Annex 1 - Importation of commercially prepared food, treats, and compound chews for feeding to pets, zoo, or laboratory animals: facility questionnaire for risk assessment

 

This facility questionnaire must be completed by a facility that wishes to export to Canada, commercially prepared pet food products, including treats and compound chews for feeding to pets, zoo or laboratory animals, when required by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). An annual on-site inspection by the Central Competent Veterinary Authority (CCVA) is required to verify that the information provided within this questionnaire is complete and accurate as presented. The questionnaire must be signed by an official veterinarian, and is valid for one year from the date of inspection.

Please note that all additional pages, lists, and supplementary documents must bear the signature, date, and stamp of the same official veterinarian that endorses this Annex 1.

• 1. Provide the complete name and address of the processing facility where the pet food product for export to Canada is processed (please include the exporting government's approval number of the facility, as well as the CFIA Foreign Establishment number, if applicable).
• 2. Provide a list of products that will be exported to Canada, and attach an ingredient list for each of these products.
  1. For each product, include a processing flow chart that clearly describes the heat treatment parameters or other processing.
• 3. Provide a complete list of all animal origin material that is received, processed, stored and/or handled in the processing facility, whether or not it is included in products for export to Canada. Include the following:
  1. Processed animal proteins, rendered meals or rendered fats (e.g. meat meal, bone meal, blood meal, dried blood products, hydrolyzed proteins, poultry meal, feather meal, rendered fats).
  2. Offal, tankage, gluestock, glands, edible or inedible meat.
  3. Eggs, milk, and any other animal-origin ingredients not listed above.

• 4. Segregation of animal products used in the facility:
  1. How are ruminant (other than exempt^{Footnote 1}) and non-ruminant raw ingredients stored and handled separately? How does the facility verify that no cross-contamination occurs between ruminant and non-ruminant raw ingredients? What cleaning and disinfecting of grinders, mixers, and other equipment is performed between batches of product containing ruminant and non-ruminant origin ingredients? What are the methods of separation? (Provide a copy of your SOP which has been reviewed, dated, signed and stamped by the official veterinarian).
  2. How are ingredients that are not eligible for export to Canada stored and handled separately from ingredients that are eligible for export? How does the facility verify that no cross-contamination occurs, and ineligible material is not accidentally exported? What are the methods of separation, and what cleaning and disinfection of equipment occurs between batches of products eligible for export to Canada, and products ineligible for export to Canada? (Provide a copy of your SOP which has been reviewed, dated, signed and stamped by the official veterinarian).
• 5. Does the facility demonstrate effective implementation of protocols as outlined in the SOP to ensure proper segregation of ruminant (other than exempt^{Footnote 1}) and non-ruminant raw ingredients, as addressed in question 4a? 

  Yes Box No Box

• 6. Does the facility demonstrate effective implementation of protocols as outlined in the SOP to ensure proper segregation of ingredients that are and are not eligible for export to Canada, as addressed in question 4b? 

  Yes Box No Box

• 7. List the activities that the facility performs:
  • Box Thermal processing/manufacture
  • Box Mixing/blending
  • Box Packaging
  • Box Storage
  • Box Other (specify):
• 8. Packaging and storage:
  1. Are the products packaged and stored in a manner that prevents cross-contamination or commingling?

     Yes Box No Box

  2. Are all finished products packaged at the processing facility? If no, provide an Annex 1 for the facility where finished product is packaged.

     Yes Box No Box

Signatures/endorsements

Name and Title of Facility Representative

Signature of Facility Representative

Date of Signature (yyyy/mm/dd)

Contact information (telephone and email):

I, the undersigned official veterinarian do hereby certify that the questionnaire above is complete and accurate as submitted:

Name and Title of Official Veterinarian of the Central Competent Veterinary Authority (CCVA)

Signature of Official Veterinarian

Date of Signature (yyyy/mm/dd)

Name and Seal of CCVA

Date of facility inspection (yyyy/mm/dd)

The section below should only be completed for facilities if they were inspected by a non-veterinary inspector. The questionnaire must be endorsed by an official veterinarian of the CCVA.

Name and Title of Inspector

Signature of Inspector

Date of Signature of Inspector (yyyy/mm/dd)

Date of facility inspection (yyyy/mm/dd)

Name and Title of Official Veterinarian of the CCVA

Signature of Official Veterinarian

Date of Signature of Official Veterinarian (yyyy/mm/dd)

Name and Seal of CCVA