Obligations as a SFC License Applicant for SFC License
As per Safe Food for Canadians Regulations [SFCR], it is the responsibility of the SFC license applicants to develop, implement, and maintain Preventive Controls (PC’s), Preventive Control Plan (PCP), and Traceability Procedure (when applicable to operations and their products), complaints procedures etc. prior to be eligible for obtaining the License. CFIA makes this requirement very clear during the online application process for applicants to declare whether they have a “Written Preventive Control Plan” in place; and only by answering “Yes” to this question, the application can be submitted. While applicants may not be subjected to inspection immediately after [...]