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Response
As per section 282 and section 287 of the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), the inspection legend set out in Figure 1 of Schedule 2 of the SFCR must appear on the label of an edible meat product when traded inter-provincially or exported (whether prepackaged or not), provided the conditions set out in subsections 180(1), (3) and (4) of the SFCR are met.
According to subsection 184(1) of the SFCR, the following persons are authorized to use the inspection legends that are set out in Figures 1 and 2 of Schedule 2:
(a) printers of labels, other than printers of official export labels, and manufacturers of packages, if the labels and packages that bear the inspection legend are provided to any person who is authorized under any of sections 180 to 182 to apply and use the inspection legend;
(b) printers of official export labels, if the labels that bear the inspection legend are provided to an inspector;
© publishers of documents on the subject of the inspection of meat products, processed egg products or fish;
(d) publishers of documents that advertise meat products, processed egg products or fish; and
(e) manufacturers of stamps, if the stamps that bear the inspection legend are provided to any person who is authorized under any of sections 180 to 182 to apply and use the inspection legend.
Under the SFCR, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is no longer maintaining a list of authorized printers and as such printers of labels and manufacturers of packaging material do not need to register with the CFIA to utilize the inspection legends set out in Schedule 2 of the SFCR. Printers of labels and manufacturers of packages are authorized to use the inspection legends set out in Schedule 2 of the SFCR if the labels and packages that bear the inspection legend are provided to any person who is authorized under any of sections 180 to 182 of the SFCR to apply and use the inspection legend.
For detailed information on how the inspection legend should appear on the label of an inter-provincially traded or exported edible meat product, please consult the section entitled Inspection legend under the Labelling Requirements for Meat and Poultry section of the CFIA’s Food Labelling for Industry tool. The Inspection legend section includes a high resolution image of the inspection legend which may be downloaded for use.
**Disclaimer: This response is based on CFIA's understanding of the particular facts provided in your request and the applicable provisions of the law within CFIA’s mandate. Other relevant laws, including federal, provincial, territorial and municipal, may apply as well.
Information in this response may be used to inform future CFIA guidance and policy that might be made available to industry and to the inspectorate.
Your Enquiry
Hi, we were issued a meat inspection legend registration and I need to renew this, but with the new law I cannot seem to find the proper area in which to do this. We produce packaging materials for poultry and ship them to Canada. However some of our customers require the meat inspection legend on them. We need to get this registration renewed to move forward. Do I need to register through MyCFIA to do this? If so, please let me know where to go or who to contact to do this. I tried going through the licensing interactive tool, but none of the choices seemed to apply.