12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant

Subject Matters

• Agriculture
• Budget
• Climate
• Consumer Issues
• Economic Development
• Employment and Training
• Environment
• Federal-Provincial Relations
• Health
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Intellectual Property
• International Trade
• Labour
• Regional Development
• Research and Development
• Science and Technology
• Small Business
• Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

• Allocation of additional human and financial resources to new and ongoing mycotoxin research in AAFC Research Branch and the Canadian Grain Commission Grain Research Laboratory.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Amendment of the Canada Transportation Act to restore access for shippers to extended interswitching among carriers for rail freight transportation.
• Health Canada's proposed prohibitions on advertising of foods - advertising directed at children.
• Modernization and proposed amendments to Section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act and consequential amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations.
• Proposed Amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations -- compositional standards/standards of identity, food additive uses and allergen labelling requirements as they pertain to products of grain milling. Proposed amendment of the Food and Drug Regulations to remove regulations pertaining to foods while creating new, modernized Food Regulations pursuant to the Food and Drugs Act.
• Proposed amendment of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Act to clarify responsibility for manufactured foods.
• Proposed amendment of the Pest Control Products Act to permit incorporation by reference of maximum residue limits for pest control products..
• Proposed amendments to the Feeds Regulations.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

• Adoption of maximum limits for mycotoxins in cereal grains and processed grain-based foods in either the Food and Drug Regulations and/or the Canada Grain Regulations and related guidelines.
• Implementation, interpretation (guidance documents),compliance monitoring and enforcement of the Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations in alignment with the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations sections and provisions as they apply to food.

Policies or Program

• Proposed implementation of Front of Pack (FOP) symbols on food packages for foods with qualifying selected nutrient densities and related food claims.

Regulation

• Amendment of and additions to the Maximum Residue Limit Database of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. Establishment of maximum limits for contaminants in foods pursuant to the Food and Drug Regulations.
• Government of Canada regulatory response to implementation of the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act, areas of Canada/US food regulatory cooperation under the Canada/US Regulatory Cooperation Council initiative.
• Review of product registrations of stored product pest control products pursuant to the Pest Control Products Act and Regulations.