Guidance Document Repository

The CFIA is responsible for regulating the safety and quality of food, animal and plant health in Canada. CFIA's official Guidance Documents provide the Agency's functional direction to its front line staff regarding their compliance verification activities. They also provide guidance to regulated parties regarding program requirements.

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A note on Food Guidance

The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations came into force on January 15, 2019. As a result, the CFIA has developed updated guidance for food. This information is now available in the Guidance Finder: Food.

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Document Name	Activities	Date modified	Type
New Rules for Seed Blends Used to Control Crop Pests	Grading, Industry Advisories, Labelling and Composition	2014-02-04	HTML
Regulatory Changes Affecting Pedigreed Seed of Corn	Grading, Industry Advisories, Labelling and Composition	2018-10-02	HTML
Seed imports and United States residents accredited as seed graders	Grading, Imports	2014-07-21	HTML
Requirements Related to Germination Standards	Grading, Standards, Testing	2013-03-24	HTML
Notice to Seed Graders - Assigning a Pedigreed Grade Name to a Seed Lot of a Large-Seeded Crop Kind with Visually Distinguishable Varietal Impurities	Grading	2021-06-11	HTML
Guide to the Evaluation of Candidate Seed Graders and Seed Import Conformity Assessors	Grading	2017-01-25	HTML
Seed Grading When There Are Multiple Test Results for the Same Seed Lot	Grading, Testing	2013-10-22	HTML
Notice to Registered Seed Establishments, November 2023	Grading, Industry Advisories, Labelling and Composition, Testing	2023-11-27	HTML
Monitoring of Seed Mixtures – Application of a 20% Tolerance to Labelled Percentages and to Some Standards	Grading, Industry Advisories, Testing	2013-10-23	HTML

Date modified:: 2016-06-30