§ 29

(1) The Minister may issue, renew or amend a licence if (a) in the case of an application for the issuance of a licence, the applicant is not in default of payment of any fee related to the Act that is fixed under the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act; (b) the applicant, whether or not they are a licence holder conducting the activity in respect of which the application for the issuance, renewal or amendment of the licence is made, (i) in the case of a licence in respect of a food, meets the applicable requirements of Part 4, and (ii) in the case of a licence in respect of a food commodity referred to in paragraph 17(2)(b) or subsection 17(3), meets the applicable requirements of Part 4 — other than Division 3 — as if the food commodity were a food; (c) in the case of an application for the issuance, renewal or amendment of a licence to import, the applicant carries on business related to the food in respect of which the application is made from a fixed place of business that is in (i) Canada, or (ii) a foreign state that has an inspection system described in subparagraph 12(1)(a)(i) or a food safety system described in subparagraph 12(1)(a)(ii); (d) in the case of an application for the issuance, renewal or amendment of a licence to slaughter a food animal, to manufacture, process, treat, preserve, grade, package or label a meat product or to store and handle an edible meat product in its imported condition, a work shift has been approved by the President for each establishment where the activity is conducted; (e) the information submitted in the application is complete, truthful and not misleading; and (f) the Minister is of the opinion, on the basis of the information that was made available to him or her, that the conduct of the activity in respect of which the application for the issuance, renewal or amendment of the licence is made does not present a risk of injury to human health.

(2) Despite paragraph (1)(b), the Minister may renew a suspended licence if the requirements of subsection (1), other than any requirements whose contravention forms the grounds of the suspension, are met. However, the suspension of the licence remains in effect.