Pre-market applications allow industry or an individual to seek registration or approval of a plant or animal product before being placed in the market.
Submit an application package
When seeking product or establishment pre-market approval, you can submit your application package to the Pre-Market Application Submissions Office (PASO) in My CFIA. If you have questions or need guidance, contact PASO.
PASO is your first point of contact for questions on preparing applications for:
Fertilizers and supplements
Plants with novel traits
Livestock feeds
Crop varieties subject to registration
Veterinary biologics
- Veterinary biologics
- Preparation of new product licensing (registration) submissions for veterinary biologics
- Autogenous veterinary biologics
- Importation of veterinary biologics
- Importation and/or release of unlicensed veterinary biologics for research or emergency use
- Renew a Canadian veterinary biologic product licence and establishment licence
- Renew an import permit
- Issuance of veterinary biologics export certificates
- Report a suspected adverse reaction to a veterinary biologic
- Service delivery standards for veterinary biologics
Contact PASO
- E-mail: cfia.paso-bpdpm.acia@inspection.gc.ca
- Phone: 1-855-212-7695
Note: technical information or advice will still be provided by the responsible program officers.