Livestock Feeds
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency verifies livestock feeds manufactured
and sold in Canada or imported are safe, effective and are labelled
appropriately. Effective feeds contribute to the production and maintenance of
healthy livestock.
CFIA activities include:
- evaluating and approving ingredients for use in livestock feeds;
- establishing standards and policies for the exemption of feeds from
registration;
- evaluating and registering specialty products of specific safety or
efficacy concern;
- monitoring feeds for the presence of residues of chemicals, pesticides,
contamination by heavy metals, mycotoxins and salmonella and - verifying drug
guarantees in feeds;
- investigating detections of feed related contamination of meat, milk or
eggs and producer complaints;
- reviewing labels of medicated feeds for compliance so that all applicable
cautions and warnings are provided for safe use;
- inspecting commercial feed mills and farms involved in the production of
medicated feeds.
The key acts and regulations we enforce are:
Information we provide for the general public
includes:
Information we provide for feed and ingredient suppliers
and the livestock sector includes:
Additional government and industry information can be
found at:
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