Health Canada is responsible for setting standards and providing advice and information on the safety of food. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) enforces the food safety standards established by Health Canada.
Note that additional standards and guidelines may apply to your specific food product, including those set by your province or territory, and municipality.
Microbiological standards and guidelines
- Health Canada, Table of Microbiological Criteria for Food
- Health Canada, Guidelines on Microbiological safety of foods
- Health Canada, Codes of practice
- Health Canada, Policies on Food safety
- Health Canada, Compendium of analytical methods, Volume 1 (Standards and Guidelines for Microbiological Safety of Food - Interpretive Summary)
- Note that the Bacteriological Guidelines for Fish and Fish Products continue to apply until Health Canada's revised guidelines are published
- CFIA, Microbiological criteria in the Canadian Standards of Identity incorporated by reference into the SFCR:
Chemical standards and guidelines
- Health Canada, Lists of permitted food additives
- Health Canada, Maximum levels for chemical contaminants in foods
- Health Canada, List of Contaminants and other Adulterating Substances in Foods
- Health Canada, Maximum residue limits (MRLs) for veterinary drugs in foods
- Health Canada, Working Residue Levels (WRLs) For Antimicrobial Residues In Honey
- Health Canada, Maximum residue limits for pesticides
- Health Canada, Compendium of Methods for Chemical Analysis of Foods
- Health Canada, Compendium of Food Allergen Methodologies
- Health Canada, Supplemented foods: Regulations and compliance