Fish Seafood and Production Program

The Fish, Seafood and Production Program flows from the Fish Inspection Act .

The program's purpose is to develop and promote appropriate process and product standards that contribute to the achievement of acceptable safety, quality and identity of fish and seafood products, and to provide reasonable assurance of compliance with these standards.

Eligibility Criteria

This program is directed primarily at federally registered establishments and is mandatory for fish that is imported, exported or shipped interprovincially.

Summary

The major activities undertaken by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) staff under this program include:

• monitoring Canadian fish, seafood and seafood products for compliance with specific standards for safety, quality and identity, and for fraudulent representation;
• requiring all registered fish processing plants to develop and implement an in-plant quality management program; and
• enforcing licensing, process and product standards requirements for an import inspection program.

The fish program includes the following sub-programs:

• quality management;
• quality management for importers;
• fish import;
• Canadian shellfish sanitation; and
• international inspection and agreements.

New Brunswick Contact(s):
Regional Director, New Brunswick
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Suite 430
500 Beaverbrook Court
Fredericton, New Brunswick  E3B 5X4
Telephone: 506-452-4963
Fax: 506-451-2562
Toll-free (information): 1-800-442-2342
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-465-7735
Web site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml

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National Contact(s):
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
59 Camelot Drive
Nepean, Ontario  K1A 0Y9
Telephone: 613-225-2342
Fax: 613-228-6601
Toll-free (information): 1-800-442-2342
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-465-7735
Web site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml
Hours of operation: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).