Canada ’s Commitment: Food Safety and Innovation
Canada ’s agri-food sector is a key driver of the Canadian economy and the world’s third largest exporter of agri-foods products. To ensure that Canada’s agri-food products continue to be among the safest and highest quality in the world, Canada has put in place a number of key policies to build on our natural advantages
Key facts and strategies:
- Rich in fertile land and fresh water
- Access to competitively priced commodities
- An internationally recognized food inspection system: Canada’s inspection system is unique because experts not only inspect foods, but also seeds, feeds, fertilizers, plants and animals on which a safe food supply depends on.
- From ‘Field’ to ‘Fork’: The government of Canada is working with farmers and the industry to build on existing food measures to enable the tracing of food products back to the farm to identify and respond quickly to food safety issues.
- A commitment to employ internationally recognized food safety systems , such as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) throughout the food production processing chain, beginning at the farm.
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