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- Additional information 5 results available
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- Guidance for Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspection staff on preventive control and traceability inspection procedures for food (system-based inspection).
Program: Food
- Top questions with answers on the way to do business with the CFIA. This includes how to manage and track service requests online, including export certificates and permissions such as licenses, permits,…
Program: Animals, Plants, Food
- A list of permitted synonyms or abbreviations for some food additives authorised for use in Canada.
Program: Food
- Steviol glycosides are a sweetener (food additive) regulated in Canada. It consists principally of one or more steviol glycosides originating from the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant or obtained through…
Program: Food
- The list of specific food colours permitted in Canada and their Corresponding European Numbers and/or United States Names.
Program: Food
- The Canadian seed certification system relies on accredited industry personnel and laboratories to perform various activities that result in traceable information being generated for official seed…
Program: Plants
- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) variety verification program evaluates the effectiveness of Canada's seed certification system and confirms the description of a variety when it is…
Program: Plants
- Regulations, definitions and labelling, advertising, sale, and import of seed.
Program: Plants
- The manual provides an overview of the procedure to be followed when the CFIA and Conformity verification bodies enter into an agreement, as well as the procedure to accredit certification bodies and…
Program: Food
- This Seed Program Specific Work Instruction (SWI) outlines the procedures that an official crop inspector will follow in inspecting soybean seed crops for pedigreed seed status.
Program: Plants