Updates to CFIA Fertilizer Safety Section website

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated the layout of its fertilizer safety web content to make information easier to find. A number of Trade Memoranda and industry reference materials have also been updated.

No substantive changes have been made to the Fertilizers Regulations or policies. The updates clarify requirements to help regulated stakeholders meet their obligations.

Updated memoranda and web pages include:

• T-4- 95 - Signing Authority, Delegated Representatives and Canadian Agents
• T-4-103 – Guidelines for Research Authorizations for Testing of Novel Supplements
• T-4-121 Phosphite/Phosphorus Acid Materials represented for use as fertilizers
• T-4-122 – Service Delivery Standards for Fertilizer and Supplement Registration – Related Submissions under the Fertilizers Act and Regulations
• T-4-123 - Labelling of Low and No Phosphate Lawn / Turf Fertilizers under the Fertilizers Act and Regulations
• Registration Triggers for NPK Fertilizers
• Submission Checklists
• Guidelines to Completing the Fertilizer or Supplement Registration Application Form

For more information, please contact:

Pre-market Application Submissions Office
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
59 Camelot Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0Y9
paso-bpdpm@inspection.gc.ca
1-855-212-7695