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On July 6, 2022, local time, the Canadian government announced in the Canada Gazette the results of the revisions to the two basic regulations of the country's food industry, the Food and Drug Regulations and the Food Safety Regulatio.
This revision has significant implications for the regulation
of food in Canad.
This revision has significant implications for the regulation
of food in Canad.
Amendment background of the two regulations
Since 2013, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has been working on reforms to modernize the food regulatory framewo.
In 2013, CFIA publicly consulted the public for opinions on the modernization of food labeling supervision, and launched the Food Labeling Modernization (FLM) program; from 2014 to 2015, CFIA publicly solicited opinions on the FLM supervision plan, and conducted a review of its content from 2016 to 201 The CFIA has also been making further reform inputs on the basis of the FLM pl.
In the summer of 2020, the CFIA re-examined the FLM program in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to support economic recovery, and adjusted the program beyond labeling regulatory reforms with a mission to stimulate the Canadian food indust.
As a result, the program name was also changed from FLM to the Food Innovation (FPI) progr.
In 2013, CFIA publicly consulted the public for opinions on the modernization of food labeling supervision, and launched the Food Labeling Modernization (FLM) program; from 2014 to 2015, CFIA publicly solicited opinions on the FLM supervision plan, and conducted a review of its content from 2016 to 201 The CFIA has also been making further reform inputs on the basis of the FLM pl.
In the summer of 2020, the CFIA re-examined the FLM program in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to support economic recovery, and adjusted the program beyond labeling regulatory reforms with a mission to stimulate the Canadian food indust.
As a result, the program name was also changed from FLM to the Food Innovation (FPI) progr.
During the entire process of formulating and revising regulations, CFIA has listened to relevant suggestions from about 7,000 stakeholders and obtained about 15,000 relevant opinions through online consultati.
The main content of this revision
The revision of the two regulations this time is the result of the FPI progr.
The Canadian government revised the two regulations this time, mainly hoping to stimulate the innovation and development of the food industry in the post-COVID-19 economic recovery period, and to solve some historical problems in the two regulatio.
The Canadian government revised the two regulations this time, mainly hoping to stimulate the innovation and development of the food industry in the post-COVID-19 economic recovery period, and to solve some historical problems in the two regulatio.
The main contents of this revision are as follows:
01
The standard container size requirements for many types of food have been removed, and businesses can now customize the package size of these foods;
02
In the label identification, some enterprises only use the "category name" of the raw material for identification, and do not identify the specific raw material name, resulting in insufficient information for consume.
The new regulations have clearer labelling requirements for this type of raw material;
The new regulations have clearer labelling requirements for this type of raw material;
03
Add the definition of "test-market food" to allow some foods that do not meet current Canadian regulations to apply for trial-market licenses to stimulate innovation in the industry;
04
Simplified special labelling requirements for some commodities, such as dairy products;
05
It is clarified that the catering industry is not regulated at the federal level, and the content of the original regulations that may be related to the catering industry has been delet.
What Chinese enterprises need to pay attention to
If Chinese companies are exporting products to Canada, or plan to export products to Canada, they need to pay attention to whether their products are involved in this revision of regulatio.
Among the revisions of the two regulations, the revision of labelling requirements has the greatest impact on enterpris.
Based on this consideration, CFIA on the issue of labeling prepackaged food manufacturers, food and beverage wholesalers and importers and exporters, food and beverage retailers, food and beverage department stores, food and beverage consumers and related regulatory The agencies conducted extensive consultations and surve.
Based on CFIA's survey, the food industry's ability to bear the cost of label changes has declined in recent years due to the impact of the new cro.
At the same time, the focus of the new regulations is more on supporting innovation, enhancing competitiveness and business recove.
Changing labels will undoubtedly extra burden on the busine.
Therefore, in this revision of the regulations, all draft labels that may bring additional costs to the industry have been deleted, and only regulations that are beneficial to the industry, consumers and the government are retain.
Based on this consideration, CFIA on the issue of labeling prepackaged food manufacturers, food and beverage wholesalers and importers and exporters, food and beverage retailers, food and beverage department stores, food and beverage consumers and related regulatory The agencies conducted extensive consultations and surve.
Based on CFIA's survey, the food industry's ability to bear the cost of label changes has declined in recent years due to the impact of the new cro.
At the same time, the focus of the new regulations is more on supporting innovation, enhancing competitiveness and business recove.
Changing labels will undoubtedly extra burden on the busine.
Therefore, in this revision of the regulations, all draft labels that may bring additional costs to the industry have been deleted, and only regulations that are beneficial to the industry, consumers and the government are retain.
For product standard containers, if an enterprise has previously exported peanut butter, alcohol, honey, meat products and other products that have provisions for standard containers, it can query the new "standard container" document to determine whether the standard container has been deleted or chang.
requiremen.
requiremen.
For enterprises exporting products under special supervision, such as dairy products, meat products, baby food, e.
, you can check the corresponding provisions to see if there are corresponding changes to the special labeling requirements of some products, such as the labeling requirements of the country of orig.
, you can check the corresponding provisions to see if there are corresponding changes to the special labeling requirements of some products, such as the labeling requirements of the country of orig.
For supply companies in the catering industry, you can check whether some provisions and requirements in the original regulations have been partially remov.
Finally, if a company wants to innovate in the Canadian market, it can check its detailed regulations on "trial products" to see if it meets the needs of the compa.
