Feeds Regulations, 1983 (SOR/83-593)
6. (1) Every application to register a feed shall be made to the Director on Form I of Schedule III.
(2) Every application referred to in subsection (1) shall be accompanied by
(a) five copies of a proposed label to be used with the feed or, in the case of a feed that is being re-registered without any changes, five copies of the label used with the feed; and
(b) [Repealed, SOR/96-422, s. 1]
(c) where copies of a proposed label accompany the application, an undertaking by the applicant to submit five copies of the actual label or a facsimile thereof to the Director within three months from the date of registration.
(3) Each set of labels accompanying an application shall be identified by an attachment number and such attachment number shall be indicated on the application.
(4) [Repealed, SOR/86-392, s. 2]
- SOR/86-392, s. 2;
- SOR/93-232, s. 2;
- SOR/96-422, s. 1;
- SOR/2000-184, ss. 49, 54.
7. Where an application to register a feed is made by an applicant who is not resident in Canada, the feed is not eligible for registration unless the application is signed by an agent of the applicant who is permanently resident in Canada and to whom any notice or correspondence under the Act may be sent and such agent gives an undertaking to the Director on Form II of Schedule III.
- SOR/2000-184, s. 54.
SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE
8. (1) In addition to the requirements set out in section 6, an applicant shall provide the Director with satisfactory evidence to permit an assessment or evaluation of the safety and efficacy of the feed in respect of livestock and its potential effect on humans and on the environment.
(2) The evidence referred to in subsection (1) shall, where appropriate, include the following information, descriptions and reports:
(a) the results of scientific investigations respecting
(i) the conditions and the prevalence of such conditions under which the feed would be efficacious for its intended purposes,
(ii) the safety of the feed in respect of the species of livestock for which it is intended and in respect of other species of livestock and humans who may be exposed to it,
(iii) suitable methodology for the detection of significant amounts of any ingredient, compound, substance or organism that is intentionally incorporated into the feed or that occurs as a contaminant of the feed,
(iv) harmful residues, if any,
(v) significant changes in the chemical or physical composition of livestock products produced when the feed is used, and
(vi) the stability of the feed under practical conditions of storage;
(b) a description of production methods including
(i) information with respect to actual formulas to be used in the manufacture of the feed,
(ii) information with respect to the type and capacity of the equipment to be used in the manufacture of the feed, and
(iii) information with respect to quality control procedures to assure uniformity of the mix and the lack of contamination of subsequent lots of feed manufactured in the same place; and
(c) reports of analysis for any specified nutrient or medicating ingredient that is required to be guaranteed in the feed conducted on at least three samples, each drawn from a different one-third of a single mix or batch of the feed.
(3) Where any investigation has been performed for the purpose of providing the evidence referred to in subsection (1), the applicant shall establish that
(a) the investigation was conducted or supervised by qualified research personnel;
(b) the investigation was designed to facilitate statistical analysis and the results of the investigation were analysed by appropriate statistical methods; and
(c) the investigation was conducted under conditions similar to those that may be expected to occur in Canada.
- SOR/90-73, s. 3.
