Common Names for Prepackaged Fish
Although the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) came into force on January 15, 2019, certain requirements may apply in 2020 and 2021 based on food commodity, type of activity and business size. For more information, refer to the SFCR timelines.
(1) If fish that is in a hermetically sealed package is of a species that is set out in column 1 of the table to this section, the common name that is required to be shown on the label is any common name that is set out for that species in column 2.
(2) Despite subsection (1), in the case of minced salmon that is in a hermetically sealed package that contains mixed species, the common name that is required to be shown on the label is Minced Salmon.
| Column 1 – Species | Column 2 – Common name |
|---|---|
| Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | Pink Salmon |
| Oncorhynchus keta | Chum Salmon Keta Salmon |
| Oncorhynchus kisutch | Coho Salmon Medium Red Coho Salmon |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Red Salmon Red Sockeye Salmon Sockeye Salmon |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook Salmon King Salmon Spring Salmon |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Deep Sea Trout Steelhead Salmon |
| Salmo salar | Atlantic Salmon Salmon |
| Euthynnus alletteratus | Atlantic Black Skipjack Atlantic Little Tunny Tuna |
| Euthynnus lineatus | Black Skipjack Little Tunny Tuna |
| Euthynnus affinis | Kawakawa Little Tuna Tuna |
| Katsuwonus pelamis | Skipjack Listao Tuna |
| Sarda chiliensis or Sarda lineolata | Bonito Bonito Tuna Tuna |
| Thunnus alalunga | Albacore Tuna |
| Thunnus albacares | Yellowfin Tuna Tuna |
| Thunnus atlanticus | Blackfin Tuna Tuna |
| Thunnus maccoyii | Southern Bluefin Tuna Tuna |
| Thunnus obesus | Bigeye Tuna Tuna |
| Thunnus orientalis | Oriental Tuna Tuna |
| Thunnus thynnus | Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Tuna |
| Thunnus tonggol | Tonggol Tuna Tuna |
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