Upcoming Webinar "Food Safety Success - Are You Ready?"

Join us on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 1pm-3pm where you’ll hear from members of Perennia’s Quality and Food Safety Team, Elaine Grant and Shelly MacDonald. Elaine and Shelly will give an overview of Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) requirements pertaining to fresh produce and how SFCR affects NS produce growers.

They will also discuss how to reopen the door to retail while meeting regulations and making it work for your operation. You will also be provided with an overview of the Nova Scotia Agri-Food Accelerator Program.

This session will be hosted as an online webinar, so you can watch from the comfort of your own home or a place that is most convenient for you! Register on Perennia's website.

Viewing parties for this webinar are being organized at several points around the province*.  If you are interested in seeing if there is a location near you, please contact Jill MacDonald and see the webinar on the Big Screen!

*Please note, this is only a viewing of the webinar which will be broadcast from another location. Questions can be asked to the speaker through the chat function during the session or can be emailed to Jen Haverstock at the end of the session for a response. 

Consultation on proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is currently accepting comments on the proposed regulations  through the Safe Food for Canadians Act.  The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations mostly pertain to businesses that import or export food or prepare food to be exported or sold across provincial lines.  You can have your say about the proposed regulations by going here: http://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/acts-and-regulations/regulatory-initiatives/sfca/consultation/eng/1426531180176/1426531265317 The deadline for comments is April 21, 2017.

At the above link you will also have access to several interactive tools, such as:

• Would you need a license?
• Would you need a Preventative Control Plan?
• What would your traceability requirements be?

Safe Food for Canadians Act

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has opened public consultation on the proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations.

This 90 day consultation closes April 21 2017, please take this opportunity to have your say! http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/acts-and-regulations/regulatory-initiatives/sfca/consultation/eng/1426531180176/1426531265317
 
CFIA is also having online and in-person information sessions, to find out more, please click here: http://inspection.sondages-surveys.ca/surveys/CFIA-ACIA/proposed-sfcr-info-session/?l=en