Recent amendments to regulations, or to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Fees Notice, are listed below along with a link to their publication in the Canada Gazette. The official text of the amended regulations is posted on the Justice Laws website upon coming into force.
Recently approved regulatory amendments enacted and published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, and CFIA Fees Notices published in the Canada Gazette, Part I
Title: Regulations Amending Certain Canadian Food Inspection Agency Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) (ID# 000070)
Date of registration: February 26, 2025 under SOR/2025-47
Date of publication: March 12, 2025
Transitional provision: N/A
Coming into force: February 26, 2025
Title: Notice Amending the CFIA Fees Notice (Part 16 – fish import inspection fees & other administrative changes) (ID# 000093)
Date of publication: January 4, 2025
Coming into force: January 4, 2025
Title: Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (creating an agile framework for compositional standards) (ID# 000082)
Date of registration: November 29, 2024 under SOR/2024-244
Date of publication: December 18, 2024
Transitional provision: N/A
Coming into force: December 18, 2024
Title: Regulations Amending the Compensation for Destroyed Animals Regulations (ID# 000091)
Date of registration: November 12, 2024 under SOR/2024-224
Date of publication: December 4, 2024
Transitional provision: N/A
Coming into force: November 12, 2024
Title: Regulations Amending the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (City of Lloydminster) (ID# 000090)
Date of registration: November 8, 2024 under SOR/2024-216
Date of publication: November 20, 2024
Transitional provision: N/A
Coming into force: November 8, 2024
Title: Notice Amending the CFIA Fees Notice (Part 4 – aligning the Feeds Fees with the Feeds Regulations, 2024) (ID# 000037)
Date of publication: July 6, 2024
Coming into force: July 6, 2024
Title: Feeds Regulations, 2024 (ID# 000037)
Date of registration: June 17, 2024 under SOR/2024-0132
Date of publication: July 3, 2024
Transitional provision: Various (from 0 to 18 months)
Coming into force: June 17, 2024
Title: Regulations Repealing the Hatchery Exclusion Regulations (ID# 000092)
Date of registration: February 7, 2024 under SOR/2024-20
Date of publication: February 28, 2024
Transitional provision: N/A
Coming into force: February 7, 2024
Title: Notice Amending the CFIA Fees Notice (Part 5 – descriptions of fertilizer privileges) (ID# 000083)
Date of publication: December 23, 2023
Coming into force: December 23, 2023
Title: Notice Amending the CFIA Fees Notice (Part 11 – non-application of fees in the case of emergency transit of regulated animals) (ID# 000086)
Date of publication: December 23, 2023
Coming into force: December 23, 2023
Title: Regulations Amending the Health of Animals Regulations (Hatchery) (ID# 000003)
Date of registration: October 20, 2022 under SOR/2022-218
Date of publication: November 9, 2022
Transitional provision: 1 year
Coming into force: October 20, 2022
Title: Notice Amending the CFIA Fees Notice (Part 11 – aligning the service fees for hatcheries with the Health of Animals Regulations) (ID# 000003)
Date of publication: November 12, 2022
Coming into force: November 12, 2022
Title: Regulations Amending the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations and the Food and Drug Regulations (food product innovation) (ID# 000064)
Date of registration: June 21, 2022 under SOR/2022-144 and SOR/2022-143
Date of publication: July 6, 2022
Transitional provision: N/A
Coming into force: June 21, 2022
See the Regulatory archive for approved regulatory amendments and amendments to the CFIA Fees Notice that are more than two years old.
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