Last week, the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) went into effect with an official announcement from the Honorable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Canada’s Minister of Health.
The new food safety regulations, which Canadian Food Inspection Agency says are consistent with international standards, focus on prevention, along with speedy removal of unsafe food products from the marketplace. The regulations also grant Canada more opportunities to export their food products abroad. Finally, the new regulations will aim to diminish unnecessary administrative burden by replacing 14 previous sets of laws into just one.