AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD ADMINISTRATIVE MONETARY PENALTIES ACTAgriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties RegulationsThe Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, pursuant to subsection 4(1) of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Acta, hereby makes the annexed Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations.S.C. 1995, c. 40May 3, 2000LYLE VANCLIEFMinister of Agriculture and Agri-FoodInterpretationThe following definitions apply in these Regulations.Act means the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act. (Loi)import reference document has the same meaning as in section 10 of the Health of Animals Regulations. (document de référence) SOR/2003-256, s. 1; SOR/2016-226, s. 1ViolationsThe following are designated as violations that may be proceeded with in accordance with the Act, namelythe contravention of a provision of the Health of Animals Act, the Plant Protection Act or the Safe Food for Canadians Act, or of a regulation made under one of those Acts, that is set out in column 1 of any Division of any Part of Schedule 1;the contravention of an order made by the Minister under a provision of the Plant Protection Act that is set out in column 1 of Division 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1; andthe refusal or neglect to perform any duty imposed by or under a provision of the Health of Animals Act, the Plant Protection Act or the Safe Food for Canadians Act, or of a regulation made under one of those Acts, that is set out in column 1 of any Division of any Part of Schedule 1.SOR/2014-296, s. 1; SOR/2016-226, s. 2SOR/2019-94, s. 1Short-form DescriptionsThe short-form descriptions that are set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 are established to be used in notices of violations in respect of violations of the corresponding provisions that are set out in column 1 of Schedule 1.SOR/2005-190, s. 1ClassificationThe classification of a violation as a minor, serious or very serious violation of a provision set out in column 1 of an item of Schedule 1 is as set out in column 3 of that item.PenaltiesThe amount of the penalty in respect of a violation that is committed by an individual otherwise than in the course of a business and that is not committed to obtain a financial benefit is$500, for a minor violation;$800, for a serious violation; and$1300, for a very serious violation.The amount of the penalty in respect of a minor violation that is committed by a person in the course of a business or in order to obtain a financial benefit is $1,300.The amount of the penalty in respect of a violation that is committed by a person in the course of a business or in order to obtain a financial benefit is $6,000 for a serious violation and $10,000 for a very serious violation, with adjustments, if any, determined for each total gravity value, as established in accordance with section 6, that is set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 in accordance with the calculation set out in column 2.SOR/2010-215, s. 1; SOR/2016-226, s. 3(E)The total gravity value in respect of each serious or very serious violation referred to in subsection 5(3) shall be established byconsidering the following criteria:the history of the person who committed the violation in respect of prior violations or convictions as described in column 2 of an item of Part 1 of Schedule 3,the degree of intention or negligence on the part of the person who committed the violation as described in column 2 of an item of Part 2 of Schedule 3, andthe harm done or that could be done by the violation as described in column 2 of an item of Part 3 of Schedule 3;ascribing, for each of the criteria referred to in subparagraphs (a)(i), (ii) and (iii), the applicable gravity value that is set out in column 1 of an item of Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 3; andadding the values obtained under paragraph (b).SOR/2016-226, s. 4Compliance AgreementsSubject to subsection (2), where the Minister agrees to enter into a compliance agreement and the terms and conditions of the agreement include monetary expenditures to be made by a person, the amount of the penalty shall be reduced by one dollar for every two dollars spent by the person, with a maximum reduction to nil.The amount set out in a notice of default served pursuant to subsection 10(4) of the Act shall be paid by certified cheque or money order made payable to the Receiver General for Canada within 15 days after service of the notice.Service of DocumentsService of a notice of violation or any document originating from the Minister on an individual named in the notice or document may be madepersonally, by leaving a copy of itwith the individual at any place, orif it is impracticable to find the individual, with someone who appears to be an adult member of the same household at the last known address or usual place of residence of the individual. The day on which the document is left with that person is deemed to be the day on which the document is served; orby sending a copy of it by registered mail or courier to the last known address or usual place of residence of the individual, or by sending a copy of it to the individual by fax or other electronic means.Service of a notice of violation or any document originating from the Minister on a person other than an individual may be effected bysending a copy of it by fax, registered mail or courier to the head office or place of business of the person or to the person’s agent;leaving a copy of it at the person’s head office or place of business, with an officer or other individual who appears to be in control or management of the head office or place of business or with the person’s agent; orsending a copy of it by electronic means other than by fax to any individual referred to in paragraph (b).If a notice of violation or any document originating from the Minister is sent by fax or by other electronic means, a copy of the document shall be sent either by courier or by registered mail within 48 hours following the original transmission.SOR/2016-226, s. 5A certificate of service of a document required or authorized to be served under the Act must be in a form approved by the Minister.If the certificate states that the document was served on a person named in the certificate and states the means of service, the person who signs the certificate is deemed to have served the document on that person on the date that is determined under subsections (2) to (4).A document sent by registered mail is served on the 10th day after the date indicated in the receipt issued by a post office.A document sent by courier is served on the 10th day after the date indicated in the courier’s receipt issued to the sender.A document sent by fax or other electronic means is served on the date it is sent.SOR/2016-226, s. 6PaymentFor the purpose of subsection 9(1) of the Act, and subject to subsection (2), a person named in a notice of violation shall pay the amount of the penalty by certified cheque or money order made payable to the Receiver General for Canada within 30 days after the day on which the notice is served.A person named in a notice of violation may pay an amount equal to one half of the penalty, in lieu of the penalty, within 15 days after the day on which the notice is served.For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), payment is deemed to be made:on the date indicated in the postmark stamped on the envelope, where the amount is sent by regular mail; oron the date indicated in the receipt issued by the post office or the courier, where the amount is sent by registered mail or courier.SOR/2016-226, s. 7SOR/2020-14, s. 1Review and Compliance AgreementsWhere a person named in a notice of violation that contains a warning requests, pursuant to subsection 8(1) of the Act, a review of the facts of the violation by the Minister or the Tribunal, the request shall be made in writing within 30 days after the day on which the notice is served.Where a person named in a notice of violation that contains a penalty requests, pursuant to subsection 9(2) of the Act, a review of the facts of the violation by the Minister or the Tribunal or, if the penalty is $2,000 or more, to enter into a compliance agreement with the Minister, the request shall be made in writing within 30 days after the day on which the notice is served.For the purposes of subsection (2), a request to enter into a compliance agreement shall include a proposal outlining in detail the corrective action that will be taken to ensure future compliance.If a person is notified that the Minister refuses to enter into a compliance agreement, the time within which the person may pay the amount of the penalty or request a review by the Tribunal of the facts of the violation is 30 days after the day on which the notice is served. The request must be in writing.SOR/2016-226, s. 8SOR/2020-14, s. 2If a person is notified that the Minister, having concluded a review, has decided that the person committed a violationthe time within which the person may request a review of the Minister’s decision by the Tribunal is 30 days after the day on which the notice is served and the request must be in writing;if the review is in respect of a penalty, the time within which the person may pay the penalty that the Minister has maintained or the corrected amount that the Minister has decided on is 30 days after the day on which the notice is served.SOR/2016-226, s. 8SOR/2020-14, s. 3A person may make a request referred to in section 11, 12 or 13 by delivering it by hand or by sending it by registered mail, courier or fax or other electronic means to a person and place authorized by the Minister.Where a person makes a request referred to in subsection (1), the date of the request isthe date on which the request is delivered to the authorized recipient, if the request is delivered by hand;the earlier of the date on which the request is received by the authorized recipient and the date on the receipt given to the person by a post office or courier, if the request is sent by registered mail or courier; orthe date on which the request is sent, if the request is sent by fax or other electronic transmission.If a request is sent by fax or other electronic means, a copy of the request shall be sent either by courier or registered mail within 48 hours after the time limit for making the request.SOR/2016-226, s. 9SOR/2020-14, s. 4Review by TribunalA review by the Tribunal shall be conducted orally if the person named in the notice of violation requests that the review be oral.SOR/2020-14, s. 5Coming into ForceThese Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.(Sections 2 to 4)Health of Animals Act and Health of Animals RegulationsHealth of Animals Act(S.C. 1990, c. 21)
Column 1Column 2Column 3ItemProvision of Health of Animals ActShort-form DescriptionClassification15(1)Fail to notify the nearest veterinary inspector of the presence of a reportable disease or a toxic substanceVery serious25(2)Fail to notify a veterinary inspector of the suspicion of a reportable disease or a toxic substanceVery serious37(3)Enter in a place in contravention of a noticeSerious48Conceal the existence of a reportable disease or a toxic substanceVery serious59Keep on open land an infected animalVery serious610Bring into a public place an infected animalVery serious711Sell or offer or expose for sale an infected animal, a part of an infected animal or an animal product or animal by-product obtained from an infected animalVery serious812Throw in a body of water a carcass or a part of an animal that is known to be infected or that was destroyed because of a diseaseVery serious913(1)Dig up all or part of the carcass of an animal that died of a disease or that was destroyed because of a diseaseVery serious1015(1)Possess or dispose of an animal or thing known to be imported illegallyVery serious1116(1)Fail to present an animal or thingVery serious1218(2)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious1319(1)Export an animal without the prescribed certificateSerious1419(2)Fail to present an animalSerious1519(4)Send or take an animal out of Canada without a copy of the prescribed certificateSerious1625(1)Remove from or take into an infected place any animal or thing without the required licenceVery serious1725(3)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious1827(3)Remove from, move within or take into the primary control zone a designated animal or thing without a permitVery serious18.127.1(5)Fail to comply with an order prohibiting or imposing conditions on removing from, moving within or taking into a secondary control zone a designated animal or thingVery serious18.227.6(3)Fail to comply with a notice to treat, dispose of or move a designated animal or thingVery serious1931(2)Fail to provide or maintain adequate facilitiesSerious2035(1)Obstruct, hinder or make any false or misleading statement to an analyst, inspector or officerVery serious2135(2)Fail to give all reasonable assistance or furnish information to an inspector or officerSerious2237(2)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeSerious2343(2)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeSerious2444Remove, alter or interfere with an animal or thing seized and detainedVery serious2548(3)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious
Health of Animals Regulations(C.R.C., c. 296; SOR/91-525)
Column 1Column 2Column 3ItemProvision of Health of Animals RegulationsShort-form DescriptionClassification13(2)Fail to comply with a prescribed orderSerious25(2)Fail to comply with a prescribed orderSerious36Fail to comply with a quarantine noticeVery serious3.16.2Fail to ensure that specified risk material has been removed from cattle slaughtered, cut up or deboned for human consumption as foodVery serious3.26.3Use or export for human consumption as food specified risk material in any form, where the specified risk material was removed from cattle slaughtered in CanadaVery serious49Fail to comply with a quarantine noticeVery serious511(1)Import germplasm of a regulated animal without a permit, fail to comply with the conditions of a permit or fail to comply with the applicable provisions of the import reference documentVery serious612(1)Import a regulated animal without a permit, fail to comply with the conditions of a permit or fail to comply with the import requirements of subsections 12(2) to (6) of the Health of Animals Regulations or all applicable provisions of the import reference documentVery serious7 to 12[Repealed, SOR/2016-226, s. 13]1313Import a regulated animal under a permit or certificate that contains false or misleading informationVery serious1414(1)Import a regulated animal that has been in contact with another animal that poses a higher risk or that has been in contact with anything used in relation to the animal with the higher riskSerious1515Import a regulated animal that is not clearly identified at the time of importationSerious1616Fail to keep a record which clearly shows the place of origin of the regulated animal, as well as the place and date of its importationSerious17 to 65[Repealed, SOR/2003-256, s. 2]6634(1)(a)Import an animal product from a country that is not designated free from foot and mouth diseaseMinor6734(1)(b)Import an animal product without the required certificateSerious6834(2)(a)Import unfertilized eggs from a country that is not designated free from Newcastle disease and avian influenzaSerious6934(2)(b)Import unfertilized eggs without the prescribed certificateSerious7034(2)(c)Import unfertilized eggs that are packed in dirty containersSerious71 to 78[Repealed, SOR/2003-256, s. 3]7940Import an animal by-product without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious80 and 81[Repealed, SOR/2016-226, s. 14]8241.1(2)Use or cause to be used an animal by-product for animal food or as ingredient for animal foodVery serious8342.1(2)Fail to process raw glands or organs as prescribedSerious8442.1(3)Transport or cause to be transported raw glands or organs to a place other than the required establishmentSerious8545(1)(a)Import gluestock without meeting the prescribed conditionsSerious8645(1)(b)Fail to transport gluestock directly to the approved establishmentSerious8745(2)Fail to process gluestock as prescribedSerious8845(3)Transport or cause to be transported gluestock to a place other than the required establishmentSerious8946Import meat and bone meal, bone meal, blood meal, tankage (meat meal), feather meal, fish meal or any other product of a rendering plant without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious9047Import from a country, other than the United States, garbage or refuse containing an animal product or by-productVery serious9147.1(2)Discharge refuse or manure without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious9247.1(3)Discharge refuse without incinerating, sterilizing or deep burying the refuse as prescribedSerious9347.1(4)Discharge garbage or refuse without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious9447.1(5)Discharge refuse, garbage or manure at a place where it cannot be treated and disposed of as prescribedSerious95[Repealed, SOR/2016-226, s. 17]9647.1(7)(b)Fail to store refuse, garbage or manure as specified by an inspectorSerious9747.1(8)Fail to comply with the requirements of an inspector while transporting garbage, refuse or manureSerious9849Import a game animal carcass without meeting the prescribed conditionsMinor9950(a)Import matted or blood-stained wool, hair or bristlesMinor10050(b)Import an animal by-product removed from a diseased animalSerious10151(a)Import an animal pathogen into Canada without a permitVery serious10251(b)Import an animal, animal product, animal by-product or other organism carrying all or part of an animal pathogen without a permitVery serious10351(c)Import blood or serum without the required permitSerious10451.1(a)Move a pathogen, animal or organism or blood or serum to a place not named in the permitSerious10551.1(b)Introduce a pathogen, animal or organism or blood or serum into an animal without a permit or in contravention of a permitVery serious106[Repealed, SOR/2016-226, s. 19]10751.2(2)Expose or use animal blood or serum in a live animalVery serious10853(1)(a)Import animal food containing an animal product or animal by-product except as prescribedSerious10953(1)(b)Import animal food on a vessel without prescribed certificationSerious11054Import fodder to be used to feed animalsSerious11157(a)Import used beehive or beehive equipmentSerious11257(b)(i)Import bee feed without the required certificateMinor112.157(b)(ii)Fail to transport untreated bee feed directly to the approved establishmentMinor11358(1)Import an animal without having it admitted at an approved placeMinor11458(2)Import an animal by air without having it admitted at an approved placeSerious11561Remove an animal that has not been quarantinedVery serious11662Fail to destroy or to remove from Canada an animal as orderedVery serious11769(1)(a)Export livestock, poultry, embryos or semen without the required certificateSerious11869(1)(b)Export livestock, poultry, embryos or semen without meeting the requirements of the destination countrySerious11969(2)Export semen that was not stored as prescribedSerious12069(3)Export livestock, poultry, embryos or semen without the official export stamp on the certificateSerious12169(4)Apply an official export stamp to a certificate without authorizationSerious12271(1)Export without the consent of an inspector an animal that has not been at the place of embarkation for at least 12 hoursSerious12373.1Fail to comply with a request to test animalsVery serious12476(1)Move or cause to be moved a Cervidae without the required permitVery serious12576(2)Receive or possess a Cervidae moved without the required permitVery serious125.176(3)Fail to keep a copy of the required permitMinor125.278.26Fail to produce the required permitVery serious126[Repealed, SOR/2019-137, s. 3]127[Repealed, SOR/2019-137, s. 3]12879.14(1)Exhibit in a show poultry that is not identified or certified as prescribedSerious12979.14(2)Permit to be exhibited poultry that is not identified or certified as prescribedSerious13079.15Keep untested poultry on the premises of an approved hatchery supply flockSerious13179.16(1)Fail to keep a record of mortalitySerious13279.16(2)Fail to immediately submit a sample of dead birdsSerious13379.17(1)Fail to have a primary breeding flock tested or to report the results of required testsSerious13479.17(2)Fail to identify poultrySerious13579.18Use hatchery to hatch game bird eggs, or have on premises game bird eggs, that do not meet the prescribed requirementsSerious13679.19(1)(a)Operate a hatchery without a health monitored hatchery permitSerious13779.19(1)(b)Fail to submit required fluff samples as prescribedMinor13879.19(7)Sell chicks or remove chicks from a hatchery without permissionSerious13979.19(8)Fail to ensure that a chick or an unhatched embryo is killed in a humane mannerSerious14079.2Fail to submit poultry for prescribed testsSerious141[Repealed, SOR/2019-137, s. 3]14283(1)Fail to isolate or muzzle a dogVery serious14389(a)Expose an imported bird to another birdSerious14489(b)Transport an import bird with another birdSerious14590Fail to comply with an order to segregate an animal or an order to have an animal inspectedSerious145.191.2(1)Fail to immediately notify the Minister of a disease as requiredSerious145.291.2(2)Fail to include the required information with a notificationMinor145.391.2(3)Fail to notify the Minister immediately after the end of the calendar year of a disease as requiredSerious14691.3(a)Fail to keep a record for a period of two yearsSerious14791.3(b)Fail to provide an inspector with a recordSerious14891.3(c)Fail to provide an inspector with the information contained in a recordSerious14991.4(2)(a)Remove a disease agent, an animal or a thing quarantined from the place of quarantine without authorizationVery serious15091.4(2)(b)Allow a disease agent, an animal or a thing quarantined to come into contact with an animal without authorizationVery serious15191.4(2)(c)Destroy a disease agent, an animal or a thing quarantined without authorizationVery serious15291.4(2)(d)Treat or test a disease agent, an animal or a thing quarantined without authorizationVery serious15391.4(3)Fail to notify that a quarantined animal appears sickVery serious15491.4(4)(a)Move a disease agent or a thing that is quarantined without permissionVery serious15591.4(4)(b)Alter the appearance of a disease agent or a thing quarantined without permissionVery serious15691.4(4)(c)Remove a tag, sign or notice without permissionSerious15791.4(4)(d)Open a container or remove any wrapping or cover around the disease agent or thing without authorizationVery serious15891.4(5)(a)Transport or cause to be transported a disease agent or a thing quarantined without a licenceVery serious15991.4(5)(b)Fail to provide the person in charge of the conveyance with a copy of the licenceSerious16091.4(5)(c)Fail to transport a disease agent or a thing directly to the required locationVery serious16191.4(6)Fail to comply with a noticeVery serious16292(1)(a)Hold a sale, auction or market without the required facilitiesSerious16393Fail to keep in a sanitary condition a sale, auction or marketMinor16494Fail to keep prescribed records or to make them available for inspectionSerious16595(a)Fail to identify an animalMinor16695(b)Fail to have an animal examined and testedSerious16795.1(1)Sell a bovine without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious16895.1(3)Allow the sale, auction or market of a bovine where permission has been refusedSerious16995.1(4)(a)Fail to identify each specimen collected from a bovineMinor17095.1(4)(b)Fail to keep a record as prescribedMinor17195.1(4)(c)Fail to deliver a specimen and a copy of the recordMinor17296Offer for sale an animal that is not identified as prescribedMinor17398Fail to properly mark livestock that reacts positively to a test for a reportable diseaseVery serious174100Place or affix without authorization a tag or a mark on an animalSerious175101Remove or deface without authorization a tag placed on an animalVery serious176103Break, alter, tamper with or remove without authorization a seal or other deviceSerious177104(1)(a)(i)Fail to comply with an order to clean and disinfect a place or a buildingSerious178104(1)(a)(ii)Fail to comply with an order to clean and disinfect a conveyanceSerious179104(1)(b)Fail to comply with an order to clean and disinfect footwear, clothing or other thingSerious180104(2)Fail to clean and disinfect a conveyance in which an animal that was required to be destroyed was transportedSerious181105(1)Fail to clean and disinfect a container or crate before poultry are loadedMinor182105(3)Fail to clean and disinfect a container before it is used againSerious183106(1)Fail to clean and disinfect a railway car, aircraft or vesselSerious184106(3)Fail to comply with an order to clean and disinfect a motor vehicleMinor185106(5)Bring into Canada a conveyance used to transport an animal that has not been cleaned and disinfectedSerious186106(6)Fail to clean and disinfect a conveyance as prescribedMinor187106(7)Fail to comply with an order to clean and disinfect a premisesMinor188106(8)Fail to affix notice as prescribedMinor189108(a)Fail to completely clean a place or thingSerious190108(b)Fail to disinfect a place or thing as prescribedMinor191109(1)Fail to comply with an order to clean and disinfect a place where a sale, auction or market is conductedMinor192109(2)Hold an auction, a sale or a market in a dirty place without consentMinor193[Repealed, SOR/2016-226, s. 27]194112Feed swine or poultry with, or permit swine or poultry to have access to, meat, meat by-products or food that is suspected to contain meat or meat by-productsVery serious195[Repealed, SOR/2003-385, s. 2]196114Fail to comply with an order to dispose of a carcassSerious197117(1)Collect, store or distribute semen that is affected with or has been exposed to a communicable diseaseSerious198117(2)Fail to destroy semen as prescribedSerious199118Fail to comply with an order to destroy contaminated semenSerious200119(1)Fail to keep records as prescribed or to make it available to an inspectorMinor201119(2)Fail to keep records as prescribed or to make them available to an inspectorMinor202119(3)Fail to maintain records in a form approved by the Minister or for a minimum period of seven yearsMinor203120.3(1)(b)Release a veterinary biologic without the required permitVery serious204120.6(1)Fail to provide the Minister with new informationVery serious205121(1)Import a veterinary biologic without a permitVery serious206121(1.1)Fail to ship a veterinary biologic directly to CanadaSerious207122(4)(a)Fail to keep records as prescribed, to make records available to a veterinary inspector or to retain records for at least two yearsSerious208122(4)(b)Fail to furnish the required samplesSerious209123Prepare, manufacture, preserve, pack, label or test a veterinary biologic without an establishment licence or without meeting the conditions of an establishment licenceVery serious210124Manufacture a veterinary biologic without a product licenceVery serious211128(1)Prepare, manufacture, preserve, pack, label, store or test a veterinary biologic without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious212128(2)Fail to inform the MinisterSerious213128(4)Test a veterinary biologic in an unauthorized room or buildingMinor214128(5)Conduct a diagnostic examination or procedure in a place that does not meet the prescribed requirementsSerious215128(6)Conduct research or experimentation in an unauthorized areaSerious216129(1)(a)Fail to keep or make available to a veterinary inspector the prescribed recordsSerious217129(1)(b)Fail to furnish the Minister with the required samplesSerious218129(2)Fail to keep records for at least two yearsSerious219130Sell a veterinary biologic or diluent that has not been prepared, manufactured, preserved, packed, labelled or tested in the manner described in the product outlineVery serious220130.1Fail to store a veterinary biologic as prescribedSerious221131Fail to comply with an orderVery serious222132(1)Import, sell, advertise or offer for sale a veterinary biologic that is not packed or labelled in accordance with the prescribed requirementsSerious223133(1)Sell, advertise or offer for sale a veterinary biologic in a container without a labelSerious224133(3)Import a veterinary biologic in an outer container or a shipping container without a labelSerious225134(1)Import, sell, advertise or offer for sale a veterinary biologic whose label does not show the prescribed informationSerious226134(3)Import, sell, advertise or offer for sale a veterinary biologic whose label does not meet the prescribed language requirementsMinor227134.1Sell or offer for sale a veterinary biologic after its expiration dateSerious228134.2(1)Sell or offer for sale a rabies vaccine to anyone other than a veterinarianSerious229135(1)Make a claim that is not supported by the product outlineSerious230135(2)Misrepresent a veterinary biologic in an advertisementSerious231135.1Fail to report to the Minister a deficiency in safety, potency or efficacy of a veterinary biologicVery serious232138.1(1)Fail to provide training or ensure that employees and agents or mandataries have received training in the prescribed mannerSerious233138.2Fail to have a contingency plan that establishes measures to be taken in the prescribed circumstancesSerious234138.3(1)Fail to assess an animal’s capacity to withstand loading, confinement, transporting and unloading in the prescribed mannerVery serious235138.3(2)Fail to monitor a confined or transported animal to assess its capacity to withstand the confinement or transport in the prescribed mannerVery serious236139(1)Load, confine or transport an unfit animal or cause one to be loaded, confined or transportedVery serious237139(4)Fail to, as soon as possible after an animal that is confined or transported becomes unfit, take reasonable measures in the prescribed manner and take the prescribed actionVery serious238139(5)Fail to, as soon as possible after an animal that is confined or transported on board a vessel becomes unfit, take reasonable measures in the prescribed manner or take the prescribed actionVery serious239139.1(1)Unload an unfit animal or cause one to be unloaded, for the purpose of humanely killing the animal, without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious240139.2(3)Fail to comply with an order made under section 139.2Very serious241140(1)Load, confine, transport or unload a compromised animal or cause one to be loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious242140(5)Fail to, as soon as possible after an animal that is confined or transported becomes compromised, take reasonable measures in the prescribed manner or take the prescribed actionSerious243140(6)Fail to, as soon as possible after an animal that is confined or transported on board a vessel becomes compromised, take reasonable measures in the prescribed manner or take the prescribed actionSerious244140.1(3)Fail to comply with an order made under section 140.1Very serious245141(1)Load, confine, transport or unload or cause to be loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, livestock, camelids or cervids of eight days of age or less without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious246141(2)Reload livestock, camelids or cervids of eight days of age or less after unloading them at their final destinationSerious247142Load, confine or transport or cause to be loaded, confined or transported, a lactating animal without its suckling offspring and without it being milked in the prescribed mannerSerious248143(1)Load, confine, transport or unload or cause to be loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, ruminants that are too young to be fed exclusively on hay and grain without meeting the prescribed requirementSerious249143(2)Reload ruminants that are too young to be fed exclusively on hay and grain after unloading them at their final destinationSerious250144(1)(a)Beat, strike, whip or kick an animal during loading, confinement, transporting or unloadingVery serious251144(1)(b)Use a prod, whip or any driving device on an animal during loading, confinement, transporting or unloading, in a manner that is likely to cause the animal’s suffering, injury or deathVery serious252144(1)(c)Use a prod, whip or any driving device on an animal to make it move during loading, confinement, transporting or unloading if it does not have a clear path to moveSerious253144(1)(d)Apply an electric prod or device that has a similar effect to an animal, during loading, confinement, transporting or unloading, except in the prescribed circumstances and in the prescribed mannerVery serious254144(1)(e)Drag an animal during loading, confinement, transporting or unloadingSerious255144(1)(f)Lift an animal by its fleece, fur, feathers, head, neck, ears or horns or by one wing during loading, confinement, transporting or unloadingSerious256144(1)(g)Handle or lift an animal by its tail during loading, confinement, transporting or unloadingSerious257144(1)(h)Handle an animal in a way that is likely to cause its suffering, injury or death during loading, confinement, transporting or unloadingVery serious258144(2)When an animal is in a container, drop, kick or throw the container or handle it in a manner that is likely to cause the animal’s suffering, injury or deathVery serious259145(1)Fail to use, during loading or unloading of an animal, a fixed or movable ramp, gangway, chute, step or apparatus in the prescribed mannerVery serious260145(2)Load or unload, an animal, or cause one to be loaded or unloaded, using a fixed or movable ramp, gangway, chute, step or apparatus in a manner that is not prescribed and that does not meet the prescribed conditionsVery serious261145(4)Load or unload livestock or cervids, or cause them to be loaded or unloaded, using a ramp, gangway, chute or apparatus that has a slope that exceeds the one prescribedMinor262146Load, confine, transport or unload, or cause to be loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, an animal that is likely to suffer, sustain an injury or die because of inadequate ventilation or exposure to meteorological or environmental conditionsVery serious263146.1Load, confine, transport or unload, or cause to be loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, an animal that is likely to suffer, sustain an injury or die because of exposure to anything that is toxic or noxiousVery serious264147(1)Load, confine or transport the prescribed animals, or cause them to be loaded, confined or transported, without providing the prescribed spaceVery serious265147(2)Load, confine or transport an equine, or cause one to be loaded, confined, or transported, by land in a conveyance that has more than one deckVery serious266148(1)Load an animal, or cause one to be loaded, in a manner that results in the conveyance or container becoming overcrowded, or confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be confined or transported, in a conveyance or container that is overcrowdedVery serious267148.1Transport an animal, or cause one to be transported, by air in a container that does not meet the referred stocking density guidelinesSerious268149(1)Load, confine, transport or unload, or cause to be loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, incompatible animals that are not isolated from one anotherVery serious269150(1)(a)Load, confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported, in a conveyance or container that is not designed, constructed, equipped, maintained or used in the prescribed manner and that is not suitable for the species of the animalSerious270150(1)(b)Load, confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported, in a conveyance or container that is not designed, constructed, equipped, maintained or used in the prescribed manner and that will not prevent the animal’s escapeSerious271150(1)(c)Load, confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported, in a conveyance or container that is not designed, constructed, equipped, maintained or used in the prescribed manner and that does not provide adequate ventilationVery serious272150(1)(d)Load, confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported, in a conveyance or container that is not designed, constructed, equipped, maintained or used in the prescribed manner and that does not provide a floor that prevents the animal from tripping, slipping or fallingSerious273150(1)(e)Load, confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported, in a conveyance or container that is not designed, constructed, equipped, maintained or used in the prescribed manner and that is likely to collapse or topple overSerious274150(1)(f)Load, confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported in a conveyance or container that is not designed, constructed, equipped, maintained or used in the prescribed manner and that has exposed bolt heads, angles or other projectionsSerious275150(1)(g)Load, confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported, in a conveyance or container that is not designed, constructed, equipped, maintained or used in the prescribed manner and that contains objects that are unsecuredMinor276150(1)(h)Load, confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported in a conveyance or container that is not designed, constructed, equipped, maintained or used in the prescribed manner and that has insecure fittingsSerious277150(1)(i)Load, confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported, in a conveyance or container that is not designed, constructed, equipped, maintained or used in the prescribed manner and that is not able to be cleanedMinor278150(1)(j)Load, confine or transport an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported, in a conveyance and or container that is not designed, constructed, equipped, maintained or used in the prescribed manner and that does not allow the animal to be visible from outside the container or that does not have the prescribed sign or symbolMinor279150(3)Load, confine or transport, or cause the loading, confinement or transport, of livestock, cervids, camelids or ratites in a conveyance or container whose floor is not strewn with the prescribed bedding material in the prescribed mannerSerious280150(4)Confine or transport an animal in a container that is not secured to the conveyance in the prescribed mannerSerious281150(5)Transport an animal, or cause one to be transported, by air in a container that does not meet the referred design and construction requirementsSerious282151(1)(a)Load, confine or transport livestock and poultry, or cause them to be loaded, confined or transported, in a vessel that is not equipped with the prescribed passagewaysMinor283151(1)(b)Load, confine or transport livestock and poultry, or cause them to be loaded, confined or transported, in a vessel that is not equipped with the prescribed enclosed area or penMinor284151(1)(c)Load, confine or transport livestock and poultry, or cause them to be loaded, confined or transported, in a vessel that is not equipped with the prescribed lightingMinor285151(1)(d)Load, confine or transport livestock and poultry, or cause them to be loaded, confined or transported, in a vessel that does not have on board the prescribed lighting equipmentMinor286151(1)(e)Load, confine or transport livestock and poultry, or cause them to be loaded, confined or transported, in a vessel that does not have on board the prescribed humane killing devicesVery serious287151(1)(f)Load, confine or transport livestock and poultry, or cause them to be loaded, confined or transported, in a vessel that does not have on board the prescribed quantity and type of suppliesSerious288151(1)(g)Load, confine or transport livestock and poultry, or cause them to be loaded, confined or transported, in a vessel that does not have on board the prescribed dispensing systemsSerious289151(2)Fail to have a person on board the vessel who is trained to use humane killing devicesVery serious290151(3)Fail to have an appropriate number of trained persons on board the vessel to provide for the care of livestock or poultrySerious291151(4)Fail to have, in the prescribed manner, an appropriate quantity of feed and safe water on board the vesselVery serious292151(5)Fail to store feed and safe water in the prescribed place and in the prescribed mannerSerious293151.1Fail to provide, in the prescribed circumstance, a veterinary inspector with the prescribed information at least 24 hours before departureMinor294151.2Confine or transport livestock and poultry, or cause them to be confined or transported, on a vessel in the vicinity of an engine or a boiler room casing that is likely to cause them to suffer, sustain an injury or die and that is not covered and insulated in the prescribed mannerSerious295152Fail to determine the date, time and place where an animal was last fed, watered and rested at the time of loading the animal for transportSerious296152.1(1)Load, confine or transport an animal or cause one to be loaded, confined or transported, without providing feed, safe water and rest in the prescribed mannerVery serious297152.1(2)Load, confine or transport an animal without monitoring it on a regular basis as prescribedVery serious298152.2(1)Load, confine, transport or unload an animal, or cause one to be loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, without providing it with feed, safe water and rest within the prescribed intervalsVery serious299152.2(2)Load, confine, transport or unload newly hatched poultry, or cause them to be loaded, confined, transported or unloaded without, providing them with feed, safe water and rest within 72 hours after the time of hatchingVery serious300152.2(3)Load, confine, transport or unload prescribed animals, or cause them to be loaded, confined, transported or unloaded without providing them with feed, safe water and rest within the prescribed timeVery serious301152.3(a)Fail to ensure, in the prescribed circumstance, that the equipment used is designed, constructed and maintained to feed and water the animalSerious301.1152.3(b)Fail to ensure, in the prescribed circumstance, that sufficient space is provided to allow all animals to lie down without lying on top of other animalsSerious301.2152.3(c)Fail to ensure, in the prescribed circumstance, that well-drained and clean floors are provided in the prescribed mannerSerious301.3152.3(d)Fail to ensure, in the prescribed circumstance, that sufficient straw or other bedding is provided in the prescribed mannerSerious301.4152.3(e)Fail to ensure, in the prescribed circumstance, that sufficient straw or other bedding is provided so that the animal is kept clean and dryMinor301.5152.3(f)Fail to ensure, in the prescribed circumstance, that protection from meteorological and environmental conditions is provided in the prescribed mannerVery serious301.6152.3(g)Fail to ensure, in the prescribed circumstance that adequate ventilation is provided to the animal in the prescribed mannerVery serious301.7153(1)Leave an animal at a slaughter establishment or assembly centre without providing the consignee with a written notice that the animal has arrived and without providing a document that contains the prescribed informationSerious301.8154(1)Fail to make, in the prescribed circumstance, a record that includes the prescribed information for each shipment of animalsMinor301.9154(2)Fail to, as soon as possible, include in the record any changes to the information already provided or add the prescribed informationMinor301.91154(3)Fail to keep on board the conveyance the original record, or a copy of it, with each shipment of animals being transportedMinor301.92155Fail to send a document, as soon as possible after arrival at the destination, to the veterinary inspector at the port of embarkation with the prescribed informationMinor302160.1Fail to comply with the conditions contained in a permit or licenceSerious303161(4)Sell or transfer a licence to another personSerious303.001164Feed prohibited material to a ruminantVery serious303.002165(1)Operate a rendering plant without a permitVery serious303.0021165(1.1)Manufacture a prohibited material in a rendering plant without having required dedicated lines, equipment and conveyancesVery serious303.003165(2)Fail to keep the prescribed recordsVery serious303.004165(4)Distribute or sell a product of a rendering plant that contains prohibited material without the prescribed documentation or labelVery serious303.005166(1)Import a product of a rendering plant without a permitVery serious303.006166(2)Fail to keep the required recordsVery serious303.007167Sell or distribute a product of a rendering plant without prescribed documentation or labellingVery serious303.008168Import, manufacture, package, label, store, distribute, sell or advertise for sale animal food for ruminants that contains prohibited materialVery serious303.009169Import, manufacture, package, store, distribute, sell or advertise for sale animal food that contains prohibited material without prescribed documentation or labellingVery serious303.01170(1)Fail to have procedures to prevent the mixing or contamination of a rendering plant product or animal food for ruminants with prohibited materialVery serious303.011170(2)(a)Fail to follow procedures to prevent the mixing or contamination of a rendering plant product or animal food for ruminants with prohibited materialVery serious303.012170(2)(b)Fail to keep the required recordsVery serious303.013170(3)Fail to change records or labels as requiredVery serious303.014171(1)Fail to keep the prescribed recordsVery serious303.015171(2)Fail to keep the prescribed recordsVery serious303.016174.1Sell or distribute approved tags without reporting the required information to the administrator within the prescribed timeSerious303.1175(1.1)Fail to ensure that an approved tag applied to an animal or to the carcass of an animal is for the species of that animal and corresponds to the animal or carcass for which it was issuedSerious303.11175(1.2)Fail to ensure that an approved tag is applied to an animal in the prescribed mannerMinor303.2175.1(1)Fail to keep the required recordSerious303.12175.01(1)Fail to ensure that an approved tag is applied to a pig before it is removed from a siteMinor303.13175.01(5)Fail to ensure in the prescribed circumstances that an approved tag or an approved slap tattoo is applied to a pig before it is moved from a siteMinor303.14175.01(6)Fail to ensure that an approved tag is applied to a pig in the prescribed circumstancesMinor303.15175.01(7)Fail to ensure that an indicator that meets the prescribed requirements is applied to a pig before exportationMinor303.16175.01(8)Fail to ensure that a pig carcass is accompanied by required information in the required formMinor303.3175.1(3)Fail to keep the required recordSerious303.4175.1(4)Fail to keep the required record for the prescribed periodSerious303.5175.2(1)Fail to report the required information within the prescribed time when pigs are transported from one site to anotherMinor303.6175.2(3)Fail to report the required information within the prescribed time when pigs leave a site where an approved tag or approved slap tattoo is applied to a pigMinor303.7175.2(4)Fail to report the required information within the prescribed time when pigs are transported from a site to an abattoirMinor303.8175.2(5)Fail to report the required information within the prescribed time when pig carcasses are transported from a site to another siteMinor303.9175.3Fail to keep the required record for the prescribed periodMinor303.91175.4Fail to keep the required record for the prescribed periodMinor304176Remove or cause the removal, from a site, of a bison, bovine or ovine or its carcass not bearing an approved tagMinor304.1176.1Remove or cause the removal from a site of a pig not identified in the prescribed mannerMinor305177(1)Transport or cause the transportation of a bison, bovine or ovine or its carcass not bearing an approved tagMinor306177.1(1)Transport or cause the transportation of a pig not identified in the prescribed mannerMinor307[Repealed, SOR/2008-183, s. 4]308178(1)Apply or cause the application of an approved tag to an animal or animal’s carcass that is not at the site for which the tag was issuedSerious308.1178(1.1)Apply or cause the application of an approved slap tattoo or an indicator to a pig that is not at the site in respect of which the approved slap tattoo or indicator was issuedSerious309179Remove or cause the removal of an approved tag, or an approved tag that has been revoked, from an animal or its carcassSerious310180Transfer or cause the transfer of an approved tag to another animal or animal’s carcassSerious310.1180.1Apply or cause the application of an approved tag to an animal or the carcass of an animal that is not listed in the definition animal in section 172 of the Health of Animals RegulationsSerious311181Alter an approved tag or make its identification number unreadableSerious312182Make, sell or provide a tag, chip or other indicator that resembles an approved tagVery serious312.1183(2)(b)Fail to ensure that an approved tag is applied to a bison or bovine immediately after its arrival at the tagging siteMinor312.11183(2)(c)Fail to keep or make available the required recordsSerious313184(1)Fail to immediately apply a new approved tag to an animal that does not bear an approved tag, bears a revoked tag or has lost its approved tagMinor313.1184(4)Fail to report the prescribed information to the administrator in the prescribed timeMinor314185(1)Fail to keep a record for an animal or animal’s carcass with a new approved tagMinor314.1185(3)Fail to report the number of the new approved tag and the previously applied approved tag to the administrator in the prescribed timeMinor314.2185(4)Fail to report the prescribed information to the administrator in the prescribed timeMinor315186(1)(b)Fail to report the death of a bison or bovine and the number of the approved tag to the administrator within the prescribed timeMinor316186(2)Fail to maintain the ability to identify the animal’s carcass during the prescribed timeMinor317186(3)Fail to keep a record of the death and the number of the approved or revoked tag of an animal that is slaughtered or otherwise dies at a siteMinor317.1186(4)Fail to report the prescribed information to the administrator in the prescribed timeMinor318187(1)(b)Fail to report the number of the approved tag or revoked tag of a carcass to the administrator within the prescribed timeMinor319187(2)Fail to collect and report the prescribed information about a carcass to the administrator within the prescribed timeMinor319.1187(3)Fail to report the prescribed information to the administrator in the prescribed timeMinor320188(1)Fail to report the number of an approved tag applied to an exported bison or bovine to the administrator within the prescribed timeMinor320.1188(2)Fail to report the prescribed information on exported pigs to the administrator within the prescribed timeMinor321189(1)(a)Fail to apply or cause the application of an approved tag to an imported animal in the prescribed timeMinor322189(1)(b) and (c) and 189(2)Fail to report the prescribed information on an imported animal to the administrator within the prescribed timeMinor
[Repealed, SOR/2016-226, s. 64]Plant Protection Act and Regulations Under the Plant Protection ActPlant Protection Act(S.C. 1990, c. 22)
Column 1Column 2Column 3ItemProvision of Plant Protection ActShort-form DescriptionClassification15Fail to notify the Minister of the existence of a thing that the person suspects to be a pest or to provide a specimen of a suspected pestSerious26(1)Move, grow, raise, culture or produce a thing without permissionVery serious2.16(3)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious37Import, admit or export a thing referred to without meeting the prescribed conditionsVery serious3.18(1)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious49(1)Possess or dispose of a thing that was unlawfully importedVery serious5[Repealed, SOR/2016-226, s. 68]615(3)(d)Fail to comply with a prohibition or restriction imposed under an order imposed by the MinisterVery serious723(1)Obstruct, hinder or make a false or misleading statement to an inspectorVery serious823(2)Fail to provide reasonable assistance to an inspector or furnish an inspector with informationSerious8.124(2)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious8.230(2)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious931Move, alter or interfere with a seized thingVery serious1036(3)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious
Potato Production and Sale (Central Caanich) Restriction Regulations(SOR/82-186)
Column 1Column 2Column 3ItemProvision of Potato Production and Sale (Central Saanich) Restriction RegulationsShort-form DescriptionClassification13(1)(a)Seed, plant, grow, produce or harvest potatoes within a prescribed prohibited areaVery serious23(1)(b)Sell or dispose of potatoes seeded, planted, grown, produced or harvested within a prescribed prohibited areaVery serious
Eggplants and Tomatoes Production (Central Saanich) Restriction Regulations(SOR/82-448)
Column 1Column 2Column 3ItemProvision of Eggplants and Tomatoes Production (Central Saanich) Restriction RegulationsShort-form DescriptionClassification12Seed, transplant, grow, produce or harvest eggplant or tomato within a prescribed prohibited areaVery serious
Plant Protection Regulations(SOR/95-212)
Column 1Column 2Column 3ItemProvision of Plant Protection RegulationsShort-form DescriptionClassification15(4)Fail to comply with the conditions of an authorizationVery serious26(3)Possess, hold or control a seal without authorizationSerious37(1)Remove, break, alter or tamper with a seal without authorizationVery serious47(3)Fail to ensure that a seal is not removed, broken, altered or tampered withVery serious5[Repealed, SOR/2020-14, s. 11]6[Repealed, SOR/2020-14, s. 11]7[Repealed, SOR/2016-226, s. 73]813(1)(a)Alter or deface a notice of quarantine or a quarantine tag or erase information thereonVery serious913(1)(b)Remove a quarantine tagVery serious1014(1)Contravene quarantine conditionsVery serious1117(4)(a)Fail to treat or process a thing in accordance with a noticeVery serious1217(4)(b)Fail to ensure that a pest or biological obstacle is eradicated or to prevent the spread of a pest or a biological obstacleVery serious1319Fail to comply forthwith with a removal requirementVery serious1420(2)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious1521(2)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious1622(a)Enter, move within or leave an infested place without authorizationVery serious1722(b)Move a thing without authorizationVery serious17.123(b)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious1825(1)(a)Alter or deface a notice of detention or a detention tag or erase information thereonVery serious1925(1)(b)Remove a detention tag without authorizationVery serious2025(1)(c)Undertake an activity in respect of a detained thing without authorizationVery serious20.127(2)Fail to comply with the prescribed noticeVery serious20.227(3)Fail to treat or to cause to be treated as requiredVery serious2127(5)Undertake an unapproved activity in respect of a thing that is required to be disposed ofSerious2229(1)Import a thing without a permit number or without a foreign Phytosanitary Certificate or a foreign Phytosanitary Certificate for Re-exportSerious2334(1)Fail to comply with the import permit conditionsVery serious2436(a)Fail to furnish records where required by permitSerious2536(b)Fail to retain records where required by permitSerious2638(a)Fail to treat or process a thing at origin as prescribedSerious2738(b)Fail to treat or process a thing in a specified or required manner and placeSerious2839Fail to declare as prescribedSerious2940(4)(a)Move an imported thing to an unauthorized placeSerious3040(4)(b)Open a conveyance or unpack a package without authorizationSerious31[Repealed, SOR/2016-226, s. 78]3242(2)Import a prohibited thingVery serious3343(3)(a)Fail to ensure non-spread of a pest or biological obstacleVery serious3443(3)(b)Fail to destroy or ensure non-viability of a pest or a biological obstacleVery serious3543(4)Import a thing for a special purpose without meeting the prescribed conditionsVery serious3645(2)(a)Fail to obtain a Movement CertificateVery serious3745(2)(b)Fail to comply with the conditions of a Movement CertificateVery serious3845(3)Fail to comply with the conditions of a Movement Certificate prior to movementVery serious3946(1)Alter or deface a Movement Certificate or erase information or statement thereonVery serious40[Repealed, SOR/2020-14, s. 11]4150(1)Move a thing named in Schedule I to the Plant Protection RegulationsVery serious4250(2)Move a pest named in Schedule I to the Plant Protection RegulationsVery serious4350(3)Move a pest named in Schedule II to the Plant Protection Regulations within or outside an area specified in that ScheduleVery serious4451Move a thing without meeting the requirements prescribed in Schedule II to the Plant Protection RegulationsVery serious4553(1)Undertake an activity in contravention of a Ministerial Order or Declaration of Infested Place NoticeVery serious4654(4)(a)Move a thing for a special purpose that is not packed, identified or contained as prescribed, or contrary to the conditions of a Movement CertificateVery serious4754(4)(c)Move a thing to a place other than as specified in the Movement CertificateVery serious4854(4)(d)Fail to deal with a thing as specified in the Movement CertificateVery serious4955(2)Fail to obtain an export document as prescribedSerious5055(4)Possess, hold or control a Canadian Phytosanitary Certificate Seal or facsimile thereof without authorizationVery serious5155(5)Alter or deface a Canadian Phytosanitary Certificate or a Canadian Phytosanitary Certificate for Re-export or erase information or statement thereonVery serious5255(7)Substitute a thing for the thing for which a certificate or other document was issuedVery serious5356(1)Fail to obtain an Export Permit as prescribedVery serious5457Fail to meet the phytosanitary requirements of the importing countryVery serious5558(2)Load or complete the loading without approval as prescribedVery serious
Safe Food for Canadians Act and Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsSafe Food for Canadians Act(S.C. 2012, c. 24)
Column 1Column 2Column 3ItemProvision of Safe Food for Canadians ActProvision of Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsShort-form DescriptionClassification14Import a food commodity the selling of which is prohibitedVery serious25Sell a food commodity that is the subject of a recall orderVery serious36(1)Manufacture, prepare, package, label, sell, import or advertise a food commodity in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or likely to create an erroneous impressionVery serious48Threaten to render a food commodity injurious to human healthVery serious510(2)Import a prescribed food commodity without being authorized to do so by the prescribed licenceVery serious611Sell, advertise or possess a food commodity that has been sent, conveyed or imported in contravention of any provisions of the Safe Food for Canadians Act or the Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsVery serious712Possess for the purpose of sending, conveying or exporting any prescribed food commodity that does not meet the requirements of the Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsVery serious813(2)Conduct a prescribed activity in respect of a prescribed food commodity without being authorized to do so by the prescribed licenceVery serious914(1)(a)Apply or use an inspection mark or grade name without the prescribed authorizationVery serious1014(1)(b)Advertise or sell a thing that has an inspection mark or grade name on it, or advertise or sell a thing in respect of which such an inspection mark or grade name is used in connection with the thing, without the prescribed authorizationVery serious1114(2)(a)Apply or use a thing likely to be mistaken for an inspection mark or grade nameSerious1214(2)(b)Advertise or sell anything that has on it a thing that is likely to be mistaken for an inspection mark or grade name or anything that has that thing used in connection with itSerious1315Make a false or misleading statement or provide false or misleading information to a referred personVery serious1416Obstruct or hinder a referred personVery serious1517(1)Alter, destroy or falsify a referred documentVery serious1617(2)(a)Alter a document issued, made or given under the Safe Food for Canadians ActVery serious1717(2)(b)Possess or use a document issued, made or given under the Safe Food for Canadians Act that has been alteredVery serious1818Possess or use a document not issued, made or given under the Safe Food for Canadians Act that is likely to be mistaken for a document issued, made or given under that ActVery serious1920(4)Fail to comply with any condition of the licenceVery serious2024(2)(d)Refuse or neglect to move, not to move or to restrict the movement of an itemVery serious2124(2)(h)Refuse or neglect to establish identityVery serious2224(2)(i)Refuse or neglect to stop or start an activityVery serious2324(2)(j)Refuse or neglect to comply with an order prohibiting or limiting access to a place or anything in the placeVery serious2424(3)Refuse or neglect to stop a conveyance or move it to a place where the inspector can enter itVery serious2524(6)Fail to give assistance to the inspector or to provide a document, information or access to data to the inspectorVery serious2627Refuse or neglect to provide a document, information or a sample on the date, at the time and place, and in the manner specified by the inspectorSerious2728Without authorization, remove, alter or interfere with anything seized under the Safe Food for Canadians ActVery serious2829(b)Refuse or neglect to store or move anything seized under the Safe Food for Canadians ActSerious2929(c)Refuse or neglect to dispose of anything seized under the Safe Food for Canadians ActVery serious3032(1)Refuse or neglect to remove a referred imported food commodity from Canada or to destroy itVery serious3110(3)8(1)Send, convey, import or export a food that does not meet the prescribed requirementsVery serious3213(1)10Manufacture, process, treat or preserve a food that has been imported or that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed by using a food additive or other substance that is not permitted or that does not comply with the prescribed limits or levelsSerious3310(3)11(1)Import a food that was not manufactured, prepared, stored, packaged or labelled under the prescribed conditions or in the prescribed mannerVery serious3410(3)15(1)(a)Send, convey or export a food that was manufactured, processed, treated, preserved, graded, packaged or labelled in Canada without such activity being conducted by a licence holder in accordance with the Safe Food for Canadians Act or the Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsVery serious3510(3)15(1)(b)Send, convey or export a food that was not imported by a licence holder in accordance with the Safe Food for Canadians Act or the Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsVery serious3610(3)15(1)(c)(i)Send, convey or export a meat product containing a meat product that was manufactured, processed, treated, preserved, packaged or labelled in Canada without such activity being conducted by a licence holder in accordance with the Safe Food for Canadians Act or the Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsVery serious3710(3)15(1)(c)(ii)Send, convey or export a meat product containing a meat product that has been derived from a livestock carcass or a poultry carcass that has been graded in Canada without having been graded by a grader in accordance with the Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsVery serious3810(3)15(1)(c)(iii)Send, convey or export a meat product containing an imported meat product that was not imported by a licence holder in accordance with the Safe Food for Canadians Act or the Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsVery serious3910(3)15(1)(c)(iv)Send, convey or export a meat product containing meat that is derived from food animals that were slaughtered in Canada without such activity being conducted by a licence holder in accordance with the Safe Food for Canadians Act or the Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsVery serious4013(1)95(1)Prepare by pasteurizing eggs in the shell that have been imported or that are to be sent, conveyed or exported and that are not graded Canada A or Grade ASerious4110(3)95(2)Import eggs pasteurized in the shell that are not graded Grade A before pasteurizationSerious4210(1)97Import eggs graded Grade C or Grade Nest Run without delivering them directly to the referred establishmentSerious4310(1)98(1)Import ungraded eggs without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious4410(1)99(1)Send or convey prescribed eggs without delivering them to the referred establishmentSerious4510(1)99(2)Send or convey eggs graded Canada Nest Run without delivering them to the referred establishmentSerious4610(1)99(3)Send or convey ungraded eggs without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious4713(1)102(1)Process or treat eggs that are to be sent or conveyed or exported and that do not meet the prescribed requirementsVery serious4813(1)102(2)Process or treat a processed egg product that is to be sent, conveyed or exported and that is derived from eggs that do not meet the prescribed requirementsVery serious4910(1)106(1)Import live or raw shellfish without meeting the prescribed conditionsVery serious5013(1)107(1)Manufacture, prepare, store, package or label shellfish that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed and that does not meet the prescribed requirementsVery serious5113(1)125(1)Prepare by identifying as edible a meat product that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious5213(1)125(2)Prepare by identifying a prescribed meat product as edible without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious5313(1)126Prepare by using a urinary bladder, an intestine or any part of them as a natural casing for an edible meat product that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious5413(1)156Prepare a meat product that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed without taking one of the prescribed measures when it is contaminatedVery serious5513(1)157Prepare by identifying as edible a prescribed meat product derived from a pig that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed, without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious5613(1)158Prepare by identifying as edible a meat product derived from an equine that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious5713(1)159Prepare by identifying as edible a meat product derived from a prescribed bovine carcass that is to be exported or to be sent or conveyed, without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious5810(1)167(a)Import an edible meat product from a foreign state that does not have a recognized inspection system for meat products at the time the meat product was manufactured, prepared, stored, packaged or labelledVery serious5910(1)167(b)Import an edible meat product from a foreign state that does not have a recognized inspection system at the time of the importVery serious6010(1)167(c)Import an edible meat product coming from an establishment that does not have a recognized system for manufacturing, processing, treating, preserving, handling, testing, grading, coding, slaughtering, storing, packaging or labellingVery serious6110(1)167(d)Import an edible meat product without providing an inspector with a prescribed official document issued by the foreign state in the approved formVery serious6210(1)168(1)(a)Export an edible meat product without providing an inspector with the prescribed documentSerious6310(1)168(1)(b)Export an edible meat product for which a certificate or other prescribed document has not been issuedSerious6410(3)186Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged food that does not have a package that meets the prescribed requirementsVery serious6510(3)201Send, convey, import or export a food whose label bears a common name that does not meet any prescribed standard that applies in respect of the common nameSerious6610(3)203(1)Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged food with an item of information on the label that does not meet the prescribed requirements even if it is not prescribed that this information be on the labelMinor6710(3)206(1)Send, convey, import or export a referred consumer prepackaged food whose label does not bear the required information in both official languagesMinor6810(3)208Send, convey, import or export a food whose label does not bear the required information in the prescribed mannerMinor6910(3)218(1)(a)Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged food whose label does not bear the common name of the food on the principal display panelSerious7010(3)218(1)(b)Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged food whose label does not bear the name and principal place of business of the person by whom or for whom the food was manufactured, prepared, produced, stored, packaged or labelled on the prescribed partSerious7110(3)218(1)(c)Send, convey or import a prepackaged food whose label does not bear the prescribed informationVery serious7210(3)221Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food whose label does not bear the declaration of net quantity on its principal display panelMinor7310(3)222Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food whose label bears a reference to the place of manufacture of the label or container but does not bear the prescribed additional statementMinor7410(3)223(1)Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food wholly manufactured, processed or produced in a foreign state whose label does not show the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor7510(3)223(2)Send or convey a consumer prepackaged food that was wholly manufactured, processed or produced in a foreign state, that has been packaged in Canada and whose label does not show the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor7610(3)223(3)Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food whose label does not show the geographic origin of the food in the prescribed mannerMinor7710(3)224(1)Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food to which a flavouring ingredient is added and whose label does not bear the prescribed statement in the prescribed circumstancesMinor7810(3)224(2)Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food to which a flavouring ingredient is added and whose label does not bear the required statement in the prescribed locationMinor7910(3)225Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged food whose label is not applied or attached to it in such a manner that the label is still applied or attached at the time the food is soldMinor8010(3)226Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food whose label is not applied or attached to the container in the prescribed manner at the time it is offered for saleMinor8110(3)227(1)Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food that does not have all or part of the label applied to the principal display surfaceMinor8210(3)229(1)Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food whose prescribed information is not shown on the label in characters of at least the minimum prescribed heightMinor8310(3)230Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food whose declaration of net quantity shown on the label does not meet the prescribed requirementsMinor8410(3)231(a)Send, convey or import a referred consumer prepackaged food whose declaration of net quantity is not shown on the label by volume, weight or numerical count in the prescribed mannerMinor8510(3)231(b)Send, convey or import a referred consumer prepackaged food whose declaration of net quantity is not shown on the label in the prescribed mannerMinor8610(3)232Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food whose declaration of net quantity is not shown on the label in metric unitsMinor8710(3)233(1)Send, convey or import a consumer prepackaged food whose metric units shown on the label in the declaration of net quantity are not in the prescribed unitsMinor8810(3)239Send, convey or import a prescribed consumer prepackaged food sold as one unit, whose declaration of net quantity does not show the prescribed information on the labelMinor8910(3)244Send, convey, import or export a food, other than a consumer prepackaged food, whose declaration of net quantity is not shown on the label by volume, weight or numerical count in the prescribed mannerMinor9010(3)245(1)(a)Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged food that does not have a label bearing the required information applied or attached to its containerSerious9110(3)245(1)(b)Send, convey, import or export a food that is not a prepackaged food that does not have a label bearing the required information applied or attached to itSerious9210(3)245(3)Send, convey, import or export a food whose required information is shown on the part of the label that is applied or attached to the bottom of the prepackaged food or container, without meeting the other prescribed requirementsMinor9310(3)246(d)Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged dairy product other than a consumer prepackaged dairy product whose declaration of net quantity is not shown on the principal display panel in the prescribed mannerMinor9410(3)250(1)Import a prescribed dairy product or send, convey or export such a dairy product whose label does not bear the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor9510(3)250(2)Send, convey or export a prescribed consumer prepackaged cheese whose principal display panel does not show the prescribed informationMinor9610(3)254(a)Send, convey, import or export graded prepackaged eggs, other than consumer prepackaged eggs, whose label does not bear a declaration of net quantityMinor9710(3)256(1)Import prepackaged eggs or send, convey or export such imported eggs whose label does not bear the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor9810(3)258(a)Send, convey or export a prepackaged processed egg product whose label does not bear the prescribed inspection legendMinor9910(3)258(b)Import a prepackaged processed egg product or send, convey, or export such an imported product whose label does not bear the official inspection mark of the foreign state of originMinor10010(3)259Import a prepackaged processed egg product or send, convey or export such an imported product whose label does not bear the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor10110(3)260Send, convey or export a prescribed prepackaged processed egg product whose label does not bear the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor10210(3)262(1)(f)Send, convey, import or export bivalve molluscs in the shell that are not in a hermetically sealed package, whose label does not bear the prescribed informationSerious10310(3)262(1)(k)Send, convey, import or export prepackaged fish, other than a consumer prepackaged fish, whose label does not bear a declaration of net quantityMinor10410(3)265Send, convey, import or export fish, other than a consumer prepackaged fish, that is in a hermetically sealed package and is commercially sterile whose label does not bear the required declaration of net quantity on the principal display panelMinor10510(3)266Import a prepackaged fish or send, convey or export such an imported fish whose label does not bear the name of the foreign state of originMinor10610(3)268(1)(b)Send, convey, import or export prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, other than consumer prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables, whose label does not bear a declaration of net quantityMinor10710(3)269(1)Import prepackaged fresh fruits or vegetables or send, convey or export such imported fresh fruits or vegetables whose label does not show the prescribed information in the prescribed manner on the principal display panelMinor10810(3)272(1)(a)Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged processed fruit or vegetable product, other than a consumer prepackaged processed fruit or vegetable product, whose label does not bear a declaration of net quantity in metric units on the principal display panelMinor10910(3)272(1)(n)Send, convey, import or export sauerkraut with preservative, or a fruit juice that is in a non-hermetically sealed package, whose label does not bear the prescribed expressionMinor11010(3)274(1)Import a prepackaged processed fruit or vegetable product or send, convey or export such an imported product, whose label does not bear the name of the foreign state where the product was packagedMinor11110(3)275(1)(a)Send, convey, import or export prepackaged graded honey, other than consumer prepackaged graded honey, whose label does not bear a declaration of net quantity in the prescribed mannerMinor11210(3)276Send, convey or export prepackaged honey that is produced in Canada and that is graded in accordance with the Safe food for Canadians Regulations whose label does not bear the prescribed expressionMinor11310(3)277(1)Import prepackaged honey or send, convey or export such imported honey whose label does not bear the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor11410(3)278Send, convey or export consumer prepackaged honey that is packaged from imported honey and that is graded in accordance with the Safe food for Canadians Regulations whose label does not bear the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor11510(3)279(1)Send, convey or export prepackaged honey that is a blend of imported honey and Canadian honey and that is graded in accordance with the Safe food for Canadians Regulations whose label does not bear one of the prescribed expressionMinor11610(3)279(2)Send, convey or export prepackaged honey that is a blend of imported honey and Canadian honey and that is graded in accordance with the Safe food for Canadians Regulations whose label does not show the states of origin in the prescribed mannerMinor11710(3)280(1)Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged maple product, other than a consumer prepackaged maple product, whose label does not bear a declaration of net quantity in metric unitsMinor11810(3)281Import a prescribed prepackaged maple product or send, convey or export such an imported product whose label does not bear the name of the foreign state of originMinor11910(3)282(1)(a)Send, convey or export an edible meat product that is not prepackaged that does not bear the prescribed inspection legendMinor12010(3)282(1)(b)Send, convey, import or export an imported edible meat product that is not prepackaged that does not bear the official inspection mark of the foreign state of originMinor12110(3)286(a)Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged edible meat product, other than a consumer prepackaged edible meat product, whose label does not bear the declaration of net quantity on the principle display panel or does bear such a declaration but it is not shown in the prescribed mannerMinor12210(3)286(b)Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged edible meat product whose label does not bear the prescribed statement on the principal display panelMinor12310(3)287(1)(a)Send, convey or export a prepackaged edible meat product whose label does not bear the prescribed inspection legendMinor12410(3)287(1)(b)Send, convey, import or export an imported prepackaged edible meat product whose label does not bear the official inspection mark of the foreign state of originMinor12510(3)287(2)Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged edible meat product, other than a consumer prepackaged meat product, that does not bear the inspection legend or the official inspection mark of the foreign state of origin on the principal display panelMinor12610(3)290Send, convey, import or export an edible meat product whose label bears a word or expression indicating or suggesting that it is a ready-to-eat product, without meeting the prescribed requirementsMinor12710(3)291Send, convey, import or export a prepackaged edible meat product that is not a ready-to-eat product but could be mistaken for one, that does not bear the prescribed information on the principal display panel in the prescribed mannerMinor12810(3)297(1)Import an edible meat product or send, convey or export such an imported product whose label does not bear the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor12913(1)342Package or label an organic product to be sent or conveyed without holding the required certificateSerious13010(3)353(1)(a)Send or convey a food commodity that is not an organic product and that shows a prescribed expression on its label, or advertise it using such an expressionMinor13110(3)353(1)(b)Send or convey a multi-ingredient food commodity that does not contain at least 95% organic products and that shows a prescribed expression on its label or advertise it using such an expressionMinor13210(3)353(2)Send or convey a multi-ingredient food commodity that contains less than 95% organic products and that shows a referred expression on its label, or advertise it using such an expression, without that expression being on the label in the prescribed mannerMinor13310(3)354(a)Send or convey a food commodity that shows a referred expression on the label without its label also bearing the prescribed informationMinor13410(3)354(b)Import a food commodity that shows a referred expression on the label without its label also bearing the prescribed informationMinor13510(3)354(c)Import, send or convey a multi-ingredient food commodity that shows a referred expression on its label without its label also bearing the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor13610(3)354(d)Import a food commodity on which the referred product legend is applied on its label and on which a referred expression is shown on the label, without its label also bearing the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor13710(3)355(1)Send, convey or import a food commodity whose label shows a referred expression or information on its label but does not show the expression or information in both official languagesMinor13810(3)357(1)Import a food commodity that is labelled with a referred expression, or advertised using such expression, without meeting the prescribed requirementsMinor
Safe Food for Canadians Regulations(SOR/2018-108)
Column 1Column 2Column 3ItemProvision of Safe Food for Canadians RegulationsShort-form DescriptionClassification18(2)Without authorization, mix a contaminated food with other foodVery serious29(1)Send, convey, import or export a food for which a standard is prescribed that does not meet that standardSerious39(2)Send, convey, import or export a food that is likely to be mistaken for a food for which a standard is prescribed but that does not meet that standardSerious412(1)Import a referred food for which the importer does not have a fixed place of business in Canada without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious513(1)Fail to provide the prescribed import information to the Minister related to a foodSerious613(2)Fail to provide the prescribed import information or any required document to the Minister at the prescribed timeSerious714(1)(a)Fail to immediately deliver an imported edible meat product to a prescribed establishment, to keep it there until a further inspection is completed or to provide its address to the inspector in the prescribed caseVery serious814(1)(b)Fail to keep an imported food other than an edible meat product at its first destination until the further inspection is completedVery serious931(1)Fail to conduct an activity identified in a licence in the establishment identified in the licence for that activityVery serious1031(2)Fail to conduct an activity identified in a licence in respect of a food animal or a meat product during an approved work shift and during which inspection services are providedVery serious1147(1)Fail to identify or analyze the biological, chemical and physical hazards that present a risk of contamination of a foodVery serious1247(2)Fail to prevent or eliminate or reduce to an acceptable level the biological, chemical and physical hazards that present a risk of contamination of a food using prescribed control measuresVery serious1347(3)Fail to identify or analyze the biological, chemical and physical hazards that present a risk of contamination of an imported food or fail to prevent or eliminate or reduce to an acceptable level those hazards using control measures that are shown to be effectiveVery serious1448(1)Fail to apply the prescribed scheduled process to a low-acid food packaged in a hermetically sealed package or to use a prescribed temperature-sensitive indicator if a batch thermal treatment is appliedVery serious1548(3)(a)Fail to prepare documents that set out the prescribed information for each low-acid foodSerious1648(3)(b)Fail to prepare documents that set out the prescribed information for each application of the scheduled process to a low-acid foodSerious1748(4)Fail to keep the documents that set out the required information for three yearsSerious1849 and 50(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the establishment, and any conveyance or equipment in it, that is used in connection with a prescribed activity are clean and in a sanitary conditionSerious1949 and 50(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the cleaning and sanitation of the establishment, and of any conveyance or equipment in it, that is used in connection with a prescribed activity are conducted in the prescribed mannerVery serious2049 and 51(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that it is protected against the entry of any animal that presents a risk of contamination of a foodVery serious2149 and 51(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that no animal is in a facility or conveyance where a prescribed activity is conducted unless the prescribed requirements are metSerious2249 and 51(3)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the prescribed measures taken present no risk of contamination of a foodVery serious2349 and 52(a)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any sanitizer, agronomic input or non-food chemical agent in it is properly and clearly identifiedMinor2449 and 52(b)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any sanitizer, agronomic input or non-food chemical agent in it is suitable for its intended use and does not present a risk of contamination of a foodSerious2549 and 52(c)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any sanitizer, agronomic input or non-food chemical agent in it is handled and used in the prescribed mannerSerious2649 and 53Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any conveyance or equipment that is used in the conduct of a prescribed activity meets the prescribed requirementsSerious2749 and 54Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any conveyance or equipment in it that is used to handle contaminated materials, waste or any other inedible thing meets the prescribed requirementsVery serious2849 and 55Fail to maintain or operate an establishment where food animals are slaughtered in such a manner that it has equipment for restraining the animals during their handling, assessment, ante-mortem examination or inspectionMinor2949 and 56(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment where the land that forms part of it presents a risk of contamination of the food in such a manner that measures are taken to eliminate such a riskSerious3049 and 56(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment where the establishment is located near a place or thing that presents a risk of contamination of a food in such a manner that measures are taken to eliminate such a riskSerious3149 and 57Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the interior of any facility or conveyance where a prescribed activity is conducted meets the prescribed requirementsVery serious3249 and 58(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment where food animals are slaughtered in such a manner that it has separate areas for taking the prescribed measuresSerious3349 and 58(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment where food animals are slaughtered in such a manner that it has an enclosed area for the handling of inedible meat productsVery serious3449 and 58(3)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment where food animals are slaughtered in such a manner that the floors, ramps, gangways and chutes provide secure footing and do not present a risk of injury to the animals during their movementSerious3549 and 59(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that a facility or conveyance where a prescribed activity is conducted is designed, constructed and maintained in the prescribed mannerSerious3649 and 59(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the movement of persons and things within, into and out of a facility or conveyance does not present a risk of contamination of the foodSerious3749 and 60Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that physical or other effective means are used to separate incompatible activities in the prescribed mannerVery serious3849 and 61Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that physical or other effective means are used to separate a food from a prescribed thingVery serious3949 and 62(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any prescribed food is identified and placed in a designated area when it arrives at the establishmentVery serious4049 and 62(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that all necessary measures are taken to prevent contamination of any food in the establishment by any prescribed foodVery serious4149 and 63(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that it is equipped with natural or artificial lighting that is appropriate for the food or for the food animal that is intended to be slaughtered and for the activity being conductedSerious4249 and 63(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the light fixtures meet the prescribed requirementsSerious4349 and 64Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that a facility or conveyance where a prescribed activity is conducted is equipped with a ventilation system that meets the prescribed requirementsSerious4449 and 65(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the temperature and humidity level in a facility or conveyance where a prescribed activity is conducted are maintained in the prescribed mannerSerious4549 and 65(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the heating, cooling or humidity-control system of the facility or conveyance, when equipped with such system, meets the prescribed requirementsSerious4649 and 66(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that it has means for the removal and disposal of contaminated materials and waste, and in the prescribed circumstance, be equipped with a drainage, sewage and plumbing system that functions as intendedVery serious4749 and 66(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that contaminated materials and waste are removed and disposed of in the prescribed mannerVery serious4849 and 67(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that it is equipped with hand cleaning and sanitizing stations, lavatories, showers, drinking water stations, break rooms and change rooms in the prescribed manner when it is necessary to prevent the contamination of a foodSerious4949 and 67(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the hand cleaning and sanitizing stations that are required are effective for cleaning handsSerious5049 and 67(3)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the lavatories that are required do not present a risk of contamination of foodSerious5149 and 68Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that an area that meets the prescribed requirements is provided to an inspector at their requestVery serious5249 and 70(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any water that might come into contact with a food meets the prescribed requirementsVery serious5349 and 70(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any steam or ice that might come into contact with a food is made from water that meets the prescribed requirementsVery serious5449 and 70(3)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any system that supplies water that meets the referred requirements is cross-connected with any other system in the prescribed mannerVery serious5549 and 70(4)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any water or other source of hydration provided to a food animal that is to be slaughtered meets the prescribed requirementsVery serious5649 and 71(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that it is supplied with water, steam and ice in the prescribed mannerVery serious5749 and 71(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any treatment of water, steam or ice is applied in the prescribed mannerVery serious5849 and 72Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any conveyance used to convey a food to or from the establishment that is unloaded or loaded at the establishment meets the prescribed requirementsVery serious5949 and 73Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any unloading and loading of a food or a food animal to be slaughtered from or onto a conveyance is conducted in the prescribed mannerVery serious6049 and 74(1)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any storing of a food is conducted in the prescribed mannerVery serious6149 and 74(2)Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that the storing of a prescribed thing is conducted in the prescribed mannerVery serious6249 and 75Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any person who is involved in a prescribed activity has the necessary competencies and qualificationsVery serious6349 and 76Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any person who enters or is in an area where a prescribed activity is conducted wears clothing, footwear and protective coverings that meet the prescribed requirementsSerious6449 and 77Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any person who enters or is in an area where a prescribed activity is conducted maintains personal cleanliness in the prescribed mannerSerious6549 and 78Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any person who enters or is in an area where a prescribed activity is conducted refrains from doing a prescribed actSerious6649 and 79Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that any person who enters or is in an area where a prescribed activity is conducted refrains from wearing or using an object or substance that presents a risk of contamination of the foodSerious6749 and 81Fail to maintain or operate an establishment in such a manner that a person who is suffering from or who is a known carrier of a communicable disease or who has an open or infected lesion is prevented from entering or being in an area of an establishment where a prescribed activity is conductedVery Serious6875Fail to have the necessary competencies or qualifications to carry out their duties when being involved in a prescribed activityVery serious6976Fail to wear clothing, footwear or protective coverings that meet the prescribed requirements when entering or being in an area where a prescribed activity is conductedSerious7077Fail to maintain personal cleanliness as prescribed when entering or when in an area where a prescribed activity is conductedSerious7178Do a prescribed act when entering or being in an area where a prescribed activity is conductedSerious7279Wear or use any object or substance that presents a risk of contamination of the food when entering or being in an area where a prescribed activity is conductedSerious7380Fail to report to the operator a disease or illness, symptoms of a disease or illness or an open or infected lesionVery serious7482(1)Fail to immediately investigate in the prescribed circumstancesVery serious7582(1) and 85Fail to immediately investigate in respect of an imported food in the prescribed circumstancesVery serious7682(2)Fail to immediately notify the Minister that the investigation has established that the food presents a risk of injury to human health or to immediately take action to mitigate the riskVery serious7782(2) and 85Fail to immediately notify the Minister that the investigation in respect of an imported food has established that the imported food presents a risk of injury to human health or to immediately take action to mitigate the riskVery serious7883(1)Fail to prepare, keep or maintain a document setting out the procedure for receiving, investigating and responding to complaints in relation to a foodSerious7983(1) and 85Fail to prepare, keep or maintain a document setting out the procedure for receiving, investigating and responding to complaints in relation to imported foodSerious8083(2)On receipt of a complaint in relation to a food, fail to implement the required procedure, to prepare a document setting out the prescribed information or to keep the document for the prescribed two yearsSerious8183(2) and 85On receipt of a complaint in respect of an imported food, fail to implement the required procedure, to prepare a document setting out the prescribed information or to keep the document for the prescribed two yearsSerious8284(1)Fail to prepare, keep or maintain a document that sets out a procedure that enables the effective recall of a food and the name of the prescribed contact personsSerious8384(1) and 85Fail to prepare, keep or maintain a document that sets out a procedure that enables the effective recall of an imported food and the name of the prescribed contact personsSerious8484(2)(a)Fail to conduct a recall simulation based on the recall procedure in respect of food at least once every 12 monthsMinor8584(2)(a) and 85Fail to conduct a recall simulation based on the recall procedure in respect of imported food at least once every 12 monthsMinor8684(2)(b)Fail to prepare a document that sets out the prescribed information or to keep that document for the prescribed two yearsMinor8784(2)(b) and 85Fail to prepare a document that sets out the prescribed information in respect of imported food or to keep that document for the prescribed two yearsMinor8884(3)Fail to immediately notify the Minister when a food should be recalled because it presents a risk of injury to human healthSerious8984(3) and 85Fail to immediately notify the Minister when an imported food should be recalled because it presents a risk of injury to human healthSerious9084(4)Fail to take the prescribed measures when a food is the subject of a recallSerious9184(4) and 85Fail to take the prescribed measures when an imported food is the subject of a recallSerious9286(1)Fail to prepare, keep or maintain a written preventive control plan that meets the prescribed requirements for any activity that is identified in the licenceVery serious9387Fail to prepare, keep or maintain a written preventive control plan that meets the prescribed requirements for any activity conducted in respect of fresh fruits or vegetables in the prescribed circumstancesVery serious9488Fail to implement the required preventive control planVery serious9590(1)Fail to prepare or keep documents setting out the prescribed information with respect to a food in the prescribed circumstancesVery serious9690(2)Fail to prepare or keep documents setting out the required information with respect to a food sold at retailVery serious9790(3)Fail to keep the referred documents for the prescribed two years or to make them accessible in CanadaVery serious9891(1)Fail to provide the Minister with any referred document requested by the Minister or any part of such a document in the prescribed mannerVery serious9992(1)Provide to a person a food that does not have a label bearing the required information applied or attached to it or that does not have such a label accompanying the foodVery serious10098(2)Remove imported ungraded eggs from a referred establishment without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious101100Apply ink that does not meet the prescribed requirements to an egg’s shellSerious102101Fail to clean, sanitize or dry plastic trays before sending them to an egg producerSerious103105(1)(a)Import live, freshwater mitten crab of the genus EriocheirVery serious104105(1)(b)Import a puffer fish of the family TetraodontidaeVery serious105108Fail to protect from dehydration or oxidation frozen fish stored in a conveyanceMinor106128Fail to handle a food animal at the establishment in the prescribed manner, or subject it to conditions that may cause avoidable suffering, injury or deathSerious107129(1)Hit a food animal with a whip, prod or any other objectSerious108129(2)Apply an electric prod to a food animal without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious109130(1)Fail to assess whether a food animal is showing signs of suffering or injury on its arrival at the establishmentSerious110130(2)Fail to monitor a food animal on a regular basis after its arrival at the establishment in the prescribed mannerSerious111130(3)Fail to immediately take corrective action if the prescribed conditions existSerious112130(4)Fail to immediately take a prescribed measure in respect of a food animal that is showing signs of sufferingVery serious113131(a)Fail to monitor a game animal on a regular basis in the prescribed mannerSerious114131(b)Fail to immediately take corrective action if the prescribed conditions exist in respect of a game animalSerious115131(c)Fail to immediately take a prescribed measure in respect of a game animal that is showing signs of sufferingVery serious116132(a)Fail to segregate different species of food animalsSerious117132(b)Fail to segregate or isolate a sick or injured food animal in the prescribed circumstancesSerious118132(c)Fail to isolate a food animal for any of the prescribed causesSerious119133Fail to provide a food animal with sufficient space in the prescribed mannerVery serious120134Fail to provide a food animal with sufficient ventilation in the prescribed mannerVery serious121135(1)Handle a food animal without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious122135(2)Fail to use equipment or an area of an establishment for the prescribed purposes that is designed, constructed or maintained in the prescribed mannerSerious123136(1)Fail to provide a prescribed food animal that is unloaded from a conveyance at an establishment with water or another source of hydration or with feed in the prescribed mannerVery serious124136(2)Fail to provide a food animal that is confined in a crate with water or another source of hydration or with feed in the prescribed mannerVery serious125137(1)Fail to notify a veterinary inspector before removing a food animal from an establishmentSerious126137(2)Fail to notify a veterinary inspector before keeping a food animal in an establishment for more than seven daysSerious127138(1)Fail to conduct, within 24 hours before slaughter of a food animal, an ante-mortem examination of that animal or of a sample from the shipment that the food animal is part of in the prescribed manner or fail to examine the referred documents in the prescribed mannerSerious128138(2)Fail to hold for inspection by a veterinary inspector a food animal suspected of showing a deviation from normal behaviour, physiology or appearanceVery serious129139(1)Fail to present to a veterinary inspector or to an inspector under the supervision of a veterinary inspector for ante-mortem inspection, in the prescribed manner, within 24 hours before slaughter of a food animal, the food animal or a sample from the shipment that the food animal is part of, or in respect of the prescribed food animals, to present the referred documents in the prescribed mannerSerious130139(2)Fail to hold a food animal for inspection by a veterinary inspector in the prescribed circumstancesVery serious131140Fail to take, in the prescribed circumstance, the prescribed measures in respect of a food animal, its carcass or its bloodVery serious132141Fail to use one of the prescribed methods to render a food animal unconscious or to slaughter it before bleeding itVery serious133142Cut the carcass of a food animal after bleeding has started when the animal shows signs of sensibility that may indicate a potential return to consciousnessVery serious134143(1)Suspend a food animal without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious135144Ritually slaughter a food animal without meeting the prescribed requirementsVery serious136145(1)Fail to dress the carcass of a food animal in the prescribed manner after the animal is bledSerious137146Fail to remove any blood clot, bone splinter or extraneous matter from the carcass of a food animal or from its parts or fail to identify what was removed as inedibleSerious138147Process the blood of a food animal without meeting the prescribed requirementsSerious139148Fail to identify the blood of a food animal that is collected to be processed as an edible meat product or the parts of a carcass of the food animal in order to correlate them with the carcass of the food animal from which they were removed until the completion of the post-mortem inspection or examinationSerious140149(1)Fail to present to a veterinary inspector or to an inspector under the supervision of a veterinary inspector, for post-mortem inspection, a carcass, its parts or any blood of the food animal that is collectedVery serious141149(2)Without authorization, remove from a carcass, before a post-mortem inspection is completed, any part that shows a deviation from normal appearance in the prescribed circumstancesVery serious142150(1)Fail to subject a carcass, its parts or the blood of the food animal that is collected to a post-mortem examination in the prescribed manner in the prescribed circumstanceVery serious143150(2)Fail to subject a carcass, its parts or the blood of the food animal that is collected to a post-mortem screening or to implement the necessary measures with respect to any defects of the carcass or its parts, in the prescribed manner in the prescribed circumstanceVery serious144152Fail to identify as inedible, in the prescribed circumstance, any meat product that is derived from a carcass of a food animal, its parts or its bloodVery serious145153Fail to identify as inedible a prescribed carcass, its parts or its bloodVery serious146154(2)Fail to identify as inedible a meat product that is treated as inedibleVery serious147155(1)Fail to move directly a meat product that is condemned or identified as inedible to the referred inedible products areaVery serious148155(2)Fail to take one of the prescribed measures in respect of a meat product that is moved to the inedible products areaVery serious149155(3)Fail to keep a meat product that is, contains or is derived from a specified risk material in a separate area of the inedible products area or fail to handle or destroy it in accordance with the prescribed requirementsVery serious150165(1)Fail to obtain documents containing the prescribed information from the prescribed person before slaughtering a prescribed food animalVery serious151165(4)Fail to keep the prescribed documents for the prescribed one yearVery serious152166(1)Fail to prepare or keep documents setting out the prescribed information in respect of the prescribed food animalsVery serious153166(2)Fail to keep the prescribed documents for the prescribed one yearVery serious154202Sell a consumer prepackaged food whose label bears a prescribed word or expression or an abbreviation, symbol or phonetic rendering of a prescribed word or expression without the food meeting the prescribed standardSerious155214 and 203(1)Sell a prepackaged food with an item of information on the label that does not meet the prescribed requirements even if it is not prescribed that this information be on the labelMinor156214 and 206(1)Sell a referred consumer prepackaged food whose label does not bear the required information in both official languagesMinor157214 and 208Sell a prepackaged food whose label does not bear the required information in the prescribed mannerMinor158214 and 218(1)(a)Sell a prepackaged food whose label does not bear the common name of the food on the principal display panelSerious159214 and 218(1)(b)Sell a prepackaged food whose label does not bear the name and principal place of business of the person by whom or for whom the food was manufactured, prepared, produced, stored, packaged or labelled on the prescribed partSerious160214 and 218(1)(c)Sell a prepackaged food whose label does not bear the prescribed informationVery serious161214 and 221Sell a consumer prepackaged food whose label does not bear the declaration of net quantity on its principal display panelMinor162214 and 222Sell a consumer prepackaged food whose label bears a reference to the place of manufacture of the label or container but does not bear the prescribed additional statementMinor163214 and 223(1)Sell a consumer prepackaged food wholly manufactured, processed or produced in a foreign state, whose label does not show the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor164214 and 223(2)Sell a consumer prepackaged food whose food has been wholly manufactured, processed or produced in a foreign state, that has been packaged in Canada and whose label does not show the prescribed information in the prescribed mannerMinor165214 and 223(3)Sell a consumer prepackaged food whose label does not show the geographic origin of the food in the prescribed mannerMinor166214 and 224(1)Sell a consumer prepackaged food to which a flavouring ingredient is added and whose label does not bear the prescribed statement in the prescribed circumstancesMinor167214 and 224(2)Sell a consumer prepackaged food to which a flavouring ingredient is added and whose label does not bear the required statement at the prescribed locationMinor168214 and 225Sell a prepackaged food whose label is not applied or attached to it in such a manner that the label is still applied or attached at the time the food is soldMinor169214 and 226Sell a consumer prepackaged food whose label is not applied or attached to the container in the prescribed mannerMinor170214 and 227(1)Sell a consumer prepackaged food that does not have all or part of the label applied to the principal display surfaceMinor171214 and 229(1)Sell a consumer prepackaged food whose prescribed information is not shown on the label in characters of at least the minimum prescribed heightMinor172214 and 230Sell a consumer prepackaged food whose declaration of net quantity shown on the label does not meet the prescribed requirementsMinor173214 and 231(a)Sell a referred consumer prepackaged food whose declaration of net quantity is not shown on the label by volume, weight or numerical count in the prescribed mannerMinor174214 and 231(b)Sell a referred consumer prepackaged food whose declaration of net quantity is not shown on the label in the prescribed mannerMinor175214 and 232Sell a consumer prepackaged food whose declaration of net quantity is not shown on the label in metric unitsMinor176214 and 233(1)Sell a consumer prepackaged food whose metric units shown on the label in the declaration of net quantity are not in the prescribed unitsMinor177214 and 239Sell a prescribed consumer prepackaged food sold as one unit, whose declaration of net quantity does not show the prescribed information on the labelMinor178215Advertise a consumer prepackaged food that does not have a label applied or attached to it in the prescribed mannerMinor179216Make a representation with respect to net quantity in the advertising for a consumer prepackaged food other than in the prescribed mannerMinor180240Apply or attach to a consumer prepackaged food a label that bears a representation with respect to the number of servings it contains that does not bear a declaration of net quantity of each serving in the prescribed mannerMinor181367Without authorization, remove a detention tagVery serious182369Fail to store at their expense and under the prescribed conditions the seized thingSerious
SOR/2002-183, s. 1; SOR/2003-256, ss. 2 to 4; SOR/2003-385, ss. 1, 2; SOR/2004-40, s. 1; SOR/2005-190, ss. 2 to 4; SOR/2008-183, ss. 1(F), 2 to 8; SOR/2014-173, s. 1; SOR/2016-226, ss. 10 to 57, 58(F), 59 to 71, 72(E), 73 to 80SOR/2019-94, s. 2SOR/2019-137, s. 1SOR/2019-137, s. 2SOR/2019-137, s. 3SOR/2020-14, s. 6(F)SOR/2020-14, s. 7SOR/2020-14, s. 8SOR/2020-14, s. 9SOR/2020-14, s. 10SOR/2020-14, s. 11(Subsection 5(3))
HistoryColumn 1Column 2ItemGravity ValueHistory10No previous violation under, or conviction for an offence committed under, agri-food Acts in the five years before the day on which the violation subject to the assessment is committed23One previous minor or serious violation has been committed under agri-food Acts in the five years before the day on which the violation subject to the assessment is committed35The history in the five years preceding the day on which the violation subject to the assessment is committed is other than the history set out in item 1 or 2.
PART 2
Intent or NegligenceColumn 1Column 2ItemGravity ValueIntent or Negligence10The violation subject to the assessment is committed without intent or negligence.20The person who commits the violation subject to the assessment makes a voluntary disclosure of the violation and takes necessary steps to prevent its re-occurrence.33The violation subject to the assessment is committed through a negligent act and the circumstances set out in item 2 do not apply.45The violation subject to the assessment is committed through an intentional act and the circumstances set out in item 2 do not apply.
PART 3
HarmColumn 1Column 2ItemGravity ValueHarm11The violation subject to the assessment causes or could cause minor harm tohuman, animal or plant health or the environment; orany person as a result of false, misleading or deceptive practices.23The violation subject to the assessment could causeserious or widespread harm to human, animal or plant health or the environment;serious or widespread harm to any person as a result of false, misleading or deceptive practices; orserious monetary losses to any person.35The violation subject to the assessment causesserious or widespread harm to human, animal or plant health or the environment;serious or widespread harm to any person as a result of false, misleading or deceptive practices; orserious monetary losses to any person.
SOR/2010-215, s. 2; SOR/2012-64, s. 1; SOR/2014-173, s. 2; SOR/2016-226, s. 81SOR/2020-14, s. 12SOR/2020-142020-02-20SOR/2019-1372019-05-13SOR/2019-942019-04-09