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Food inspection guidance: regulatory response

Find operational guidance for responding to risk and non-compliance. This includes food and commodity-specific guidance on control and enforcement actions taken during the response process.

Common regulatory response guidance

The following guidance is common to all regulatory response inspection tasks

  • Standard regulatory response process

Food regulatory response guidance

  • Food regulatory response guidelines

Control actions

  • Procedure for seizure and detention, authorizing movement and disposition
  • Ordering removal, or destruction of unlawful imports
  • Assessing, monitoring and documenting the disposition of non-compliant food

Enforcement actions

  • Development and implementation of management oversight bodies
  • Issuing a letter of non-compliance
  • Conducting a meeting with the regulated party
  • Procedure for suspending and lifting the suspension of a Safe Food for Canadians licence
  • Procedure for suspending and lifting the suspension of an authorization to conduct a post-mortem program
  • Procedure for cancelling a Safe Food for Canadians licence
  • Supplemental guidance for Safe Food for Canadians licence action decision makers
Date modified:
2024-04-24

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