Traceability — 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.
Traceability
Marginal note: Documents
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(1) Any person that manufactures, stores, packages, labels, sells, imports or exports a feed must, if they provide the feed to another person, prepare, keep and maintain documents that set out the following information:
(a) the name of the feed;
(b) its identification code;
(c) the name and address of the person who manufactured the feed or caused it to be manufactured;
(d) the date on which the feed was provided and the name and address of the person to whom it was provided;
(e) if they were provided the feed by another person, the name and address of that person and the date on which it was provided; and
(f) if the feed is a mixed feed, the name of any feed, substance or product referred to in section 37 contained in the mixed feed and, if they were provided the incorporated feed, substance or product by another person, the name and address of that person and the date on which it was provided.
Marginal note: Identification code
(2) Despite paragraph (1)(b), the documents are not required to contain the identification code in the case of a feed sold at retail.
Marginal note: Exception
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to
(a) complete feeds and supplements in packages of 25 kilograms or less intended for horses; and
(b) treats intended for any livestock species.
Marginal note: Retention period of documents
(4) The documents must be kept for two years after the day on which the feed was provided to another person and must be accessible in Canada.
Marginal note: Request for documents
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(1) If the Minister believes on reasonable grounds that a feed presents a risk of harm to human or animal health or the environment, any person that is required to prepare, keep and maintain documents must, at the Minister’s request, provide the Minister with any document referred to in subsection 71(1), or any part of such a document.
Marginal note: Production of documents
(2) The person must provide the documents within 24 hours after receipt of the request, or within
(a) any shorter period that is specified by the Minister, if the Minister believes that it is necessary in order to identify or respond to a risk of harm to human or animal health or to the environment associated with the feed, or
(b) any longer period that is specified by the Minister, if the Minister believes that the document is not necessary for a recall that is or may be ordered under subsection 19(1) of the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act .
Marginal note: Document provided electronically
(3) If the document is provided electronically, it must be in a single file and in text that is capable of being imported into and manipulated by standard commercial software.