Federal regulationCanada Gazette, Part IComment Period Closed
Regulations Amending the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (City of Lloydminster)
Sponsoring body: Canadian Food Inspection AgencyIntroduced February 10, 2024Last checked August 25, 2026
Read the official text on gazette.gc.caOfficial version — Canada Gazette, Part I
What this regulation does
This regulation exempts food businesses in Alberta and Saskatchewan from federal interprovincial trade requirements when selling or moving food within the city of Lloydminster, treating the border-straddling city as if it were located entirely within one province.
Plain-language summary by Legisail.
Business impact
Compliance
About 144 food businesses in and around Lloydminster are affected, including food processors, bakeshops, meat processors, grocery distributors, farmers market vendors, and retailers — roughly 98% of them small businesses. Currently, selling food across the provincial boundary within the city requires a federal Safe Food for Canadians licence ($268.93, renewed every two years), plus a full preventive control plan that costs an estimated $7,985 per year in compliance activities. Under the new rules, businesses trading only within Lloydminster no longer need the federal licence or those compliance systems, saving each affected business approximately $121 per year in administrative burden alone. Up to 2% of all food businesses in Saskatchewan are also expected to benefit from expanded access to the Lloydminster market without facing federal interprovincial trade costs.
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Where this regulation is
Proposed
Comment period closed
Final publicationPending
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