Ongoing, monthly FSMA webcast series featuring The Acheson Group. In the April 2018 session, Cameron Prince, Senior Food Safety Director with The Acheson Group, joined us for an update on current FSMA activities and to discuss the Safe Food For Canadians Act. Cameron provided an overview of the key elements of the act and proposed regulations and the impact on current food safety environment. To learn more about this ongoing series, visit www.FSMAFridays.com.

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The Latest Industry News, Updates & Trends
April 2018

2. MONTHLY INDUSTRY UPDATE
FSMA Related News
Regulation Changes & Updates
Industry Trends
Q&A with TAG
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Agenda
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WHAT WE WILL COVER
FSMA News & Updates
FSMA Focus: Safe Foods for Canadians Act
Audience Q&A

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Presenters
Brian Sharp
President/VP Marketing, SafetyChain
Cameron Prince
Senior Food Safety Director, The Acheson Group

6. FSMA NEWS

7. FSMA FOCUS

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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act
Agenda
 Safe Food for Canadians Act and proposed
Regulations
 Overview of key elements and impact on current
food safety environment
 Licensing
 Preventive control measures
 Traceability
 Steps to transition
 Questions

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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act
Passed in 2012
Not in effect until SFC Regulations are in place
Driven by several major food safety incidents
(Listeriosis – ML Foods)

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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act
Drivers
 FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) in USA
 Single food approach to regulatory programs
 Relevance and limitations of current Food Acts
 Stronger import controls needed for global food supply chain
 Food fraud, intentional adulteration, tampering, food terrorism now reality
 Insufficient fines and penalties
 Modern regulatory framework

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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act
Federal Food Acts Future
 Meat Inspection Act
 Fish Inspection Act
 Canadian Agricultural Products Act
 Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (Food Parts Only)
 Food and Drugs Act (administered by Health Canada)
 Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act
*These will be revoked as of passing of the SFCR

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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act
Regulations – What to Expect
 Significant regulatory initiative
 Consolidates 14 sets of regulations into 1
 Existing regulatory framework incorporated
 Commodity specific requirements remain
 Complex, thorough regulation package
 New Elements – Preventive Controls, Licensing, Traceability
 Incorporation By Reference NEW!

13. Other Potential Industry Impacts
 ALL food businesses require a license and will have to develop food safety
systems.
 Greater CFIA inspection for companies that were low priority
 Fruit and vegetable dealers exempt from CFIA fruit and veg license (if member of
Dispute Resolution Corporation).
 Costs and greater CFIA enforcement
 Use of Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) and other penalties
 Administrative costs for industry i.e. license fees
 New costs to build food safety programs for companies lacking existing
programs
 More and higher inspection fees
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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act

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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act
Licensing
 All companies engaged in international or interprovincial
trade will require a license (some exemptions)
 Replace current CFIA commodity license and registrations
 Companies must:
1. Apply for a license
2. Identify products
3. Demonstrate a Preventive Controls Program
 Pre-licensing inspection may be necessary, based on risk
 Licenses can be suspended or cancelled
 US-based companies can hold a Canadian license

15. Preventive Controls
 Preventive controls a condition of licensing
 Start with Hazard Analysis for ingredients and processes
 Beyond HACCP, identification of all controls to produce safe food
 Strong Supplier Assurance programs
 Importers: conduct detailed risk evaluations
 Companies: maintain detailed and documented policies, procedures, and records.
 Companies will be audited by CFIA
 CFIA values GFSI certification, may minimize CFIA attention
 HOWEVER – GFSI is a business choice, SFCR is the LAW!
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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act

16. Preventive Controls (cont’d)
 Industry wide
 Based on Codex Principles of Food Hygiene
 New for companies unfamiliar with CFIA and Food Safety Programs
 Online CFIA tool “do you need a Preventive Control Plan?”
 Processors who have FSEP, QMP, GFSI certification or HACCP programs have basic
SFCR requirements
 Require controls for non-food safety requirements such as weights and labelling
 No special emphasis and extra record keeping for Supplier Assurance, Allergen
Program, Sanitation. No Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) required.
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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act

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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act
Traceability
 Will address traceability
 Trace products one step forward and one step back.
 Processors:
 Packaging and ingredients traceable back to
original vendor
 All finished products traceable to first level of
distribution
 Importers:
 Trace back to the foreign vendor/processor
 Trace products to first level of distribution

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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act
Traceability (cont’d)
 All food businesses including retailers
 Processing companies - trace ingredients one
step back and products to first level of
distribution
 Retailers - trace products back to supplier
 Restaurants exempt
 CFIA on-line tool – What would your traceability
requirements be?

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FSMA: Safe Food for Canadians Act
Proposed Phased-In Approach to Preventive Control Measures
* In addition to all
other foods, honey,
maple and fresh
fruit or vegetable
products would not
need a written
preventive control
plan if they have
gross annual sales
of food that is
<$30,000

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Resources & Events
FSMA Friday Session Recording
SafetyChain Beyond Compliance Webinar Series
SafetyChain Demo Day
TAG Newsletter
Join us next month May 25, 2018