Forward Regulatory Plan: 2012-2014

This plan provides information on regulatory proposals that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency expects to bring forward over the next two years. It also identifies public consultation opportunities and a departmental contact point for each regulatory initiative.

Proposed Regulatory Initiatives

Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations Amending the Health of Animals Regulations – Pig Id
Description of the Objective This amendment would institute a traceability program for pigs under the Health of Animals Regulations.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations were conducted, including pre-publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II will proceed in June 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations Amending the Seeds Regulations – Variety Registration
Description of the Objective This amendment will move several additional crops kinds from Part I to Part III of Schedule III in the Seeds Regulations.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations were conducted including pre-publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II will proceed in June 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations amending the Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990
Description of the Objective These amendments will streamline some requirements (i.e. unnecessary or duplicated requirements), convert prescriptive requirements, where possible, to outcome-based requirements, increase alignment with regulations and policies of Canada’s major trading partners, and allow greater flexibility in the types of activities that can be carried out within a registered establishment.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations were conducted, including pre-publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II will proceed in May 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Omnibus Regulations – Budget 2012
Description of the Objectives These regulatory amendments repeal the regulatory requirements concerning pre-market registration of labels and recipes under the Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990 and the registration of labels under Processed Products Regulations, the requirements to use registered construction and packaging materials and chemicals in the FIR, the requirements to use registered chemical agents and cleaning compounds under the Egg Regulations, and add the Emerald Ash Borer as an enumerated pest in Schedule II of the Plant Protection Regulations. The amendments also repeal regulatory requirements concerning efficacy and quality of fertilizer products under the Fertilizers Regulations.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations are not required. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II will proceed in May 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Omnibus Regulations – Budget 2012 – Standard Weights and Container sizes
Description of the Objectives These regulatory amendments change the regulatory requirements concerning standard weights and container sizes under the Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990, the Processed Products Regulations, the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Regulations, the Honey Regulations, the Maple Products Regulations, the Dairy Regulations, and the Fish Inspection Regulations.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities These proposed amendments will be pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I in Fall 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Repeal of the Emerald Ash Borer Infested Places Order
Description of the Objectives

This regulatory package will accompany the Omnibus Regulations – Budget 2012 package in which the Plant Protection Regulations will be amended to add Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) to Schedule II of regulated pests. Until now the CFIA has regulated EAB through the use of Ministerial Orders (MOs) and Notices of Prohibition of Movement, restricting the movement of ash materials out of regulated areas. The MOs have been updated each year to recognize pest detections from annual national surveys. The use of MOs will no longer be required once EAB is added to Schedule II of regulated pests.
Indication of Business Impacts There are no expected business impacts.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations are not required. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II will proceed in May 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations Amending the Health of Animal Regulations
Description of the Objectives These consequential amendments will reflect changes made to the Health of Animals Act.
Indication of Business Impacts There are no expected business impacts.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations are not required. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II will proceed in June 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations Amending the Compensation Regulations and the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations
Description of the Objectives These consequential amendments will reflect changes made to the Health of Animals Act.
Indication of Business Impacts There are no expected business impacts.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations are not required. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II will proceed in June 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations amending the Health of Animal Regulations and the Seeds Regulations – Budget 2012
Description of the Objective This amendment will add anaplasmosis to the list of immediately notifiable diseases under Schedule VII to the Health of Animals Regulations. This amendment will also add a requirement to the Seeds Regulations that the CFIA only provide Records of Bulk Movement for Seed Potatoes and Seed Potato Certification Tags to growers who are licenced under the Seeds Act to use the records and tags. This will allow for the expansion of the existing voluntary program--under which approved growers have the flexibility to perform inspections and issue documents related to grading and quality themselves-- to apply to all shipments of seed potato tubers shipped domestically or exported to the U.S.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations are not required. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II, dependant on exemption from pre-publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I, will proceed by June 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations amending the Reportable Diseases Regulations – Budget 2012
Description of the Objective This amendment will repeal anaplasmosis from the list of reportable diseases under the Reportable Diseases Regulations.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations are not required. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II will proceed in June 2013
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations Amending the Organic Products Regulations
Description of the Objective This amendment will align the name of ISO/IEC references to reflect current name changes.
Indication of Business Impacts There are no expected business impacts.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations are not required. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II will proceed in June 2013
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations amending the Food and Drugs Regulations – Halal
Description of the Objective This amendment would modify the Food and Drug Regulations to ensure that the indication of Halal on food labels is accompanied by an indication of the organization which made certified the product as Halal.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations on the proposed amendments have been conducted. The next consultation opportunity will be the pre-publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I in Spring 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Imported Food Sector Product Regulations
Description of the Objective This proposed new regulation would establish licensing requirements for the importation of agricultural products not regulated under CFIA commodity-specific regulations.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations on the proposed amendments have been conducted. The next consultation opportunity will be the pre-publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I in Spring 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations amending the Feeds Regulations, Seeds Regulations, Fertilizers Regulations and the Health of Animals Regulations (Vet Biologics) – Bilingual labelling
Description of the Objective This amendment to the Feeds Regulations, Seeds Regulations, Fertilizers Regulations and the Health of Animals Regulations would respond to an SJC recommendation.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities The proposed amendments will be pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I in Spring 2014.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations amending the Consumer Products and Labelling Regulations and the Food and Drugs Regulations - Icewine
Description of the Objective A definition of icewine would be established and the labelling requirements for wine would be modified in the Consumer Products and Labelling Regulations and the Food and Drug Regulations in order to meet international obligations and assist in preventing the sale of falsely labelled Canadian icewine.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations on the proposed amendments have been conducted. The next consultation opportunity will be the pre-publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I in Fall 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations amending the Meat Inspection Regulations - Chicken Weight Increase
Description of the Objective These amendments would increase the weight amount for young chickens under the Meat Inspection Regulations.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations on the proposed amendments have been conducted. The next consultation opportunity will be the pre-publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I in Fall 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations Amending the Plum Pox Virus Compensation and Plant Protection Regulations.
Description of the Objective These amendments will extend the compensation program from December 31st, 2010 to March 31, 2011.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities Consultations are not required. It is expected that publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II will proceed in May 2013.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations amending the Maple Products Regulations
Description of the Objective This proposal would rewrite the Maple products Regulations in order to modernize them and better align with the US.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities The proposed amendments will be pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I by Spring 2014.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca
Title or Working Title of the Regulatory Initiative Regulations amending the Health of Animals Regulations – Milk, and manure
Description of the Objective These amendments to the Health of Animal Regulations would address the importation of raw milk and manure products not previously imported into Canada and not covered by regulation.
Indication of Business Impacts There may be business impacts. The "One-for-One" Rule and the Small Business Lens may apply.
Public Consultation Opportunities The proposed amendments will be pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I by Spring 2014.
Departmental Contact Legislation@inspection.gc.ca

For more information

To learn about upcoming or ongoing consultations on proposed federal regulations, visit the Canada Gazette and Consulting with Canadians websites.