Approval and Registration of Feeds — Conditions for cancellation — 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.
Marginal note: Conditions for cancellation
(3) The Minister may cancel a registration only if a written notice has been provided to the registrant that
(a) sets out the grounds for the cancellation and the period within which corrective action must be taken in order to avoid the cancellation of the registration; and
(b) specifies that the registrant must, within 30 calendar days after the date of mailing of the notice, notify the Minister in writing that the registrant wishes to have an opportunity to be heard respecting the cancellation.
Marginal note: Notice of hearing
(4) Within 30 calendar days after the day on which the Minister receives the notice that the registrant wishes to have an opportunity to be heard, the Minister must notify the registrant in writing of the time and place of the hearing.
Marginal note: Grounds for cancellation
(5) The Minister must not cancel the registration unless
(a) the registrant has been provided with an opportunity to be heard in respect of the proposed cancellation; and
(b) the registrant has failed to take corrective action in respect of the feed within the period set out by the Minister in the notice provided under paragraph (3)(a) or within any longer period that is granted by the Minister at the hearing.
Marginal note: Notice of cancellation
(6) The Minister must notify the registrant in writing of the cancellation of the registration and the date on which it takes effect. The registration certificate becomes invalid as of that day.
Renewal or Amendment
Marginal note: Application for renewal or amendment
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(1) Any application to renew or amend an approval or a registration must be made to the Minister in the same manner as an application for approval or for registration referred to in section 7 and is considered to be an application for approval or for registration for the purposes of these Regulations.
Marginal note: No change in respect of a feed
(2) A holder of the approval or a registrant must not make a change in respect of an approved or registered feed unless the approval or registration of the feed has been amended by the Minister.
New Information
Marginal note: Provision to Minister
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(1) If, after approval or registration of a feed, a person becomes aware of any new information that the feed may present a risk of harm to human or animal health or the environment, the person must immediately provide the new information to the Minister.
Marginal note: Evaluation and decision
(2) If, on the basis of the new information, the Minister determines, in re-evaluating the feed,
(a) that it does not present a risk of harm to human or animal health or the environment, the Minister must maintain the approval or registration of the feed; or
(b) that it presents a risk of harm to human or animal health or the environment, the Minister must
(i) in the case of a feed that has been approved, other than a feed that is manufactured by or for a government, academic or private research establishment for research or experimental purposes, amend the description of the feed in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table to respond to the risk, or remove the feed from that Table, in which case the feed is no longer approved under subsection 8(1),
(ii) in the case of a feed that has been approved for research or experimental purposes by or for a government, academic or private research establishment, cancel the approval in accordance with section 10, or
(iii) in the case of a feed that has been registered, cancel the registration in accordance with section 15.
Marginal note: Notice of amendment
(3) The Minister must give public notice of the determination under subparagraph (2)(b)(i) to amend the description of the feed in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table or remove the feed from that Table and the date on which the amendment or removal takes effect.