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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has published The Feeds Regulations, 2024 in Canada Gazette II, replacing the feed regulations from 1983. These updated regulations will impact farmers that:
The new regulations also impact business that:
The new regulations were registered on June 17, 2024, and some elements came into force immediately, with others coming into force on June 17, 2025, and others on December 17, 2025.
For those who mix medicated feed on-farm (considered on-farm feed mills), the record keeping requirements have been expanded to include the mix sheet and the mix formula for all medicated feeds, as well as any veterinary prescriptions. Records must be kept for two years, and this took effect in July 2024.
Under the new regulations, farms must develop and maintain a written preventive control plan to identify, prevent, and control potential hazards with respect to human health, animal health, or the environment. Traceability records must be kept of incoming ingredients, mix feeds, or single ingredient feeds, including name of the feed, lot number, date, and contact information. These will be required as of June 17, 2025. For ease of record keeping, these additional records can be added to your existing OFFSP records of on-farm feed mixing.
More info about the regulations for on-farm feed mixing can be found here.
Any farms that sell feeds are considered a commercial feed mill, and need to implement the appropriate new regulations. The onus is on the feed mill operators to become familiar with the new regulations and implement them accordingly.
Any questions about the updated feed regulations can be directed to your local CFIA office.
