Long-awaited regulatory updates to modernize how feed is regulated in Canada were published in the Canada Gazette II last week, with some of them taking effect immediately
Melissa Dumont, executive director of the Animal Nutrition Association of Canada (ANAC), says that her organization welcomes the changes the new regulations will bring due in no small part to the fact that it’s taken 14 years to get the changes through.
Dumont explains that the feed industry had proposed modernization of the Feeds Regulations in 2010, of which major changes have not been implemented since 1983. At that time, Dumont says their white paper was well received by the government and work began on changing key aspects of the regulations.
But then, as is the case with many agriculture-related regulatory changes it seems, other things took precedence, such as updating the transport regulations for livestock. The feed industry waited and now, 14 years since the changes were proposed, they’ve moved in to law.
Dumont says that farmers won’t notice immediate huge differences at the farm level, even though there are some changes coming for what information might be found on a feed tag. The biggest differences for livestock producers will happen in the next 18 months-plus, as the new regulations provide a streamlined process for new feed ingredients and products to be approved and offered in Canada.
Want the full details? Check out the Gazetted regulations here.
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