Standards — 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.
Standards
General Provisions
Marginal note: No risk of harm
34
(1) A feed must not present a risk of harm to human or animal health or the environment.
Marginal note: Mixing of feed presenting a risk
(2) It is prohibited for a person to mix a feed that presents a risk of harm to human or animal health or the environment with another feed for the purpose of bringing the feed into compliance with the requirements of the Act and these Regulations.
Marginal note: Exception
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in the following circumstances:
(a) either
(i) the person referred to in subsection (2) makes a written request for authorization to mix the feed to the Minister,
(ii) the request is accompanied by information respecting the risk and the measures that will be taken to mitigate the risk,
(iii) the Minister determines, on the basis of the information provided, that the mix does not present a risk of harm to human or animal health or the environment, and
(iv) the Minister provides to the person a written authorization to mix the feed; or
(b) the feed that is being mixed is the result of a formulating error and the risk of harm is posed by a medicating ingredient, a single ingredient feed that does not contain a contaminant, a nutrient or a product type set out in the Compendium of Non-Feed Products .
Marginal note: Prohibited content
35
A feed must not contain or present, as the case may be,
(a) weed seeds at a level
(i) that would individually or cumulatively exceed the maximum percentage set out in column 2 of the List of Weed Seeds and Maximum Levels for Feeds for the species of weed referred to in column 1, or
(ii) that could present a risk of harm to animal health or the environment;
(b) screenings sold or offered for sale that would individually or cumulatively exceed the maximum percentage of weed seeds set out in column 3 of the List of Weed Seeds and Maximum Levels for Feeds for the species of weed referred to in column 1;
(c) mould or damage from heat or any other cause that would
(i) render it unfit for consumption by livestock, or
(ii) cause it to present a risk of harm to human or animal health when fed in proportions commonly used;
(d) any product of animal origin, including a fish or a bird, that is not fresh or sound or that has not been properly processed in accordance with good manufacturing practices;
(e) proteins in any form derived in Canada
(i) from
specified risk material , as defined in section 6.1 of the
Health of Animals Regulations , except in accordance with a permit issued under section 160 of those Regulations for the purposes of section 6.4 of those Regulations, or
(ii) from the carcasses of any ruminants, other than cattle, that died or were condemned before they otherwise would have been slaughtered for human consumption as food;
(f) proteins in any form derived from the carcass of an animal other than
(i) a fish, crustacean, mollusc or insect, or
(ii) a
food animal , as defined in section 1 of the
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations , that was slaughtered for human consumption as food or was raised for slaughter for human consumption as food;
(g) any nutrient referred to in the Tables of Maximum Nutrient Values for Feeds in an amount exceeding the maximum amount set out in those Tables for the species of livestock for which the nutrient is intended;
(h) a fat that is or may be derived from a ruminant and contains more than 0.15% insoluble impurities;
(i) any extraneous substance except in amounts that are unavoidable even if good manufacturing practices are followed;
(j) bacteria of the genus Salmonella that present a risk of harm to human or animal health;
(k) any contaminant referred to in the Tables of Maximum Contaminant Levels for Feeds at a level exceeding the maximum level set out in those Tables for the species or class of livestock for which the feed is intended;
(l) a single ingredient feed that was formulated for a different species;
(m) any substance that could, when fed in quantities commonly used or as specified in the directions for use and in consideration of the total diet, result in the production of an article of
food , as defined in section 2 of the
Food and Drugs Act , that is prohibited from sale under section 4 of that Act; or
(n) any substance, other than those referred to in paragraphs (a) to (m), that presents a risk of harm to human or animal health or the environment when fed in quantities commonly used or as specified in the directions for use and in consideration of the total diet.
Marginal note: Suited for purpose
36
A feed must be uniformly mixed and have the chemical and physical composition necessary for it to be suited for the purpose for which it is intended.
Mixed Feeds
Marginal note: Content
37
A mixed feed may only contain
(a) single ingredient feeds listed in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table that conform to the description set out in that Table for those single ingredient feeds and that are used for a purpose consistent with the applicable class or subclass for those feeds in that Table;
(b) medicating ingredients set out in the Compendium of Medicating Ingredient Brochures for which the brand, claim, level, compatibility with another ingredient, if any, and species of livestock for which they are intended are those set out for those ingredients in that Compendium, unless the feed is a custom medicated feed;
(c) pest control products registered under the
Pest Control Products Act
for the purpose of mixing with the feed; and
(d) product types set out in the Compendium of Non-Feed Products for which the brand, claim, inclusion level and approved species of livestock for which they are intended are those set out for those product types in that Compendium.
Marginal note: Premix or supplement — content
38
A premix or supplement may contain
(a) medicating ingredients referred to in paragraph 37(b);
(b) pest control products referred to in paragraph 37(c); or
(c) product types referred to in paragraph 37(d).
Marginal note: Mineral feed — content
39
A mineral feed must contain at least 40% crude ash.
Marginal note: Chop feed
40
A chop feed must be obtained by grinding, chopping or crushing
(a) grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, buckwheat, flax, field peas, field beans, triticale, sorghum, canola or soybeans either alone or in combination with one another;
(b) Mixed Feed Oats described in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table ; or
(c) cereals grain screenings grade 1 or 2 or pulse grain screenings grade 1 or 2 described in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table .
Single Ingredient Feeds
Marginal note: Chopped, crushed or ground grain
41
Chopped, crushed or ground grain sold as a feed or as an ingredient of a feed must meet, at a minimum, the characteristics set out in Schedule 3 to the
Canada Grain Regulations
for the lowest grade established by those Regulations for that kind of grain before it is chopped, crushed or ground.
Marginal note: Single ingredient feed set out in Table
42
A single ingredient feed sold or imported under an approved name set out in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table must conform to the description of that feed set out in that Table.