Correcting a Feed Ingredient Listing to Include Swine
Official title: Proposed amended livestock feed ingredient – Polymethylolcarbamide
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is fixing an administrative error in its feed ingredient database. When regulations were updated in 2024, swine was accidentally left off the list of animals that can eat feed pellets containing polymethylolcarbamide (a pelleting aid). The ingredient was already approved for swine under the old rules—this just corrects the paperwork.
Why This Matters
This is a technical fix that won't change what's in your food. Feed manufacturers who make pig feed already use this ingredient—they just need the paperwork updated. If you work in livestock feed production, this confirms you can keep doing what you've been doing.
What Could Change
The Canadian Feed Ingredients Table will be updated to list swine alongside ruminants and poultry as approved species. An alternative name (urea-formaldehyde resin) will also be added to the English version. No new approvals or restrictions—just fixing the record.
Key Issues
- Is the corrected ingredient description accurate?
- Is there any scientific data that should be considered before making this correction?
How to Participate
- Review the proposed amended description for polymethylolcarbamide in the Canadian Feed Ingredients Table.
- Send comments by email to cfia.afp-paa.acia@inspection.gc.ca with "polymethylolcarbamide" in the subject line by the deadline.
Submit Your Input
Questions Being Asked (2)
- Are there concerns about the accuracy of the SIF description?
- Is there any scientific data that should be considered before the SIF is amended?