Fish and Seafood

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) develops and verifies compliance with appropriate product and process standards that contribute to the acceptable quality, safety and identity of fish and seafood products that are processed in federal establishments or imported into Canada.

What information is available?

• Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program
• Communiques / Industry Notices
• Exports
• Imports
  • Import Policy and Documents
• Inspection Manuals
• Product Inspection
  • Canadian Acceptable Common Names for Fish and Seafood
  • CFIA Fish Species Sampling Activity
  • Food Labelling for Industry – Fish and Fish Products
  • Guide to Permitted Additives in Fish and Fish Products
• Policy on the use of Third-party Laboratories for Testing Fish and Fish Products Under the Fish Inspection Program