Food safety resources for producers and processors

Create a food safety program

The information and resource provided on this page will help you and your organization to ensure you are following industry best-practice and government regulations in your food production business.

Some of the benefits of a food safety program include:

• 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

Resources

• Alberta Foodborne Illness and Risk Investigation Protocol 2017 (PDF, 297 KB)
• Environmental public health business information – Alberta Health Services
• Food retail and foodservices code 2003 – Ministry of Health
• Food retail and foodservices code (PDF, 417 KB) 2016 – Federal/Provincial/Territorial Food Safety Committee
• Food Safety Guidebook (PDF, 3.7 MB)
• Global Food Safety Initiative
• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
• Meat Facility Standards (PDF, 162 KB)
• Processed Meat Products Quick Facts (PDF, 831 KB)
• Risk Mitigation Program, Canadian Agriculture Partnership
• Serving Safer Food Alberta guidebook (PDF, 16 MB) – Alberta Health Services
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Regulatory Readiness: A Decision Model for Canadian Food Products
  • Specified Risk Material – Requirements for Slaughtering Cattle and Processing Beef
• Agriculture and Food Council
  • Niche Meat Processor Network
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
  • Ask CFIA
  • Getting started: Toolkit for businesses
  • Labelling, standards of identity and grades
  • Pig traceability Amendments to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations
  • Safe Food for Canadians Act explained
• Codex Alimentarius, International Food Standards
• Food Safety – Government of Canada
• International HACCP Alliance

Training

• Alberta Food Processors Association courses
• Environmental Public Health courses – Alberta Health Services
• Food Safety Training for Processors
• Meeting Customer Requirements
• Preventative Controls Training online course
• Food and agriculture processing videos

Legislation

Alberta legislation mainly deals with hygiene requirements. Federal legislation covers specific food safety requirements such as food additives, process controls, allergens, composition, and labelling requirements.

Alberta

• Dairy Industry Act and Regulations
• Livestock and Livestock Products Act and Regulations
  • Purchase and Sale of Eggs and Processed Egg Regulation
• Marketing of Agricultural Products Act and Regulations
• Meat Inspection Act and Regulations
• Public Health Act and Food Regulation

Canada

• Food and Drugs Act
• Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act
• Canada Agriculture Products Act
• Safe Food for Canadians Act
  • Safe Food for Canadians Regulations

United States of America

• Food Safety Modernization Act – Food and Drug Administration