CFIA - Proposed Foreign Food Safety Systems

The CFIA has asked for comment on the proposed Foreign Food Safety Systems Recognition (FFSSR). Recognition under the FFSSR indicates that two countries' food safety control systems are comparable. Under CFIA's new framework for importing food, importers will require a licence. For importers not resident in Canada, the proposed regulations will allow an NRI to obtain a licence IF the goods are imported from a country whose food safety systems are comparable to, and recognized by, Canada. The FSSRR will be the tool used to recognize an exporting country's food safety system as comparable to Canada's.

Comments can be sent to the CSCB at cscb@cscb.ca, by end of June, 2014.