Food Safety Information for Processors

• Increased food safety
• Increased customer confidence in food safety
• Meeting and exceeding customer requirements
• Best practices reinforced constantly by staff
• Maintain or improve market access
  

• Safe Food for Canadians Act
• Resources to help small business owners understand the proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations
• "Ask CFIA" allows industry to ask questions to help understand and comply with regulatory requirements
• HACCP Generic Models
• Food Labelling and Advertising

Food Safety Guidebook
This guidebook will help ensure that you and your employees have a complete understanding of the requirements of an effective food safety system.

Training Videos

• HACCP - Making Food Products Safe
  To obtain a free DVD, email the Food Safety Team.
• Safe Food Practices for Small Processors
  To obtain a copy on loan, email the Food Safety Team.
• Animated Videos on Food Allergens
• Thermometer calibration
• Temperature monitoring
• Monitoring air quality
• Sanitation verification
• Water activity in foods

• Listing of Analytical Laboratories
• Listing of Food Safety Consultants
• GF2 Food Safety Systems Processor

• Many food retailers, manufacturers and service groups require processors to implement GFSI standards to manage food safety risks in a continuously evolving food supply chain. This section provides you with a brief overview of the GFSI program and the most popular benchmark standards.

• Regulatory Readiness: A Decision Model for Canadian Food Products is designed to help the agri-food industry navigate Canada's food regulatory environment and take advantage of market opportunities.

• Serving Safer Food Alberta - a food safety system designed for use by restaurants, but also a resource for very small/microprocessors who currently do not have resources or the need to implement a full HACCP system.