Who we are...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is a science-based regulator for food, animals and plants. We are committed to enhancing the safety of federally regulated food, contributing to the health of animals and protecting the plant resource base. This includes responsibility for the enforcement and administration of 13 federal Acts and associated regulations.
The CFIA's foremost responsibility is to enhance the safety of Canada's food supply and to protect the health of Canadian consumers. The Agency also protects consumers from fraud and deceptive and/or misleading practices by regulating the composition, labelling, advertising and net quantity of food products. This applies equally to domestically produced and imported foods.
The CFIA, working with Health Canada, other levels of government, industry and academia, maintains the scientific capacity necessary to identify, assess and control new and emerging food safety issues. The CFIA is committed to reducing the risk of food-borne illness.
Our health focus...
Our health and consumer related activities include:
- verifying that domestic and imported food products meet the requirements established in federal acts, regulations and standards;
- advising the public of recalls as well as verifies the effectiveness of recalls by checking that the recalled product has been removed from the marketplace; and
- investigating consumer and trade complaints and food safety enquiries.
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