Safe Food
for Canadians Act (SFCA) included regulations to be made under the Act, and the
Integrated Agency Inspection Model.
While
Canada has a well-developed food safety system, it has also recognized that
continuous improvement is needed to ensure that Canadians maintain access to safe
food.
The
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has embarked on a change agenda designed
to strengthen how food commodities are regulated in Canada. Change initiatives
include the new Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA), regulations to be made
under the Act, and the Integrated Agency Inspection Model.
The SFCA,
when fully in force, establishes a modern legislative framework for food
safety. Recognizing the challenging import environment, the SFCA significantly
strengthens import oversight authorities.
Canada currently uses a range of tools and approaches for import control, based on its legislative and regulatory framework, to target inspection resources and verify compliance with requirements, including: pre-border (e.g., arrangements with an exporting country; certification), at border (e.g., admissibility of shipments) and post-border activities (e.g., inspection, sampling and testing), or a combination thereof.
As the CFIA
modernizes its food safety regulatory system, it has an opportunity to make greater
use of tools that could optimize its risk management activities for imports.
Many of
Canada's trading partners have mature food safety control systems with public
health outcomes that are broadly comparable to Canada's system. Others have
commodity-specific export control systems that can provide confidence that
Canadian requirements will be met. CFIA can better leverage these systems in
its risk management approaches for imports using tools such as systems
recognition.
The new document
elaborates on the use of foreign food safety systems recognition as an import
control tool.
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