Exemptions — Feeds Regulations, 2024 (SOR/2024-132; registered 2024-06-17; in force 2024-06-17). Verbatim slice from the consolidated regulation, C1 substring-verified against pdf-parsed/ca-2026/cfia_feeds_regulations_2024.txt. Note: the Feeds Act framework governs livestock feed; pet food for dogs/cats is excluded from the Feeds Act per CFIA RG-1 — these labelling/standards/tolerance provisions are the Canadian feed-regulatory context relevant to pet-food labels.
Exemptions
Marginal note: Exemptions from Act and Regulations
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(1) The following feeds are exempt from the application of the Act and these Regulations:
(a) a feed that contains a new drug, the sale of which is permitted by section C.08.005 of the
Food and Drug Regulations
for the purpose of clinical testing or by section C.08.013 of those Regulations for the purpose of conducting experimental studies;
(b) a feed, other than a novel feed, if
(i) it is grown on a farm, it is sold by the grower, and
(ii) it does not contain any substance that presents a risk of harm to human or animal health or the environment, including any deleterious substance listed in the List of Prescribed Deleterious Substances ;
(c) a complete feed, other than a novel feed, that is packaged in containers having a net mass of not more than 10 kg and that is intended for feeding to livestock, other than livestock intended for human consumption as food;
(d) a feed, other than a novel feed, that is in the form of samples having a net mass of not more than 1 kg and that is,
(i) intended for the purpose of marketing promotion at exhibits, conferences or trade shows, if the samples are labelled “Not for Sale / Non destiné à la vente ” and are disposed of in a safe manner or are exported, or
(ii) intended for the purpose of testing at a laboratory in Canada, if the samples are labelled as such and are disposed of in a safe manner or are exported;
(e) a feed, other than a novel feed, that is imported with imported livestock, if that feed is consumed only by that livestock while the livestock is temporarily in Canada and any remaining feed accompanies the livestock when the livestock is subsequently exported or is disposed of in a safe manner;
(f) a feed, other than a novel feed, that is imported and that is intended only for consumption by imported livestock while the livestock is temporarily in Canada, but does not accompany that livestock when the livestock is imported, if
(i) the importer has provided to the Minister, before the feed is imported, the following information in respect of the feed:
(A) its name,
(B) a list of its ingredients,
(C) the address where it will be sent,
(D) the species and number of livestock for which it is intended,
(E) the quantity required to be sent to the imported livestock,
(F) the date on which it is to be imported and its port of entry into Canada,
(G) the date on which the livestock for which it is intended is to be imported and the livestock’s port of entry into Canada, and
(H) the date on which any remaining feed is to be exported and its port of exit from Canada or the date on which it is to be disposed of in a safe manner,
(ii) any remaining feed is exported or disposed of in a safe manner, and
(iii) the Minister confirms in a written notice provided to the importer that the information and documents have been received and that the feed is exempt from the Act and these Regulations; and
(g) a feed, other than a novel feed, that is manufactured in Canada by or for a government, academic or private research establishment for research or experimental purposes if
(i) it is fed to livestock owned by or under the direct supervision of the establishment, and
(ii) the establishment has and implements a plan in writing that provides that any remaining feed and livestock products produced from the feed must be disposed of in a safe manner.
Marginal note: Feed not exempted under paragraph (1)(g)
(2) In the case of a feed that is manufactured by or for a government, academic or private research establishment for research or experimental purposes, that is not otherwise exempted under paragraph (1)(g) and that is intended to be fed to livestock owned by or under the direct supervision of the establishment, the following requirements do not apply:
(a) in respect of the feed,
(i) the registration requirement set out in subsection 6(1),
(ii) the requirement to conform to the standards set out in sections 35 to 42,
(iii) the packaging requirements set out in section 43, and
(iv) the labelling requirements set out in sections 44 to 54;
(b) in respect of a person who manufactures, stores, processes, packages, labels or sells the feed that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed from one province to another, the requirement to hold a licence under subsection 18(2); and
(c) in respect of a person who manufactures, stores, packages, labels or sells the feed, the requirements respecting preventive controls set out in sections 56 to 60.
Marginal note: Exemption — certain products or substances
(3) Any medicating ingredient, any pest control product registered under the
Pest Control Products Act
and any type of product set out in the Compendium of Non-Feed Products for which there is an approved brand are exempt from the application of the definition
feed
in section 2 of the Act.