Feeds Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-9)
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Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2006-06-28. Previous Versions
PROHIBITIONS
Marginal note:Absence of registration, etc.
3. (1) No person shall manufacture, sell or import into Canada any feed unless the feed
(a) has been registered as prescribed;
(b) conforms to prescribed standards; and
(c) is packaged and labelled as prescribed.
Marginal note:Exception
(2) Paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) do not apply to any feed consisting of whole seeds or grains of cultivated farm crops if it is free from prescribed deleterious substances.
Marginal note:Feed adversely affecting health
(3) No person shall manufacture, sell or import into Canada in contravention of the regulations any feed that may adversely affect animal or human health.
- R.S., c. F-7, s. 3;
- 1974-75-76, c. 94, s. 2.
Marginal note:Exemptions
4. This Act does not apply in respect of a feed
(a) that is manufactured by a livestock producer if it is not offered for sale and has not had incorporated into it any drug or other substance that may adversely affect human health or the environment; or
(b) that is sold by the individual grower thereof, if it is free from prescribed deleterious substances.
- R.S., c. F-7, s. 4;
- 1974-75-76, c. 94, s. 2.
REGULATIONS
Marginal note:Regulations
5. The Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing the form in which applications for registration of feeds shall be made and the information to be furnished therewith;
(b) respecting the registration of feeds and prescribing fees for registration;
(c) respecting the duration and cancellation of the registration of feeds;
(d) exempting any feed or any person from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act;
(e) prescribing the form, composition and other standards for feeds;
(f) respecting the packaging and labelling of feeds and packages thereof;
(g) respecting the taking of samples and the making of analyses for the purposes of this Act;
(h) providing that feeds registered under this Act and containing a pest control product as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Pest Control Products Act are, in prescribed circumstances and subject to prescribed conditions, deemed to be registered under that Act;
(i) designating specific animals and birds as livestock for the purposes of this Act;
(j) respecting the detention, preservation and safeguarding of anything seized under section 9;
(k) respecting the disposition of anything forfeited under section 9;
(l) prescribing anything else that by this Act is required to be prescribed; and
(m) generally, for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act.
- R.S., 1985, c. F-9, s. 5;
- 2001, c. 4, s. 84(F);
- 2002, c. 28, s. 83.
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