Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Report food safety violations and other alleged illegal activities

Ontario's laws and inspection programs are in place to reduce the potential of foodborne illness. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs enforces our legislation, and in some instances, may share information with other parties if it is pertinent to the enforcement of other laws.

Click this link to report any of these:

• illegal slaughter of animals
• evidence of disease in food animals
• production, sale and/or distribution of ready-to-eat meat products without a licence
• distributing milk without a licence
• operating a dairy plant without a licence
• selling ungraded eggs somewhere other than at a farm
• selling livestock medicine without a licence
• misrepresentation of maple products and honey
• country of origin misrepresented on fruits and vegetables
• concerns surrounding livestock sale barns
• breeding or raising animals for research without a licence
• buying cattle without a livestock dealers licence
• receiving grain or operating a grain elevator without a licence
• installing tile drainage without a licence
• selling or distributing farm implements without registration.