Approvals for farm products

C-273 Facilitating Agricultural Regulatory Modernization Act: An Act to amend the Feeds Act, the Fertilizers Act, the Seeds Act, the Pest Control Products Act and the Food and Drugs Act

Allows provisional approval for farm products and veterinary drugs already cleared by trusted foreign regulators.

What Bill C-273 would do

The bill would allow provisional registration or approval for feeds, fertilizers, seeds and pest control products that are already approved by two or more trusted jurisdictions. It would also allow the minister to decide that veterinary drugs meet Canadian legal requirements based on decisions or documents from foreign regulators.

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Official summary

This enactment amends the Feeds Act , the Fertilizers Act , the Seeds Act and the Pest Control Products Act to provide for provisional registration or approval of feeds, fertilizers, seeds and pest control products that are already approved by two or more trusted jurisdictions. It also amends the Food and Drugs Act to provide that the Minister may, by order, deem that specified requirements of that Act or the regulations are met in respect of a veterinary drug on the basis of a decision of, or any information or document produced by, a foreign regulatory authority.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind: Private member's bill
Sponsor: David Bexte, Member of Parliament (Bow River)
Introduced: April 14 in the House of Commons
Last activity: April 14

Where it stands

ProposedApr 14
Being debated
Almost law
Law

Waiting its turn; not scheduled for debate

First reading in the House done April 14

Before the House on 1 sitting day, April 14
Second reading in the House now
Committee in the House not yet
Report stage in the House not yet
Third reading in the House not yet
First reading in the Senate not yet
Second reading in the Senate not yet
Third reading in the Senate not yet
Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since April 14, 2026.

House
1. First reading in the House: done, 2026-04-14
2. Second reading in the House: current stage
3. Committee in the House: not yet reached
4. Report stage in the House: not yet reached
5. Third reading in the House: not yet reached
Senate
1. First reading in the Senate: not yet reached
2. Second reading in the Senate: not yet reached
3. Third reading in the Senate: not yet reached
Royal assent
1. Royal assent: not yet reached

Debates in the House 0

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2026-04-30 · Government Orders · named 1 time

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