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Animal Feed
Canada

This section provides the regulatory definition of the feed category in scope, or the appropriate feed category for the product in scope. Additionally, it provides the feed products that belong to this feed category along with the definition and specific information on each of these types of feed products. In addition, this section evaluates the specific feed category for the product in scope.

2.1 Category Name & Definition

Category Name

Livestock Feed

Definition

Pursuant to the Feeds Act [2], a "feed" is defined as any substance or mixture of substances containing amino acids, antioxidants, carbohydrates, condiments, enzymes, fats, minerals, non-protein nitrogen products, proteins or vitamins, or pelletizing, coloring, foaming or flavoring agents and any other substance manufactured, sold or represented for use:

for consumption by livestock;
for providing the nutritional requirements of livestock; or,
for the purpose of preventing or correcting nutritional disorders of livestock; or,
any substance for use in any such substance or mixture of substances.

2.2 Product & Definition

1) Complete feed

Definition

A mixed feed that, when used for the type of livestock and for the purposes stated on the label, provides all of the nutrients necessary for the maintenance of life or for promoting production, except water and, in the case of ruminants and horses, roughage [3].

Specifications

N/A

Additional Information

None

2) Customer formula feed

Definition

A mixed feed that is manufactured by a feed manufacturer [3]:

for feeding their livestock; or
in accordance with a written order that is signed by a purchaser if:
1. the order states the name of each single ingredient feed, medicating ingredient set out in the Compendium of Medicating Ingredient Brochures or type of product set out in the Compendium of Non-Feed Product Brochures, and their respective amounts, to be used in the manufacture of that feed or to be added to other mixed feeds that conform to the standards prescribed in these Regulations,
2. the feed does not contain a pest control product as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Pest Control Products Act, and
3. the feed is not intended for resale.

Specifications

N/A

Additional Information

None

3) Medicated feed

Definition

A mixed feed that contains a medicating ingredient [3].

Specifications

N/A

Additional Information

None

4) Mineral feed

Definition

A mixed feed that is composed predominantly of mineral elements or inorganic nutrients [3].

Specifications

N/A

Additional Information

A mineral feed:

must contain at least 40% crude ash; and
must not provide significant amounts of nutrients, other than minerals.

5) Mixed feed

Definition

A feed that contains at least two single ingredient feeds [3].

Specifications

N/A

Additional Information

A mixed feed must contain only [3]:

single ingredient feeds listed in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table that conform to the description set out in that Table for those single ingredient feeds and that are used for a purpose consistent with the applicable class for those feeds in that Table;
medicating ingredients set out in the Compendium of Medicating Ingredient Brochures for which the brand, claim, level, compatibility with another ingredient, if any, and species of livestock for which they are intended are those set out for those ingredients in that Compendium, unless the feed is a custom medicated feed;
pest control products registered under the Pest Control Products Act for the purpose of mixing with the feed; and
product types set out in the Compendium of Non-Feed Product Brochures for which the brand, claim, inclusion level, and approved species of livestock for which they are intended are those set out for those product types in that Compendium.

6) Premix (part of the Mixed Feed category above)

Definition

A mixed feed that provides micro-ingredients, including vitamins or minerals and that is intended to be further diluted and mixed with other ingredients to produce a supplement or complete feed [3].

Specifications

N/A

Additional Information

A premix must contain only [3]:

inert single-ingredient feeds that facilitate a uniform distribution of micro-ingredients;
single ingredient feeds, other than those referred to in paragraph (a), that are used in small quantities measured in milligrams or micrograms;
medicating ingredients referred to in paragraph 37(b);
pest control products referred to in paragraph 37(c); or
product types referred to in paragraph 37(d).

7) Supplement (part of the Mixed Feed category above)

Definition

A feed that is used with another feed to improve the nutritive balance of the total and that is intended to be [3]:

fed undiluted as a supplement to other feeds,
offered free choice with other parts of the ration separately available, or
further diluted and mixed to produce a complete feed that is acceptable for registration.

Specifications

N/A

Additional Information

None.

8) Novel feed

Definition

A feed that is an organism, a part of an organism, or a product of an organism, or that consists of parts or products of an organism, and that [3]:

is not listed in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table; or
has a novel trait.

Specifications

N/A

Additional Information

None.

9) Single-ingredient feed

Definition

Any substance or mixture of substances that has been approved for feeding to livestock and that is listed in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table [3].

Specifications

N/A

Additional Information

Chopped, crushed, or ground grain

Chopped, crushed, or ground grain sold as a feed or as an ingredient of a feed must meet, at a minimum, the characteristics set out in Schedule 3 to the Canada Grain Regulations for the lowest grade established by those Regulations for that kind of grain.

Single-ingredient feed set out in Table

A single-ingredient feed sold or imported under an approved name set out in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table must conform to the description of that feed set out in that Table.

2.3 Evaluation of the Product Category in Scope

The product category in scope would be considered a Livestock Feed - Supplement per the above based on the following:

Rationale

Comments

L-lysine, vegetable oil, and Lecithin are in Schedules IV and V as permitted ingredients in feeds [4].

The product contains more than 2 single ingredients feed. it is in line with the definition of mixed feed.

The product is to be fed with other types of feed in order to improve the nutritional balance of the total feed.

To obtain the most current version of Schedules IV and V, a request must be made to cfia.afp-paa.acia@inspection.gc.ca (e-mail) with the subject line "Schedules IV and V" to the Animal Feed Program.

Canada and the USA used to have parallel novel trait approvals, but more recent reviews have shown the lists of approved traits in the US and Canada have diverged somewhat. Once Health Canada has determined that a novel trait is safe for human consumption, the plant is managed in the same way as conventional crops. That is to say, so long as the novel trait has been accepted by Health Canada through its "letter of no objection" process, it is deemed safe and is not distinguished from conventionally bred plants. [5]

Part 1, Schedule IV Section 5 of CFIA's list of permitted feed additives - Amino Acids: L-Lysine (or Lysine, L-) (IFN 5-08-022) is the product that contains a minimum of 95 percent of alpha epsilon-diaminocaproic acid. It shall be labeled with a guarantee for minimum L-lysine.