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- Need a licence and ready to apply? This document will help you prepare for the application process.
Program: Food
- This Seed Program Quality System Procedure outlines the procedures for pedigreed seed crop inspection in Canada intended to maintain and safeguard varietal identity and varietal purity during seed…
Program: Plants
- The filing date of a Plant Breeders' Rights (PBR) application is when all items listed in the Filing Requirements section below are received in the Plant Breeders' Rights office.
Program: Plants
- Regulated areas and items: Emerald ash borer
Program: Plants
- Countries officially recognized by Canada as free of notifiable avian influenza.
Program: Animals
- This directive describes the Canadian certification program required to meet the phytosanitary import requirements for the export of hardwood species, which are known hosts of regulated Agrilus spp. to the…
Program: Plants
- Countries officially recognized by Canada as being free of Newcastle Disease which is listed in the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Terrestrial Animal Code.
Program: Animals
- Countries to which exports are currently made – Mexico
Program: Food
- Section 173 of the Health of Animals Regulations specifies that tags used under the national Livestock Traceability program are approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The authority to…
Program: Animals
- An organic product is an agriculture or aquaculture product that has been certified as organic under Part 13 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR).
Program: Food