SFCR timelines - Unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage
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- Timetables for unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage
- Timetable: Interprovincial trade of unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage
- Timetable: Export of unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage
- Timetable: Import of unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage
- Timetable: Sale to consumers at retail of unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage
- Calculating your gross annual food sales
- Calculating your number of employees
- Related information
Timetables for unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverageFootnote 1
Use the timetables below to find out when you will need to comply with those requirements of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) related to licensing, preventive control plans (PCP), preventive controls and traceability.
The timeframes can vary based on your business activity and level of trade.
Refer to the activities that apply to your business to determine the relevant dates. The « X » is used to indicate when the requirements are not applicable or not required.
Timetable: Interprovincial trade of unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverageFootnote 1
Activity | Licensing | PCP | Preventive Controls | Traceability |
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You manufacture, process, treat or preserve the unprocessed food | July 15, 2020 | July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 Not required |
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 |
July 15, 2020 |
You package or label unprocessed food into consumer prepackages |
July 15, 2020 |
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 Not required |
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 |
July 15, 2020 |
You package or label the unprocessed food into prepackages, other than consumer prepackages | July 15, 2020
Not required
|
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 Not required Not required |
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 Not required |
July 15, 2020 |
You conduct interprovincial trade of the unprocessed food |
X | X | X | July 15, 2020 |
You are a primary producer of the unprocessed food |
X | X | X | July 15, 2020 |
Timetable: Export of unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverageFootnote 1
Activity | Licensing | PCP | Preventive Controls | Traceability |
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You manufacture, process, treat or preserve the unprocessed food | July 15, 2020 or sooner if you would like an export certificate or other export permission from CFIA Table Note 3 |
Not required |
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 |
July 15, 2020 |
You package or label the unprocessed food into consumer prepackages | July 15, 2020 or sooner if you would like an export certificate or other export permission from CFIA Table Note 3 | Not required (unless you would like an export certificate or other export permission from CFIA) Table Note 3 |
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 |
July 15, 2020 |
You package or label the unprocessed food into prepackages, other than consumer prepackages | July 15, 2020
or sooner if you would like an export certificate or other export permission from CFIA Table Note 3 Not required
|
Not required |
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 Not required |
July 15, 2020 |
You export the unprocessed food |
Not required |
Not required |
X | July 15, 2020 |
You are a primary producer of the unprocessed food |
X | X | X | July 15, 2020 |
Timetable: Import of unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverageFootnote 1
Activity | Licensing | PCP | Preventive Controls | Traceability |
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You import consumer prepackaged unprocessed food | July 15, 2020 | July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 Not required |
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 |
July 15, 2020 |
You import unprocessed food that are not consumer prepackaged |
July 15, 2020
Not required
|
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 Not required Not required |
July 15, 2020 July 16, 2021 Not required |
July 15, 2020 |
Timetable: Unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverageFootnote 1
Activity | Licensing | PCP | Preventive Controls | Traceability |
---|---|---|---|---|
You sell the unprocessed food to consumers at retail | X | X | X | July 15, 2020 |
Table Notes
- Table Note 1
-
Unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage arelisted in Schedule 1 of the SFCR. These are: amaranth, barley, buckwheat, camelina, canola, chickpeas, cocoa beans, coffee beans, dry beans, dry faba beans, dry peas, flaxseed, hemp, hops, lentils, maize (corn), millet, mustard seeds, oats, quinoa, rapeseed, rice, rye, safflower seeds, sorghum, soybeans, sugar beets, sugar cane, sunflower seeds, tea leaves, triticale, wheat, wild rice.
- Table Note 2
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To help you determine your gross annual food sales and number of employees, refer to Calculating your gross annual food sales and Calculating your number of employees.
- Table Note 3
-
You need a licence and PCP prior to obtaining an export certificate or other export permission from the CFIA.
Calculating your gross annual food sales
- Step 1:
- Consider all food that you sold in exchange for money between July 14, 2019 and July 14, 2020, regardless of the level of trade.
Include sales from food that was imported or exported, as well as sales from food that was intraprovincially or interprovincially traded.
- Step 2:
- Add together the money you received from sales that correspond to the criteria in Step 1.
- Step 3:
- Refer to the Timetables for unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage above, considering both your gross annual food sales and number of employees, to determine whether you qualify for additional time or the PCP exception.
Calculating your number of employees
For the purposes of subsection 371(2) of the SFCR, four employees or less at any one time is considered to be equal to a total of 640 hours or less worked at a food business in one month.
- Step 1:
- Consider your business activities between July 14, 2019 and July 14, 2020 and focus on the month when you employed the most people and / or had employees work the most hours.
- Step 2:
- Add together the hours worked by each employee that month.
Include employees that are involved in managing the food business (for example administrative staff, marketing/sales, managers, owners) and activities directly related to the food (for example staff involved in preparing the food or maintaining your establishment, such as berry pickers, equipment maintenance staff, processing engineers).
Do not include employees that are involved in other tasks, for example parking management, landscapers, and security guards.
- Step 3:
- Refer to the Timetables for unprocessed food used as grain, oil, pulse, sugar or beverage above, considering both your gross annual food sales and number of employees to determine whether you qualify for additional time or the PCP exception.
Example
Between July 14, 2019 and July 14, 2020, an importer of consumer prepackaged wild rice had the following gross sales:
- $60,000 to various manufacturers across Canada
- $42,000 to a local grocer
- $5,000 at area farmer's markets
- $10,000 to caterers
Total gross annual food sales:
- = ($60,000) plus ($42,000) plus ($5,000) plus ($10,000)
- = $117,000 in gross annual food sales
Between July 14, 2019 and July 14, 2020, the same importer of consumer prepackaged rice had the maximum number of employees working in October, including:
- 1 inventory manager that worked for 40 hours per week
- 2 fork lift drivers that each worked for 20 hours per week
- 1 administrative staff that worked for 20 hours per week
- 1 owner that worked for 40 hours per week
Total gross annual food sales:
- (1 inventory manager) multiplied by (40 hours per week) multiplied by (4 weeks per month)
- = 160 inventory manager hours
Total gross annual food sales:
- (2 fork lift drivers) multiplied by (20 hours per week) multiplied by (4 weeks per month)
- = 160 fork lift driver hours
Total gross annual food sales:
- (1 administrative staff) multiplied by (20 hours per week) multiplied by (4 weeks per month)
- = 80 administrative staff hours
Total gross annual food sales:
- (1 owner) multiplied by (40 hours per week) multiplied by (4 weeks per month)
- = 160 owner hours
Total gross annual food sales:
- = (160 inventory manager hours) plus (160 fork lift driver hours) plus (80 administrative staff hours) plus (160 owner hours)
- = 560 hours worked
Total gross annual food sales:
The food business has a total of $117,000 in gross annual food sales and a total of 560 hours worked in one month. Since the food business has greater than $100,000 in gross annual food sales and less than 640 hours worked, they qualify for additional time to comply with the PCP and preventive control requirements. They need to comply with these requirements on July 16, 2021.
Related information
- Safe Food for Canadians Regulations: Glossary of key terms
- Licensing
- Preventive controls for food businesses
- Preventive control plan (PCP)
- Traceability for food
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