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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Federal)
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency updated the official chemical names for three amino acid feed ingredients: L-lysine, L-lysine monohydrochloride, and L-lysine solution. The old name (alpha epsilon-diaminocaproic acid) was outdated. The new name...
Why This Matters: This one's pretty technical. Unless you manufacture livestock feed or import feed ingredients, it won't affect your daily life. The amino acid L-lysine helps animals grow—it's already in feed. This just updates the official chemical name on labels.
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Federal)
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency evaluated a new bacteria-based ingredient for livestock feed. Propionibacterium freudenreichii is a probiotic that helps with digestion in farm animals. The agency found it safe for animals, workers, and the...
Why This Matters: This is a technical approval for the livestock feed industry. If you raise farm animals or work in feed manufacturing, new approved ingredients give you more options. For most Canadians, this won't affect daily life directly.
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada is deciding whether to approve isocycloseram, a new insecticide. It would be used in cockroach gel bait for homes and businesses, and as a seed treatment to protect wheat, oats, barley, rye, and triticale from pests and diseases. The...
Why This Matters: Got cockroaches? This could mean a new option at your local hardware store. For farmers, it's another tool to protect grain crops from pests. The products would be used on cereals that end up in bread, beer, and animal feed.
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada wanted to know if proposed limits for tebuconazole residue on food should be approved. Tebuconazole is a fungicide used on crops. The consultation asked whether the proposed maximum residue limits are acceptable for Canadian food...
Why This Matters: Eat fruits or vegetables? Pesticide residue limits affect what's on your plate. These rules determine how much fungicide can legally remain on food you buy at the grocery store.
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Government of Alberta (AB)
Alberta is creating a standard for trapping cabins and structures on public land. Right now, trappers need individual approvals for each structure they build. The new rules would set a maximum footprint size and streamline the registration process...
Why This Matters: This mainly affects Alberta's licensed trappers who build structures on their registered traplines. If you trap commercially on public land, this could simplify your paperwork. For most Albertans, the impact is minimal—but trappers play a role in wildlife management across the province.
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada is deciding whether to approve a new biological fungicide called Asperello T34 Biocontrol. It uses a naturally occurring fungus to fight plant diseases on potatoes, lettuce, strawberries, and raspberries. This is a biological...
Why This Matters: Eat potatoes, lettuce, strawberries, or raspberries? This decision affects how those crops are protected from disease. Biological fungicides like this one could mean fewer chemical pesticides on your food.
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada wants to tighten rules on dicamba, a weed killer that drifts to nearby fields and damages crops it wasn't meant to touch. The proposed changes would ban some uses on soybeans, expand buffer zones, and add temperature restrictions. Why...
Why This Matters: Live near a farm? This herbicide can drift onto your garden or nearby crops. Farmers growing non-resistant crops have seen their plants damaged by dicamba floating over from neighbouring fields. If you grow vegetables, fruit trees, or ornamental plants near agricultural land, these rules could...
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Environment & Climate
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada is deciding whether to approve fluoxapiprolin, a new fungicide sold as Xivana Prime. It would be used to fight late blight on potatoes and downy mildew on vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, and grapes. The consultation...
Why This Matters: Eat potatoes, salads, or grapes? This fungicide could end up on your food. Late blight devastated Irish potato crops in the 1840s—it's still a major threat to farmers today. New tools to fight it could mean more reliable harvests and stable prices at the grocery store.
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada wants to set new limits on how much fenazaquin pesticide residue can remain on food. Fenazaquin is used to control mites on crops. The consultation asked whether the proposed limits are safe for Canadians.
Why This Matters: Eat fruits or vegetables? Pesticide residue limits affect what ends up on your plate. These rules determine how much chemical residue is considered safe in the food you buy at the grocery store.
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada reviewed potassium bicarbonate, a pesticide used to fight powdery mildew and other fungal diseases on crops like vegetables, fruits, cannabis, and hemp. The verdict? It's safe to keep using when label directions are followed. One...
Why This Matters: Eat fruits or vegetables? This affects what's sprayed on them. The pesticide is used on everything from greenhouse tomatoes to field-grown cannabis. If you grow cannabis or hemp commercially, the new restrictions on when you can spray matter for your operation.
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada wants to change how it regulates pest control devices—things like bug zappers, ultrasonic repellers, and UV light traps. Right now, these devices aren't regulated the same way as chemical pesticides. The government is asking whether...
Why This Matters: Got a bug zapper on your patio? Use an ultrasonic mouse repeller? These devices might face new rules. If you sell or manufacture pest control gadgets, this could change your business. Consumers could see clearer safety labels—or some products might disappear from shelves.
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada reviewed cellulose rodenticides—pellets made from powdered corn cobs that kill rats and mice by disrupting their digestion. The verdict? These products are safe to keep selling, with minor label updates. They're considered a lower-risk...
Why This Matters: Got mice in your house or barn? These corn cob-based products are one of the safer options on the shelf. They're less toxic than conventional rat poisons, which matters if you have kids, pets, or wildlife nearby.
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada is considering whether to approve a new herbicide called Beloukha, made from pelargonic acid—a fatty acid found naturally in plants. It would be used to kill weeds in greenhouses growing vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, and...
Why This Matters: Buy greenhouse tomatoes or lettuce? This herbicide could end up on plants that produce your food. It's marketed as plant-based, but that doesn't automatically mean safe. Gardeners and nursery workers would also be exposed.
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Agriculture & Food
Environment & Climate
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada asked whether to set new maximum residue limits for pendimethalin, a herbicide used on crops. These limits determine how much pesticide residue can legally remain on food sold in Canada. The consultation ran for 75 days and is now...
Why This Matters: Eat vegetables? This affects you. Pendimethalin is a common herbicide used on crops like lettuce and onions. The residue limits set here determine what's allowed on your plate. Parents and anyone concerned about food safety should take note.
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Agriculture & Food
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada asked whether to set a new maximum residue limit for ethalfluralin, a herbicide used on crops. This limit determines how much pesticide residue can legally remain on food sold in Canada. The consultation closed in May 2025.
Why This Matters: Eat vegetables? This affects you. Pesticide residue limits determine what's considered safe on the food you buy. If you're concerned about what's on your produce, this was your chance to weigh in.
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Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Health Canada proposed increasing the allowed amount of a fungicide called benzovindiflupyr on lowbush blueberries. The limit would jump from 0.01 to 2.0 parts per million—a 200-fold increase. This change would let farmers spray closer to harvest...
Why This Matters: Eat blueberries? This affects what's on them when they reach your table. The fungicide has been used in Canada since 2015, but this change means more residue could be present at harvest. Health Canada says it's still safe, but you might have thoughts on that.
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