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- Terms defined in the Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations, the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations, and additional terms.
Program: Food
- This document provides guidance on animal welfare risk, their identification and recommended preventive measures when conducting ritual slaughter without prior stunning. The guidance may be used to develop the…
Program: Food
- The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Inspection Staff on how to conduct inspections using the Compliance Verification System (CVS) and how to document…
Program: Food
- The purpose of this operational guideline (OG) is to provide guidance to inspection staff for taking and documenting, downloading, saving, transferring, sharing and retaining digital recordings created…
Program: Food
- This operational guideline outlines the biosecurity principles and describes the biosecurity measures that are required in the delivery of CFIA inspection activities within all 3 business lines (animal health,…
Program: Food