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- Additional information 1 result available
- Applying preventive controls 118 results available
- Assessing the risk of food establishments (era) 4 results available
- Certifying organic products 58 results available
- Exporting food 464 results available
- Exporting food and importing food - relevant to all 12 results available
- Grading 37 results available
- Implementing traceability systems 43 results available
- Importing food 87 results available
- Inspecting and investigating - conducting preventive control plan inspections 20 results available
- Inspecting and investigating - conducting product inspections 26 results available
- Inspecting and investigating - implementing control actions 13 results available
- Inspecting and investigating - implementing enforcement actions 14 results available
- Inspecting and investigating - inspecting humane treatment at slaughter activities 9 results available
- Inspecting and investigating - inspecting slaughter activities 16 results available
- Inspecting and investigating - performing export certification activities 418 results available
- Inspecting and investigating - relevant to all 6 results available
- Labelling 126 results available
- Licensing 29 results available
- Maintaining equipment 26 results available
- Maintaining physical structures and surroundings 8 results available
- Making food - humane treatment at slaughter 24 results available
- Making food - manufacturing, processing, preparing, preserving, treating 67 results available
- Making food - relevant to all 9 results available
- Making food - slaughter 63 results available
- Meeting a standard of identity 43 results available
- Packaging 21 results available
- Preparing a preventive control plan 47 results available
- Receiving, transporting, and storing 19 results available
- Relevant to all 34 results available
- Responding to food safety emergencies and recalls 20 results available
- Sanitizing, pest control and chemicals 12 results available
Commodity
- Alcoholic beverages 69 results available
- Dairy products 267 results available
- Egg, processed products 145 results available
- Egg, shell 142 results available
- Fish and seafood 231 results available
- Food additives 16 results available
- Fruits and vegetables, fresh 140 results available
- Fruits and vegetables, processed products 141 results available
- Grain-based foods 127 results available
- Honey 139 results available
- Maple products 135 results available
- Meat products and food animals 490 results available
- Other 131 results available
- Relevant to all 135 results available
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- Countries to which exports are currently made - United States of America
Program: Food
- Requirements for importing France milk and dairy products, ensuring safety and compliance with export regulations
Program: Food
- Requirements for importing Netherlands Antilles milk and dairy products, ensuring safety and compliance with export regulations
Program: Food
- Countries to which exports are currently made - Morocco
Program: Food
- Under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), food businesses need a licence based on the activities they conduct. Learn the basics about licensing under the SFCR.
Program: Food
- On September 16, 2014 Canada and Japan entered into an arrangement recognizing the national organic systems as equivalent.
Program: Food
- Guidance to inspection staff on sampling activities within the slaughter establishment
Program: Food
- Requirements for importing Bolivia milk and dairy products, ensuring safety and compliance with export regulations
Program: Food
- A list of countries eligible to export meat products to Canada and the country specific conditions for the commercial importation of meat products.
Program: Food
- Requirements for importing Afghanistan milk and dairy products, ensuring safety and compliance with export regulations
Program: Food