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

Marginal note:Recall procedure

• 84 (1) An operator must prepare, keep and maintain a document that sets out a recall procedure that enables the effective recall of a food, the name of a contact person who is responsible for the procedure and the name of a contact person who is responsible for conducting recalls.

• Marginal note:Recall simulation

  (2) The operator must, at least once every 12 months,

  • (a) conduct a recall simulation, based on the recall procedure; and

  • (b) prepare a document that sets out the details of how the recall simulation was conducted and the results of the simulation, and keep that document for two years after the day on which the recall simulation is completed.

• Marginal note:Recall — notice to Minister

  (3) If an operator determines that a food should be recalled because it presents a risk of injury to human health, the operator must immediately notify the Minister.

• Marginal note:Recall — implementation

  (4) If a food is the subject of a recall because it presents a risk of injury to human health, the operator must

  • (a) immediately implement the recall procedure; and

  • (b) prepare a document that sets out the details of the recall, including any information that substantiates its effectiveness, and keep the document for two years after the day on which the recall is initiated.