SCHEDULE 1 — Tolerance Limits Applied to Nutrient Guarantees — 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.
SCHEDULE 1 (Subsection 74(1))
Tolerance Limits Applied to Nutrient Guarantees
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Item Nutrient Guaranteed Amount Tolerance Limits
1 Calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), potassium (K), sulphur (S), salt (NaCl)
(a) 1% and under
A deficiency or excess of 0.2% of the feed
(b) Over 1%
A deficiency or excess of 20% of the guaranteed amount
2 Zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), iodine (I), cobalt (Co) All amounts A deficiency or excess of 20% of the guaranteed amount
3 Fluorine (F) All amounts An excess of 20% of the guaranteed amount
4 Phosphorus (P)
(a) 5% and under
A deficiency or excess of 20% of the guaranteed amount
(b) Over 5%
A deficiency of 10% or an excess of 20% of the guaranteed amount
5 Iron (Fe) All amounts A deficiency of 20% or an excess of 40% of the guaranteed amount
6 Crude protein (mixed feed)
(a) 24% and under
A deficiency of 1% of the feed
(b) Over 24%
A deficiency of 1.5% of the feed
Crude protein (single ingredient feed) All amounts A deficiency of 0.8% of the feed
7 Equivalent crude protein
(a) 5% and under
An excess of 1% of the feed
(b) Over 5% and up to and including 25%
An excess of 20% of the guaranteed amount
(c) Over 25%
An excess of 5% of the feed
8 Crude fat All amounts A deficiency or excess of 1.5% of the feed
9 Crude fibre
(a) 5% and under
A deficiency or excess of 1% of the feed
(b) Over 5% and up to and including 15%
A deficiency or excess of 15% of the guaranteed amount
(c) Over 15%
A deficiency or excess of 1.5% of the feed
10 Vitamin A, vitamin E All amounts A deficiency of 20% of the guaranteed amount
11 Vitamin D All amounts A deficiency of 25% of the guaranteed amount
12 Sugar (invert)
(a) 24% and under
A deficiency of 1.5% of the feed
(b) Over 24%
A deficiency of 2% of the feed
13 Pepsin digestible protein All amounts A deficiency of 10% of the guaranteed amount