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 was last introduced in 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.

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 the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

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.

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November 19th, 2012 / 6:25 p.m.


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Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.

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The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

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

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Some hon. members

Yea.

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The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

All those opposed will please say nay.

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Some hon. members

Nay.

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The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

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November 19th, 2012 / 6:30 p.m.


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Conservative

Gordon O'Connor Conservative Carleton—Mississippi Mills, ON

Mr. Speaker, I ask that the vote be delayed until tomorrow following government orders.

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November 19th, 2012 / 6:30 p.m.


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The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

Accordingly, the division will stand deferred until tomorrow at the end of government orders.

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November 20th, 2012 / 6:10 p.m.


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The Speaker Andrew Scheer

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

The hon. Chief Government Whip is rising on a point of order.

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Conservative

Gordon O'Connor Conservative Carleton—Mississippi Mills, ON

Mr. Speaker, if you seek it I believe you would find agreement to apply the results from the previous vote to the current vote, with the Conservatives voting yes.

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The Speaker Andrew Scheer

Is there unanimous consent to proceed in this fashion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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NDP

Nycole Turmel NDP Hull—Aylmer, QC

Mr. Speaker, the NDP agrees to apply the vote, and it will vote yes.

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November 20th, 2012 / 6:10 p.m.


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Liberal

Judy Foote Liberal Random—Burin—St. George's, NL

Mr. Speaker, the Liberals agree to apply the vote, including the member for Westmount—Ville-Marie.