Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SOR/2018-108). Country/Territory Canada Document type Regulation Date 2018 (2019) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Agricultural commodities Ecological production/organic production Food additives Standards Processing/handling Transport/storage Packaging/labelling International trade Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract Any food commodity is a prescribed food commodity that is to be exported or sent or conveyed from one province to another, and any of the following activities is a prescribed activity that a person is prohibited to conduct in respect of that prescribed food commodity except in accordance with these Regulations: (a) manufacturing, preparing, storing, packaging and labelling; and (b) if the food commodity is an organic product, in addition to the activities set out in paragraph (a), advertising and conveying. Any food that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported or exported (a) must not be contaminated; (b) must be edible; (c) must not consist in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, disgusting, rotten, decomposed or diseased animal or vegetable substance; and (d) must have been manufactured, prepared, stored, packaged and labelled under sanitary conditions. It is prohibited for a person to mix a contaminated food with other food so that it meets the requirements of subsection (1), unless the person is authorized to do so by the Minister under subsection (3). Any food that is sent or conveyed from one province to another or that is imported or exported and for which a standard is set out in the Standards of Identity Document must comply with that standard. Any person who manufactures, processes, treats or preserves a food that has been imported or that is to be exported or sent or conveyed from one province to another may use, in or on the food, a food additive or other substance unless the use of that food additive or other substance is not permitted by these Regulations or under the Food and Drugs Act or the use does not comply with any limits or levels provided by these Regulations or under that Act. Any food that is imported must have been manufactured, prepared, stored, packaged and labelled in a manner and under conditions that provide at least the same level of protection as that provided by sections 47 to 81. Full text English Website laws-lois.justice.gc.ca References - Legislation Implements Safe Food for Canadians Act (S.C. 2012, c. 24). Legislation | Canada | 2012 (2014) Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Fraud, Consumer protection, Packaging/labelling, Inspection, Traceability/product tracing, Agricultural commodities, Internal trade, International trade, Standards, Authorization/permit, Registration, Institution, Indigenous peoples Source: FAO, FAOLEX