On Farm Food Safety

We believe that food safety begins on the farm. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring that all 2,800 chicken farmers in Canada produce quality chicken that meets the food safety standards of our customer.

New version of the OFFSP manual

In this new version, changes have been designed to harmonize with current regulations, to clarify existing requirements, to provide greater flexibility for washing, disinfection, and downtime, and to reduce duplication. Key changes are highlighted here. 

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Food Safety Begins on the Farm

Canadian farmers raise great chicken. From the time the chicks arrive on the farm, until the moment they leave, chickens raised by our farmers receive the best care. This ensures that the chicken on your plate is fresh, delicious, and most importantly, raised right here in Canada!
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Avian Influenza – information and resources

By travelling across the wildfowl flyways, avian influenza can spread across the globe. The best defense against avian influenza and other pathogens, as always, is good biosecurity.
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Farmer Resource Portal

Welcome to Chicken Farmers of Canada’s farmer resource portal. The information and resources here are applicable to both reduced antimicrobial use and pathogen reduction.

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Third Party Audits

Third Party Audits

Auditors are a crucial component of Raised by a Canadian Farmer On-Farm Food Safety and Animal Care programs.
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Antimicrobial Strategy

While Chicken Farmers of Canada supports the responsible use of antimicrobials in both animal and human medicine, we are researching ways to control, monitor and reduce their use on-farm through our antimicrobial use (AMU) strategy.
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Safe Chicken

What’s In The Barn?

Raised by a Canadian Farmer On Farm Food Safety Program has guidelines and requirements for restricting access to the birds and protecting animal health.
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Safe Chicken

From Gate To Plate

Ever wonder how your chicken dinner gets to your plate? Surprisingly, most Canadians aren’t aware of the journey their food takes from the farm to their plates.
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Safe Chicken

What is “White Striping”?

Recent articles have highlighted a concern in chickens known as “white striping”, in which white lines can be observed in chicken meat purchased fresh at the grocery counter.
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Wheel of Chicken

Understanding Your Choices

We strive to provide Canadian consumers with many choices for the type of chicken they buy, but at the grocery store, these choices can sometimes be overwhelming.
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Safe Chicken

Hormones Use Banned in Canadian Chicken

Did you know: Canada banned the use of hormones in Canadian poultry on March 4, 1963?
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