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Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SOR/2018-108)

Regulations are current to 2024-02-20 and last amended on 2022-06-21. Previous Versions

PART 15Transitional Provisions (continued)

Marginal note:Certificates, authorizations, exemptions, certifications and accreditations

  •  (1) A certificate, authorization, exemption, certification or accreditation that is set out in column 1 of the table to this section and that is valid immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force is deemed to have been issued or obtained under the provision of the Act or these Regulations that is set out in column 2.

  • Marginal note:Period of validity

    (2) Subject to subsection (3), unless it is suspended or cancelled under these Regulations, the certificate, authorization, exemption, certification or accreditation remains valid until the end of the period for which it was issued or obtained.

  • Marginal note:Period of validity — seaweed

    (3) An organic certification of seaweed granted under section 13 of the Organic Products Regulations, 2009 ceases to be valid on the expiry of the 24-month period that begins on the day on which these Regulations come into force.

  • Marginal note:Suspensions

    (4) A certificate, authorization, exemption, certification or accreditation that was suspended before the day on which these Regulations come into force and that continues to be suspended on that day is deemed to be suspended under these Regulations.

  • Marginal note:Applications for certificates, authorizations, exemptions, certifications or accreditations

    (5) An application for a certificate, authorization, exemption, certification or accreditation that is set out in column 1 of the table to this section that was made before the day on which these Regulations come into force and in respect of which no decision has been made is deemed to be an application made under these Regulations for the certificate, authorization, exemption, certification or accreditation referred to in the provision of the Act or these Regulations that is set out in column 2.

    TABLE

    Column 1Column 2
    ItemCertificates, Authorizations, Exemptions, Certifications and AccreditationsProvisions of the Act or these Regulations
    1Certificate issued under section 24 of the Egg Regulations in respect of eggs for exportSection 48 of the Act
    2Authorization obtained under subsection 29.1(5) of the Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990Subsection 160(3) of these Regulations
    3Exemption obtained under section 2.2 of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable RegulationsSubsection 174(2) of these Regulations
    4Authorization obtained under subsection 2.3(2) of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable RegulationsSubsection 174(2) of these Regulations
    5Authorization obtained under subsection 29(4) of the Honey RegulationsSubsection 174(2) of these Regulations
    6Authorization issued under subsection 9.1(5) of the Processed Products RegulationsSubsection 174(2) of these Regulations
    7Exemption obtained under section 59.2 of the Processed Products RegulationsSubsection 174(2) of these Regulations
    8Exemption obtained under section 63 of the Processed Products RegulationsSubsection 174(2) of these Regulations
    9Certification issued under section 13 of the Organic Products Regulations, 2009Section 345 of these Regulations
    10Certification issued under section 15 of the Organic Products Regulations, 2009Section 348 of these Regulations
    11Accreditation issued under section 6 or 8 of the Organic Products Regulations, 2009Section 361 or 363 of these Regulations

Marginal note:Subsection 36(3) of Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations

  •  (1) Every exemption referred to in subsection 36(3) of the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations in respect of a test market product that is valid immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force is deemed to be an exemption granted under subsection 174(2) of these Regulations.

  • Marginal note:Period of validity

    (2) Unless cancelled under these Regulations, the exemption remains valid until the product ceases to be a test market product under subsection 6(6) of the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations, as they read immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force.

  • Marginal note:Request for exemption

    (3) A notice of intention that is filed under subsection 36(3) of the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations before the day on which these Regulations come into force and in respect of which no decision has been made before that day is deemed to be a request for an exemption under subsection 174(1) of these Regulations.

Marginal note:Foreign systems deemed to be recognized

  •  (1) The following systems are deemed to be recognized under Part 7:

    • (a) any inspection system of a foreign state for meat products that was, immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force, approved for the purposes of the Meat Inspection Act;

    • (b) any inspection system of a foreign state for live or raw shellfish if that foreign state was, immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force, authorized in respect of the import of those shellfish into Canada for the purposes of the Fish Inspection Act; and

    • (c) any systems of manufacturing, processing, treating, preserving, handling, testing, grading, coding, slaughtering, storing, packaging and labelling that are used in an establishment in a foreign state in relation to meat products if, immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force, both the establishment and the inspection system of the foreign state for those meat products were approved for the purposes of the Meat Inspection Act.

  • Marginal note:Suspension and cancellation

    (2) For greater certainty, the recognition of any system referred to in subsection (1) may be suspended or cancelled in accordance with Part 7.

PART 16Consequential Amendments, Repeals and Coming into Force

Consequential Amendments

Canadian Dairy Commission Act

EEC Aged Cheddar Cheese Export Regulations

 [Amendment]

Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act

Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendments]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendments]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

Criminal Code

Regulations Excluding Certain Indictable Offences from the Definition of “Designated Offence”

 [Amendments]

Feeds Act

Feeds Regulations, 1983

 [Amendment]

Food and Drugs Act

Food and Drug Regulations

 [Amendments]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendments]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

Seeds Act

Seeds Regulations

 [Amendments]

 [Amendment]

Health of Animals Act

Health of Animals Regulations

 [Amendments]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

 [Amendment]

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Industrial Hemp Regulations

 [Amendment]

Customs Tariff

Determination of Country of Origin for the Purposes of Marking Goods (NAFTA Countries) Regulations

 [Amendment]

Repeals

Fish Inspection Act

 The Fish Inspection RegulationsFootnote 10 are repealed.

Meat Inspection Act

 The Meat Inspection Regulations, 1990Footnote 11 are repealed.

Canada Agricultural Products Act

 The following Regulations are repealed:

Coming into Force

Marginal note:S.C. 2012, c. 24

Footnote * These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 1 of the Safe Food for Canadians Act comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.

 

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