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
• New timelines and requirements for appeals coming before the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal

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