Feed Inspection Program

Using the authority of the federal Feeds Act, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) administers a national feed program to verify that livestock feeds manufactured and sold in Canada or imported into Canada are safe, effective and are labelled appropriately.

Safe feeds help to produce safe meat, milk and eggs.

Effective feeds contribute to the production and maintenance of healthy, efficient livestock.

Eligibility Criteria

Manufacturers, importers and sellers of livestock feed in Canada are regulated under the terms of the feed program. In addition, feed manufacturers, renderers and all producers feeding ruminants must comply with the provisions of the ruminant feed ban.

Summary

The major activities undertaken by CFIA staff who administer this program 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; and
• inspecting commercial feed mills and farms involved in the production of medicated feeds.

Manitoba Contact(s):
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Room 613
269 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3C 1B2
Telephone: 204-983-2200
Fax: 204-984-6008
Web site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml
 

National Contact(s):
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
1400 Merivale Road
Ottawa, 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).