G/SPS/N/CAN/1396  
 
17 June 2021  
(21-4965) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Livestock feeds imported under HS 2309 (preparations of a kind used 
in animal feeding) and livestock feeds and feed ingredients may be found in the following 
chapters 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 
32, 35, 38, 39, 40, 44, 47  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Feeds Regulations, 2022 . Language(s):  English and 
French . Number of pages:  115 
6. Description of content:  Feed and livestock production sectors in Canada and abroad 
have evolved considerably since the last comprehensive review of the Feeds Regulations , 
1983, operating in an environment influenced by several changing factors such as: 
nutritional awareness, fee d manufacturing and distribution, globalization of trade, 
recognition that feed is an integral component that underpins food production, heightened 
consumer awareness of food safety, and emergence of new pathogens and disease agents 
(e.g., bovine spongifor m encephalopathy).  
The proposed amendments would repeal and replace the Feeds Regulations, 1983  and are 
required to establish a feed regulatory framework that includes hazard analysis, preventive 
controls, traceability, increased record -keeping requirements, and licensing. These 
changes would better align with international regulatory frameworks and  best practices. 
This would enable the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and regulated sectors to 
better understand and manage risks that livestock feeds pose to animal health, human 
health and the environment, and would support proactive practices fo r managing those 
risks.  
The proposed amendments include:  
− Incorporating by reference (IbR) most compositional and safety standards. The IbR 
documents would be adjusted from time to time to reflect any changes made to the  
compositional and safety standards. These IbR documents include a list of single 
ingredient feeds, medicating ingredients, and non -feed products allowed to be used in 
feed; nutrient guarantees and conditions allowed on livestock feed labels, maximum 
nutrient values in feed, maximum weed seed s in feed maximum contaminant levels in 
feed; list of permissible claims allowed on livestock feed labels; and list of prescribed 
deleterious substances ; 
− Expanding the scope of livestock species ; 
− General and safety standards ; G/SPS/N/CAN/1396  
 
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  − Preventive control plans ; 
− Labelling requirements ; 
− Traceability and record -keeping requirements ; 
− Single ingredient feed approval and product registration assessment and processes ; 
− Licensing requirements  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial num ber of Codex 
standard or related text) : Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM numbe r):  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The Codex Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding only covers 
livestock feed from a food safety perspective, while the Feeds Regulations, 2022 will also 
include requirements for the protection of human, animal and plant health, and the 
environment.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in w hich these are available:   
− Feed regulatory modernization:  
https://inspection.canada.ca/animal -health/livestock -feeds/regulat ory-
modernization/eng/1612969567098/1612971995765  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/sa nte-des-animaux/aliments -du-betail/modernisation -du-
reglement -sur-les-aliments -du-bet/fra/1612969567098/1612971995765  (French)  
− Fact sheets:  
https://inspection.canada.ca/animal -health/livestock -feeds/regulatory -
modernization/eng/1612969567098/1612971995765#a4  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/sante -des-animaux/aliments -du-betail/modern isation -du-
reglement -sur-les-aliments -du-bet/fra/1612969567098/1612971995765#a4  (French)  
− Guidance documents:  
https:/ /inspection.canada.ca/animal -health/livestock -feeds/regulatory -
modernization/eng/1612969567098/1612971995765#a5  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/sante -des-animaux/aliments -du-betail/modernisation -du-
reglement -sur-les-aliments -du-bet/fra/1612969567098/1612971995765#a5  (French)  
− Proposed documents to be incorporated by reference:  
https://inspection.canada.ca/animal -health/livestock -feeds/regulatory -
modernization/eng/1612969567098/1612971995765#a3  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/sante -des-animaux/aliments -du-betail/modernis ation-du-
reglement -sur-les-aliments -du-bet/fra/1612969567098/1612971995765#a3  (French)  
− Canada Gazette , Part I, Volume 155, 12 June 2021, pages 2614 -2728 (available in 
English and French): https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2021/2021 -06-12/pdf/g1 -
15524.pdf  
This measure is also notified to the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade as 
G/TBT/N/C AN/645.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Spring 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Spring 2022  G/SPS/N/CAN/1396  
 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Some requirements will enter into force on the date of adoption, while a 
12 to 18 month delayed coming into force/transitional period will be provided for other 
requirements.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days fro m the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 September 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of o ther body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory texts can be found at:  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2021/2021 -06-12/html/reg1 -eng.html  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2021/2021 -06-12/html/reg1 -fra.html  
 
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