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Bill S-11 (Historical)

Safe Food for Canadians Act

An Act respecting food commodities, including their inspection, their safety, their labelling and advertising, their import, export and interprovincial trade, the establishment of standards for them, the registration or licensing of persons who perform certain activities related to them, the establishment of standards governing establishments where those activities are performed and the registration of establishments where those activities are performed

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment modernizes the regulatory system for food commodities.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other S-11s:

S-11 (2022) Federal Law–Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 4

S-11 (2010) Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act

S-11 (2004) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (lottery schemes)

S-11 (2004) Statutes Repeal Act

Votes

Nov. 20, 2012 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Oct. 23, 2012 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Safe Food for Canadians ActGovernment Orders

October 22nd, 2012 / 1:20 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.

Safe Food for Canadians ActGovernment Orders

October 22nd, 2012 / 1:20 p.m.

Some hon. members

Yea.

Safe Food for Canadians ActGovernment Orders

October 22nd, 2012 / 1:20 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

All those opposed will please say nay.

Safe Food for Canadians ActGovernment Orders

October 22nd, 2012 / 1:20 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

Safe Food for Canadians ActGovernment Orders

October 22nd, 2012 / 1:20 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Call in the members.

And the bells having rung:

A request has been made to defer the vote on this matter until the end of government orders tomorrow.

The House resumed from October 22 consideration of the motion that Bill S-11, An Act respecting food commodities, including their inspection, their safety, their labelling and advertising, their import, export and interprovincial trade, the establishment of standards for them, the registration or licensing of persons who perform certain activities related to them, the establishment of standards governing establishments where those activities are performed and the registration of establishments where those activities are performed, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Safe Food for Canadians Act

October 23rd, 2012 / 6:10 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at the second reading stage of Bill S-11.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Safe Food for Canadians Act

October 23rd, 2012 / 6:20 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee)