The words "Canada Inspection" printed on the back of the jacket of a Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspector.
By Melanie Nobre and Kelly MacDonald
This blog post was originally published to Cultivating Science on science.gc.ca.
Canada's agriculture and agri-food system employs about 2.3 million people and generates over $150 billion of Canada's gross domestic product (GDP). It is a complex system that is safeguarded by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) employees and is known as one of the best food safety systems in the world.
Since it is impossible to inspect every food, animal and plant product in Canada, you might wonder how we do it. Here are six key things the CFIA does so you can have confidence in Canada's federal food inspection system.
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