Food business owners across Canada can now apply for a licence under the new Safe Food for Canadians Regulations by accessing the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s online portal, My CFIA. These regulations will protect Canadian families by making the food system even safer by focusing on prevention and allowing for faster removal of unsafe food from the marketplace. Food … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Jean-Claude Poissant (La Prairie, Que.) announced that the new Safe Food for Canadians Regulations will come into effect in two months. He emphasized that these regulations will reduce unnecessary administrative burden on businesses by replacing 14 sets of regulations with one, and will help maintain and grow market … Read more
Plant health partners in Canada announced the establishment of the Canadian Plant Health Council – fulfilling a multi-partner commitment to collaboratively implement the Plant and Animal Health Strategy for Canada. The council consists of 11 members from national industry associations, academia and federal, provincial and territorial governments representing the plant health sector in agriculture and forestry. The … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has updated its regulated areas for emerald ash borer to include an area in New Brunswick, in an effort to slow the insect’s spread. This change is due to a detection of EAB in the city of Edmundston. Effective immediately, the movement of ash materials, including logs, branches and woodchips, and … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer in Bedford, Nova Scotia. The new finding is a first for Nova Scotia, which is outside of the current areas regulated for emerald ash borer in Canada. The emerald ash borer was also detected in New Brunswick earlier this year. The CFIA … Read more
The Chief Veterinary Officer for Canada and OIE Delegate for Canada, Dr. Jaspinder Komal, welcomes the evaluation of Canada’s veterinary services that was published by the World Organisation for Animal Health, the global standard-setting body for animal health and welfare. The OIE has found Canada to be a top performing country and a leading example for … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) announced that final Safe Food for Canadians Regulations were published in Canada Gazette, Part II. The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations will protect Canadian families by putting a greater emphasis on preventing risks to food safety. The new consolidated regulations are the result of an unprecedented … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer in the city of Edmundston, N.B. The new finding is a first for Atlantic Canada, which is outside of the regulated area, which includes certain areas of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. The full release is available online. Call 613-773-6600.
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) announced an investment of $80 million to replace the Centre for Plant Health in Sidney, B.C. The Centre is a CFIA diagnostic testing, research and quarantine facility, with both laboratories and greenhouses. This funding, a Budget 2017 commitment, complements recent federal investments in science and laboratory infrastructure proposed in Budget … Read more
The CFIA is working with industry to identify and implement measures at the manufacturing/processing level to reduce salmonella to below a detectable amount in frozen raw breaded chicken products such as chicken nuggets, chicken fingers, chicken strips, popcorn chicken and chicken burgers that are packaged for retail sale. This approach focuses the responsibility on the … Read more
