SAFE FOODS FOR CANADIANS ACT.

 

Seeing that there is this new legislation I thought that I would take a look and learn how this will change the food industry in Canada.  The legislation is new as of Nov 2012 and combines the Fish Act, Agricultural Act, Meat Inspection Act, and the Labelling Act.  The Food and Drug act remains separate as an umbrella policy.  to view the act go to http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/acts-and-regulations/regulatory-initiatives/sfca/eng/1338796071420/1338796152395

 

As legislation – I found that this does not have much “meat” to it.  Effectively it outlines how the government will harmonize what the inspectors and CFIA do.  So – better and streamlined oversite of the food industry (one set of rules for all). 

 

Benefits:

1.       All sectors now require trace and recall programs
2.       More accountability on importers for food safety
3.       A new food export certification process
4.       Lists tampering with food as intent to harm and food fraud comes into focus with misleading labels and selling product with misleading labels or falsified documentation.

 

In the Appendix this document provides is a listing of all the relevant documents.  This will help Quality Professionals and companies to see if there are documents that they are not aware of.

 

In my next blog – I will do my own list of Canadian Federal  Government Acts and Regulation which are relevant to the food manufacturing industry.