Bill Detail
An Act to amend the Feeds Act, the Fertilizers Act, the Seeds Act, the Pest Control Products Act and the Food and Drugs Act
This enactment amends the Feeds Act, the Fertilizers Act, the Seeds Act and the Pest Control Products Act to provide for provisional registration or approval of feeds, fertilizers, seeds and pest control products that are already approved by two or more trusted jurisdictions.
It also amends the Food and Drugs Act to provide that the Minister may, by order, deem that specified requirements of that Act or the regulations are met in respect of a veterinary drug on the basis of a decision of, or any information or document produced by, a foreign regulatory authority.
This bill, titled the "Facilitating Agricultural Regulatory Modernization Act," aims to speed up the approval process for certain agricultural products in Canada. It proposes that if feeds, fertilizers, seeds, or pest control products have already been approved by two or more "trusted jurisdictions" (countries or regions Canada deems reliable), they could receive provisional approval in Canada much faster, within 90 days. This applies to products that meet Canadian standards.