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Livestock Feeds
Livestock Feeds
Using the authority of the federal Feeds Act, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
administers a national livestock feed program to verify that livestock feeds manufactured
and sold in Canada or imported into Canada are safe, effective and are labelled
appropriately. Effective feeds contribute to the production and maintenance of healthy,
efficient livestock.
The principal thrust of the national feed program is safety. The program is delivered
by means of pre-sale product evaluation and registration by staff of the Feed Section, and
post-market inspection and monitoring by Agency field staff located in all provinces of
Canada.
CFIA activities include:
- evaluating and approving ingredients for use in livestock feeds;
- establishing standards and policies in relation to product registration requirements and
nutritional criteria for the exemption of feeds from registration;
- evaluating and registering specialty products of specific safety or efficacy concern.
- monitoring of feeds via random sampling and analysis for the presence of residues of
chemicals, pesticides, contamination by heavy metals, mycotoxins and salmonella and
verifying drug guarantees in feeds.
- undertaking investigations in response to detections of contamination of meat, milk or
eggs and producer complaints related to feed, conducted at both commercial feed mills and
on farm;
- reviewing labels of medicated feeds for accuracy to verify that the proper level of
medication is provided and that all applicable cautions and warnings are provided to
enable safe use of the feed as directed.
- field inspection staff carry out comprehensive commercial feed mill and on-farm
inspections involved in the production of medicated feeds.
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