G/TBT/N/CAN/645  
17 June 2021  
(21-4961) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English /French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Canada's  Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Telephone: (343)203 -4273 
Fax: (613)943 -0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may 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.; Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (HS 2309)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Feeds 
Regulations, 2022 (115 pages, available in English and French)  
6. Descr iption 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: 
nutritio nal awareness, feed 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 spongiform 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 for managing 
those risks.  G/TBT/N/CAN/645  
 
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  The proposed amendments include:  
• Incorporation by reference (IbR) of 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 seeds in 
feed maximum contaminant levels in feed; list of permissible claims allowed 
on  livestock feed labels; and list of prescribed dele terious substances  
• Expanding the scope of livestock species  
• General and safety standards  
• 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, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The amendments to the Feeds Regulations  are required to establish a more 
outcome and risk -based feed framework (including hazard identification, preventive 
controls, traceability, increased record -keeping requirements, establishment licensing) 
that will enable the CFIA and regulated sectors to better understand and manage risks 
that feeds pose to public, animal and plant health and the environment that aligns with 
international frameworks and best practices. The basis for proposals and consultation to 
date has followed the objective of developin g a modernized risk -based and outcome -
based regulatory framework for feeds which:  
• safeguards feeds and the food production continuum  
• creates a fair and competitive market; and  
• minimizes unnecessary regulatory burden, where possible  
 Protection of human he alth or safety; Protection of animal or plant life or health; 
Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Feed regulatory modernization :  
https://inspection.canada.ca/animal -health/livestock -feeds/regulatory -
modernization/eng/1612969567098/1612971995765  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/sante -des-animaux/aliments -du-betail/modernisation -du-
reglemen t-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)  G/TBT/N/CAN/645  
 
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  https://inspection.canada.ca/sante -des-animaux/aliments -du-betail/modern isation -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 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 
as G/SPS/N/CAN/1396.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Spring 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  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.  
10. Final date for comments:  9 September 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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