Regulatory Initiatives
Legislation
To protect Canadian families from potentially unsafe food, the Harper Government tabled the Safe Food for Canadians Act, in the Senate on June 7, 2012.
Regulatory proposals that were recently pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I
Title: Regulations Amending the Seeds Regulations (oilseed soybeans and forages)
ID: 20253
Date of publication: March 9, 2013
Information Documents:
- Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement and Proposed Regulations (Canada Gazette website)
Title: Regulations amending the Health of Animals Regulations
ID: 20125
Date of publication: July 14, 2012
Information Documents:
- Examples of reporting requirements under the proposed pig traceability system
- News release
- Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement and Proposed Regulations (Canada Gazette website)
Title: Notice of Intent with respect to a proposal to establish an Importer Licensing regime
Date of publication: April 21, 2012
Information Documents:
- Notice of Intent (Canada Gazette website)
Title: Regulations Amending the Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990
ID: 20243B
Date Pre-published: April 7, 2012
Information Documents:
- Information Documents
- Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement and Proposed Regulations (Canada Gazette website)
Additional information
- Cabinet Directive on Streamlining Regulation
- Consultation: Multi-Year Regulatory Modernization Plan
- A Framework for the Application of Precaution in Science-Based Decision Making About Risk
- Health Canada's Legislative and Regulatory Initiatives
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