to an ante-mortem inspection under section 139 ; (c) the carcass of the food animal from which the meat product is derived is dressed or partially dressed; (d) the carcass, its parts and the blood of the food animal from which the meat product is derived are subjected to a post-mortem inspection under subsection 149 (1) or a post-mortem examination under subsection 150 (1); and (e) the meat product is edible and is not contaminated, including that it does not contain any specified risk material. Certain meat products — additional requirements (2) Despite (1), a licence holder must not identify as edible any of the following: (a) a heart — other than the heart of a domesticated rabbit or of a bird that is not an ostrich, rhea or emu — unless it is opened or inverted and has all blood clots and attached blood vessels removed; (b) a liver, unless the gallbladder is removed; (c) a gizzard, unless its contents and lining are removed and the gizzard is washed; (d) a meat product that contains a urinary bladder, an intestine or any part of a urinary bladder or intestine, unless the bladder, intestine or part is used as a natural casing for the meat product and meets the requirements of section 126 ; and (e) a meat product with an artificial casing, unless the casing is manufactured from a material that is free of any noxious constituent.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 126
Natural casings 126 A urinary bladder, an intestine or any part of a urinary bladder or intestine may be used as a natural casing for an edible meat product if (a) the bladder, the intestine or the part of the bladder or intestine have been emptied of their contents and washed, and their mucous lining has been removed; (b) in the case of a bladder, it was inverted and placed in brine for at least 12 hours and was subsequently rinsed with water; and (c) the casing is clean.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 127
Avoidable death — clarification 127 For greater certainty, a reference to an avoidable death in these Regulations does not include the slaughtering of a food animal in accordance with these Regulations or the humane killing of a food animal.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 128
Avoidable suffering, injury or death 128 A licence holder must handle a food animal at the establishment in a manner that does not cause it avoidable suffering, injury or death and must not subject it to any condition that may cause such suffering, injury or death.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 129
Hitting 129 (1) A licence holder must not hit a food animal with a whip, prod or, except for the purposes of section 141 , any other object. Electric prod (2) A licence holder must not apply an electric prod to a food animal unless (a) it is done for the purpose of causing the animal to move and there is no reasonably practicable alternative to the application of the prod; (b) the food animal is a pig or a bovine; (c) the prod is applied to the lateral portion of the rear leg muscles between the hock joint and the hip joint; (d) the food animal has sufficient space to move forward; (e) the food animal’s ability to move is not compromised; and (f) the prod is applied in a manner that does not cause the food animal avoidable suffering, injury or death.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 130
Assessing 130 (1) A licence holder must assess whether a food animal is showing signs of suffering or injury on its arrival at the establishment. Monitoring (2) After a food animal’s arrival, the licence holder must monitor it on a regular basis, including assessing the conditions to which the food animal is subjected in the establishment that may cause avoidable suffering, injury or death. Corrective action (3) If the licence holder determines that conditions exist that may cause avoidable suffering, injury or death to a food animal, the licence holder must immediately take corrective action. Suffering – immediate measures (4) If a food animal is showing signs of suffering, the licence holder must immediately (a) alleviate its suffering; (b) humanely kill it; or (c) slaughter it in accordance with these Regulations. Exception — game animals (5) This section does not apply in respect of a game animal.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 131
Game animals 131 A licence holder who has direct control over a game animal must (a) monitor it on a regular basis, including assessing the conditions to which the game animal is subjected in the establishment that may cause avoidable suffering, injury or death; (b) immediately take corrective action if such conditions exist; and (c) if the game animal is showing signs of suffering, immediately (i) alleviate its suffering, (ii) humanely kill it, or (iii) slaughter it in accordance with these Regulations.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 132
Segregation and isolation 132 A licence holder must (a) segregate food animals of different species; (b) segregate a sick or injured food animal with other sick or injured food animals or isolate a sick or injured food animal if, because of its condition, it presents a risk to other food animals or it requires protection from other food animals; and (c) isolate a food animal that may cause suffering, injury or death to other food animals because of its nature, temperament, gender, weight, age or any other cause.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 133
Overcrowding 133 A licence holder must provide a food animal with sufficient space to prevent the suffering of, injury to or death of the animal.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 134
Ventilation 134 A licence holder must provide a food animal with sufficient ventilation to prevent the suffering of, injury to or death of the animal.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 135
Handling 135 (1) A licence holder who handles a food animal, including by handling a crate containing a food animal, during any activity they conduct in the establishment, must (a) be able to do so, by reason of the person’s competencies and qualifications for the activity, without causing avoidable suffering, injury or death to the food animal; and (b) do so in a manner and under circumstances in which the equipment that is used will not cause avoidable suffering, injury or death to the food animal. Areas of establishment and equipment (2) A licence holder must, during any activity conducted by the licence holder, use only areas of an establishment and equipment for the handling of a food animal that are designed, constructed and maintained in such a manner that they will not cause avoidable suffering, injury or death to the food animal.
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Water and feed 136 (1) A licence holder must provide a food animal — other than a food animal that is confined in a crate — that is unloaded from a conveyance at an establishment with (a) water or another source of hydration as soon as it is unloaded; and (b) feed, within 24 hours after it is unloaded. In crate (2) In the case of a food animal that is confined in a crate, the licence holder must provide the food animal with water or another source of hydration and with feed within 24 hours after it arrives at the establishment.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 137
Removal 137 (1) A licence holder must notify a veterinary inspector before a food animal is removed from an establishment. Keeping (2) A licence holder must notify a veterinary inspector before keeping a food animal in an establishment for more than seven days.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 138
Ante-mortem examination 138 (1) Within 24 hours before the slaughter of a food animal and in accordance with the document entitled Ante-mortem Examination and Presentation Procedures for Food Animals , prepared by the Agency and published on its website, as amended from time to time, a licence holder must conduct an ante-mortem examination of the food animal or of a sample from the shipment that the food animal is part of, which must include, in the case an equine or a bird other than one that is a game animal or an ostrich, a rhea or an emu, the examination of the documents referred to in subsection 165 (1). Deviations (2) If the licence holder, in the course of the ante-mortem examination or at any other time before slaughter, suspects that the food animal shows a deviation from normal behaviour, physiology or appearance, the licence holder must hold it for an inspection by a veterinary inspector, unless otherwise authorized by a veterinary inspector.
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations — 139
Ante-mortem inspection 139 (1) Within 24 hours before the slaughter of a food animal other than a game animal and in accordance with the document entitled Ante-mortem Examination and Presentation Procedures for Food Animals , prepared by the Agency and published on its website, as amended from time to time, a licence holder must, for the purpose of an ante-mortem inspection, present the food animal or a sample from the shipment that the food animal is part of and, in the case of an equine or a bird other than an ostrich, rhea or emu, the documents referred to in subsection 165(1) to a veterinary inspector or inspector under the supervision of a veterinary inspector. Deviations (2) If an inspector who is not a veterinary inspector suspects that the food animal shows a deviation from normal behaviour, physiology or appearance, the licence holder must hold it for an inspection by a veterinary inspector. SOR/2022-144, s. 10(E)