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- Guidance to inspection staff on determining if the regulated party holds a valid Safe Food for Canadians licence, and has correctly identified the activities they conduct and commodities associated with…
Program: Food
- Guidance to inspection staff on sampling activities within the slaughter establishment
Program: Food
- The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspection staff on monitoring of marine biotoxins in Geoduck.
Program: Food
- The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspection staff on the development of a Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Control Plan (MBMCP) hereafter referred as…
Program: Food
- The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspection staff on the procedure for processing requests for the import (return) of Canadian edible meat products (…
Program: Food
- The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspection staff on procedures related to the organoleptic evaluation of meat products to determine compliance to (SFCR…
Program: Food
- Terms defined in the Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations, the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations, and additional terms.
Program: Food
- The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspection staff on how to perform a visual inspection on imported meat product to assess the shipping containers, outer…
Program: Food
- The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspection staff on activities to verify the nutrition labelling of foods marketed in Canada to determine the…
Program: Food
- The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspection staff on procedures to verify shipment integrity when the seal number on a meat shipment conveyance does not…
Program: Food