Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-20 and last amended on 2013-03-21. Previous Versions

C.01.610. No person shall sell any substance having oestrogenic activity for administration to poultry that may be consumed as food.

C.01.610.1 No person shall sell a drug for administration to animals that produce food or that are intended for consumption as food if that drug contains

  • (a) chloramphenicol or its salts or derivatives;

  • (b) a 5-nitrofuran compound;

  • (c) clenbuterol or its salts or derivatives;

  • (d) a 5-nitroimidazole compound; or

  • (e) diethylstilbestrol or other stilbene compounds.

  • SOR/85-539, s. 1;
  • SOR/85-685, s. 2;
  • SOR/91-546, s. 1;
  • SOR/94-568, s. 2;
  • SOR/97-510, s. 2;
  • SOR/2003-292, s. 3.

C.01.610.2 No person shall sell an antibiotic preparation containing chloramphenicol, its salts or derivatives, for administration to animals that do not produce food and that are not intended for consumption as food unless

  • (a) both the inner label and outer label of the preparation carry the words “WARNING: FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PREPARATION TO ANIMALS THAT PRODUCE FOOD OR ANIMALS THAT ARE INTENDED FOR CONSUMPTION AS FOOD / MISE EN GARDE : EN VERTU DES LOIS FÉDÉRALES, IL EST INTERDIT D’ADMINISTRER CETTE PRÉPARATION AUX ANIMAUX QUI PRODUISENT DES ALIMENTS OU AUX ANIMAUX DESTINÉS À ÊTRE CONSOMMÉS COMME ALIMENTS”;

  • (b) where the preparation is for parenteral use, the preparation contains, in the form of chloramphenicol sodium succinate, not more than one gram of chloramphenicol per vial;

  • (c) where the preparation is for ophthalmic use, the preparation contains not more than one per cent chloramphenicol; and

  • (d) where the preparation is for oral use, the preparation

    • (i) is in tablet or capsule form and contains not more than one gram of chloramphenicol per tablet or capsule, or

    • (ii) is in the form of a chloramphenicol palmitate suspension and contains not more than three grams of chloramphenicol per container.

  • SOR/91-546, s. 1.

  • C.01.611. (1) The Director may, in writing, from time to time require the manufacturer of a drug recommended for administration to animals that may be consumed as food

    • (a) to file with him in respect of that drug a submission, in form and content satisfactory to the Director, describing in detail tests carried out to determine that no residues of the drug, except residues within the limits prescribed by these Regulations, remain in meat, meat by-products, eggs or milk; and

    • (b) to print on the principal display panel of the outer label, the inner label and the packaging insert, if any, that describes the drug, a warning that meat, meat by-products, eggs or milk from animals to which the drug has been administered cannot be sold for consumption as food unless there has elapsed since the administration of the drug a period of time specified by the Director, based on a review of the available data with respect to drug residue.

  • (2) No manufacturer shall sell a drug in respect of which the Director has required a warning to be printed pursuant to paragraph (1)(b) unless the manufacturer has complied with that request.

  • SOR/93-467, s. 2.