CONTRIBUTING TO THE QUALITY OF
CANADIAN LIFE

Table of Contents

Letter to the Minister		1
President's Remarks		3
Executive Summary		4
Highlights		6
Who We Are		9
Our Approach to Business		13
What We Do		15
	Program Design and Policy Development Program Delivery
How We Are Doing		20
	Agency-wide Performance Information Animal Products Performance Information Plant Products Performance Information Consolidated Reporting Conclusion on Program Performance Human Resources Management Auditor General’s Assessment
How We Manage our Money		59
	Management Responsibility for Financial Reporting Auditor’s Report Statement of Operations Notes to Statement of Operations
Appendices		69
	CFIA Objectives and Related Performance Information Proposed Three-Year Reporting Cycle Full-Time Equivalents and Expenditures of Inspection Programs for 1997-98 Laboratory Testing for 1997-98 CFIA User-Fee Revenues
Contacts for Further Information and CFIA Web site		74