OMAFRA's Dairy Food Safety Program
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) share responsibility for the province's production, transportation, processing, packaging and distribution of safe, high quality cow and goat milk and milk products, with federal and municipal governments and industry.
The government's role is to provide oversight to ensure that producers, transporters and manufactures are operating under conditions that meet all relevant provincial regulatory requirements of the Milk Act. Some of the functions that achieve this are:
Raw Milk Quality Programs
Raw Cow Milk
Raw Goat Milk
- Administration of the Raw Goat Milk Quality Program
- Getting Started Producing Goat Milk
- Dairy Goat Farm Production Requirements
- Other OMAFRA Dairy Goat Resources
Transportation of Raw Milk from Farm to Processor
Testing Raw Milk
Dairy Plant Program
- Overview
- Licensing a Dairy Plant
- New Plant Requirements
- Preventive Control Programs
- Cheese Smoking Guidelines
- Environmental and Finished Product Sampling and Testing Programs
- Find a Provincially Licensed Dairy Plant
- Glossary
For Species Other than Cow and Goat
Distribution
Provincial Legislation
- Milk Act (Ontario)
- Regulation 761 - Milk and Milk Products
- Regulation 753 - Grades, Standards, Designations, Classes, Packing and Marking
- Regulation 121 - Administration and Enforcement of Regulations in Respect of the Raw Milk and Cream Quality Program
- Health Protection and Promotion Act (Ontario)
- Regulation 493/17 - Food Premises
Federal Legislation
Resources
For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca