Approval and Registration of Feeds — 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.
Approval and Registration of Feeds
Feeds to Be Approved or Registered
Marginal note: Feeds that must be approved
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(1) For the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act, the following feeds must be approved:
(a) any feed that has a novel trait;
(b) any feed, other than a mixed feed, that is not listed in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table ;
(c) any single ingredient feed that is listed in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table and whose description differs from its description in that Table, including with respect to
(i) its purpose,
(ii) its composition, including any hazard inherent in the feed, its structure, its nutritional quality or its physiological effects,
(iii) its manufacturing process, and
(iv) the species or class of livestock for which it is intended and instructions on how it is to be used; and
(d) any feed that is manufactured by or for a government, academic or private research establishment for research or experimental purposes, other than a feed that is exempted under paragraph 3(1)(g).
Marginal note: Exemption from approval
(2) Any feed that is not referred to in subsection (1) is exempt from approval.
Marginal note: Feeds that must be registered
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(1) For the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act and subject to subsections (2) and (3), all feeds must be registered.
Marginal note: Exemption from registration
(2) The following feeds are exempt from registration:
(a) any mixed feed, other than a specialty feed or custom medicated feed, that is manufactured in Canada and that is not
(i) designed to be administered in water for drinking by livestock,
(ii) a free-choice supplement, free-choice mineral feed or free-choice trace mineral salt feed that contains one or more medicating ingredients, or
(iii) a feed that contains a
pest control product
as defined in subsection 2(1) of the
Pest Control Products Act ;
(b) any mixed feed, other than a specialty feed or custom medicated feed, that is imported for sale and for which a licence has been issued under subsection 5.2(1) of the Act, and that is not referred to in any of subparagraphs (a)(i) to (iii);
(c) any specialty feed that is listed in column 1 of Table 3 of the Tables of Permissible Claims for Feed Labels that meets the conditions set out in columns 3 and 4 of that Table for the approved claim set out in column 2;
(d) any custom medicated feed manufactured in Canada if
(i) the sale of such feed is authorized under section C.08.012 of the
Food and Drug Regulations ,
(ii) the amount of feed manufactured does not exceed the amount that would normally be consumed by the number of animals prescribed to receive the feed during the prescribed period of medication,
(iii) the veterinary prescription contains information respecting
(A) the date on which the veterinary prescription is issued,
(B) the name and address of the person for whom the feed is to be manufactured and of the person by whom it is intended to be used,
(C) the name and level of each medicating ingredient in the feed,
(D) the type and amount of feed to be manufactured,
(E) the number, species, production type and age or weight of the livestock for which the feed is intended,
(F) any special manufacturing instructions, including any necessary facility clean-up warnings,
(G) directions for use of the feed, including feeding instructions and the period of medication during which it is to be fed to the livestock, and
(H) caution statements and warning statements, if applicable, and
(iv) a copy of the veterinary prescription is in the possession of the manufacturer of the feed prior to the delivery of the feed; and
(e) any feed that is listed in Part 1 of the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table .
Marginal note: Conditions
(3) The exemption of the feeds referred to in subsection (2) applies only if
(a) in the case of a mixed feed, the guarantees shown on the label are set out in the Tables of Nutrient Guarantees and Conditions for Feed Labels and, in the case of a single ingredient feed, in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table ;
(b) the claims shown on the label are set out in the Tables of Permissible Claims for Feed Labels ; and
(c) any information shown on the label of the feed does not appear in a language other than English or French.
Applications and Requirements
Marginal note: Application for approval or registration
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(1) An application for approval or registration of a feed must be made to the Minister in a form approved by the President.
Marginal note: Elements required
(2) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the application must be accompanied by
(a) three copies of a proposed label to be used with the feed if the application is submitted by mail, or one copy of such label if the application is submitted electronically;
(b) the name of the feed that complies with sections 50 and 51, as well as any other name or registration or reference number used to identify the feed;
(c) a description of the feed, including a list of ingredients;
(d) a description of the intended purpose of the feed;
(e) directions for use of the feed;
(f) the name and address of each location where the feed is manufactured;
(g) specifications, concerning, among other things,
(i) the usefulness, purity and quality of the feed and the homogeneity of the mix, and
(ii) any component, the amount of which must be guaranteed in the feed;
(h) the identification and description of any contaminant in the feed, as well as the methodology and analysis for the detection of the amounts of those contaminants;
(i) reports of any analysis conducted on representative samples drawn from three different and recent lots of the feed, to support any information referred to in paragraphs (g) and (h);
(j) a description of the production methods, including details of
(i) the formulae used in manufacturing the feed,
(ii) the steps of the feed manufacturing process and any variation in the process resulting from the source of any ingredient or additive in the feed or the location where it is manufactured,
(iii) the type and capacity of the equipment used in manufacturing the feed, and
(iv) quality control procedures to assure mix uniformity and to prevent contamination of subsequent lots of feed manufactured in the same place;
(k) evidence, including the results of any scientific investigation,
(i) demonstrating the safety of the feed for the species of livestock for which it is intended, as well as other species of livestock that may be exposed to it, and for humans and the environment,
(ii) demonstrating the efficacy of the feed when used for its intended purposes and according to its directions for use,
(iii) demonstrating the stability of the feed under normal storage conditions,
(iv) demonstrating that any guarantee shown on the label, other than those set out in the Tables of Nutrient Guarantees and Conditions for Feed Labels , conveys useful information to the purchaser of the feed, and
(v) supporting any claim on the label of the feed that is not set out in the Tables of Permissible Claims for Feed Labels ;
(l) scientific analysis that shows whether there are significant changes in the chemical, biological or physical composition of livestock products when the feed is used; and
(m) a summary of all the elements provided in support of the application.
Marginal note: Additional information — novel trait
(3) In the case of a feed with a novel trait, an application for approval must be accompanied by the following additional information:
(a) the identification and characterization of the novel trait and, if the novel trait is introduced from another species, details of the host and donor organisms and the methods of introduction of the novel trait into the feed;
(b) the identification and characterization of the feed with a novel trait resulting from the introduction of the novel trait, including details relating to expression of the novel trait and the stability of the introduction of the novel trait into the feed, as well as a comparison of the characteristics of the feed with those of any comparable feed;
(c) any other information, including the results of any scientific investigation and test data in respect of the novel trait that are relevant in identifying whether the feed presents a risk of harm to human or animal health or the environment, that is in the applicant’s possession or to which the applicant ought reasonably to have access; and
(d) the name of any Canadian government agency, of a government of a foreign state or of a subdivision of a foreign state or of an international organization, or association, of states that has been provided with information in respect of the feed with a novel trait and the purpose for which the information was provided.
Marginal note: Sample
(4) The Minister may require that a sample of the feed be provided in support of an application referred to under subsection (2) or (3).