Info Source: Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information

Current as of: 2024-12-18

Introduction

Info Source: Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information provides information about the functions, programs, activities and related information holdings of government institutions subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. It provides individuals and employees of the government (current and former) with relevant information to assist them in exercising their rights under the Privacy Act to access personal information about themselves that is held by government institutions.

A guide on how access to information and personal information requests work and the list of institutions subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act are available centrally.

The Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act assign overall responsibility to the President of Treasury Board (as the designated Minister) for the government-wide administration of the legislation.

Background

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) plans and priorities link directly to the Government of Canada's priorities for safeguarding the food supply, bolstering economic prosperity, strengthening security at the border, protecting the environment and contributing to the health of Canadians.

The CFIA is one of Canada's largest science-based regulatory agencies. The agency's vision is to excel as a science-based regulator, trusted and respected by Canadians and the international community. The CFIA's mission is to safeguard food, animals and plants, which enhances the health and well-being of Canada's people, environment and economy. Learn more about the CFIA's mandate.

The CFIA has more than 6,000 professionals working across Canada in the National Capital Region and in 4 operational regions — Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario and Western. Every day, the agency's employees help to safeguard plant and animal health, prevent food safety hazards, manage food safety investigations and recalls, and protect the marketplace from unfair practices.

The CFIA is led by its President who reports to the Minister of Health.

Learn more about the CFIA's legislative foundation and reports to Parliament.

Responsibilities

The CFIA develops program requirements and delivers inspection and other services to:

prevent and manage food safety risks
protect plant resources from pests, diseases and invasive species
prevent and manage animal and zoonotic diseases
contribute to consumer protection
contribute to market access for Canada's food, plants, animals and their products

The CFIA bases its activities on science, effective risk management, commitment to service and efficiency, and collaboration with domestic and international organizations that share its objectives.

The CFIA is responsible for administering and enforcing 10 federal statutes and 22 regulations that govern the safety and labelling of food sold in Canada and support a sustainable plant and animal resource base.

The CFIA shares many areas of responsibility with other federal departments and agencies, provincial, territorial and municipal authorities, and other stakeholders. Within this complex operating environment, the agency works with its partners to implement food safety measures, manage food, animal and plant risks and emergencies, and promote the development of food safety and disease control systems to maintain the safety of Canada's high-quality agriculture, agri-food, aquaculture and fishery products. The agency's activities include: verifying the compliance of imported products; registering and inspecting establishments; testing food, animals and plants, and their related products; and approving the use of many agricultural inputs. The agency also provides scientific advice, develops new technologies, provides testing services and conducts regulatory research.

Institutional functions, programs and activities

Setting rules

The core mandate of the CFIA is to safeguard Canada's food system, along with the plant and animal resources on which Canadians depend. The CFIA also plays a central role in ensuring that Canadian food, plants and animals, and their associated products, can be traded internationally. In keeping with this mandate, the CFIA develops and establishes standards and rules for food, plant and animal safety. This work is supported through the performance of policy analysis and development, scientific research and development, and the provision of strategic program advice.

Setting rules for food safety and consumer protection
Setting rules for plant health
Setting rules for animal health
- Setting rules – Personal information bank

Setting rules for food safety and consumer protection

The program designs, develops and delivers regulatory standards, policies, program direction and frameworks to manage food-related risks to public health and protect consumers from food safety emergencies and incidents.

Class of records for setting rules for food safety and consumer protection

Registration and product standards (meat and poultry products)
Development of labelling guidance
Product standards, grading and labelling (agri-food products)
Animal - Animals / animal genetics / animal products importation
Export and import
Import - Compliance standards

Registration and product standards (meat and poultry products)

Description: Records related to standards for the construction and maintenance of federally registered meat establishments and all activities that take place therein, e.g. processing, grading and marking of red meat, poultry and poultry products. Records may include sanitation and building standards; food safety enhancement program pre-requisite programs for meat plants, grading standards; poultry packaging and labelling; import and export requirements; policy development; and consultation with industry.

Document types: Forms, legislation, regulations, standards, memoranda, records of decision, schedules, guidelines, reports, and correspondence.

Record number: CFIA RPS 030

Development of labelling guidance

Description: Records related to consultation information and responses to various labelling questions that have been posed to stakeholders in order to capture opinions and positions that could be used to develop clear guidance documents.

Document types: Reports, charts, samples, forms, correspondence, memoranda, guidelines, regulations, legislation.

Record number: CFIA PPB 005

Product standards, grading and labelling (agri-food products)

Description: Information on the development of grading programs and standards related to quality, labels, nutritional value and safety of agri-food products. Records may include standards and grading requirements (dairy, egg and egg products, fresh fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables, honey, maple and organic products); label requirements; packaging; weight and volume; studies and surveys; policy development; and consultation with governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, reports, correspondence, standards, memoranda, questionnaires.

Record number: CFIA DFV 045

Animal - Animals / animal genetics / animal products importation

Description: Records related to the control of bird and animal pathogens in imports to prevent animal disease from gaining entry into Canada. Records may relate to veterinary inspection reports; Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) strategy documents; quarantine station activity reports; import protocols; risk assessments; import permit applications; import permits; laboratory diagnostic test results; import of animal pathogens; import of game farm and zoological garden animals; import of pets; policies and procedures, audit reports and importer information related to the importation of pet food; import of feathers, skins, hides and wool; import of birds; import of fertilizers; import of tankage; import of plant products; import of insects; and other imports (tropical fish, amphibians, worms).

Document types: Reports, correspondence, legislation, regulations, guidelines, policies, permits, certificates, forms.

Record number: CFIA ANI 015

Export and import

Description: Records related to certification of Canadian meat and meat products for export to comply with the requirements of foreign countries. Includes compliance of imported meat, meat products and all of the by products with Canadian standards. Records may relate to import certification; export certification; statistics; policy development; lists of all approved foreign establishments; and products for import and export, and statistics on the import and export of meat.

Document types: Certificates, reports, legislation, regulations, guidelines, policies, lists, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA EXP 090

Import - Compliance standards

Description: Records related to the control and regulation of imported, animal, food and plant products to comply with Canadian standards. Records may relate to import requirements; review of registered Canadian and foreign facilities to comply with import requirements; statistics; complaints; enforcement and compliance; inter-provincial requirements; and policy development.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, policies, forms, lists, inventories, data, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA IEI 055

Setting rules for plant health

The program designs, develops, and delivers regulatory standards, policies, programs, and frameworks to protect Canada's agriculture, forestry and natural environment, and to support domestic and international trade.

Class of records for setting rules for plant health

Import, export and domestic programs for plant protection
Plant pests and diseases
Plant risk analysis
Plant science advice and analysis
Plant seed potatoes
Plant seed program and variety registration
Regulation of the environmental release of plants with novel traits (PNT) in Canada
Import compliance standards

Import, export and domestic programs for plant protection

Description: Records may include the planning, maintenance and delivery of a national program designed to prevent the introduction, establishment and spread of plant pests within Canada which are detrimental to the Canadian agricultural and forestry industries, as well as records related to phytosanitary certification of plants and plant products for export. Records also include information on surveys for quarantine pests and control of quarantine pests occurring in Canada, as well as, laboratory testing for export, post-entry quarantine, laboratory diagnostics for import and domestic controls of plant pests, audits and certification of facilities. Information regarding compensation related to some agricultural and forestry plants for the replacement of plants which have been ordered destroyed. Information holdings also include phytosanitary agreements between countries on the standards and certification methods for specific plant products. (Includes: Horticulture, Forestry, Potato, and Grains and Oilseed Commodities). Records may relate to import permits; quarantine; importation of agricultural and forest products; export of agriculture and forestry products to foreign and domestic markets; notices of non-compliance, industry and other government department's correspondence; product and audits, certification and registration of facilities; pest distribution (publications); ship, mill and elevator sanitation and phytosanitary inspection; plant quarantine importation requirements of foreign and domestic markets; phytosanitary treatments and fumigation; pesticide application, phytosanitary export and domestic movement certification; quality system modules, procedure manuals.

Document types: Certificates, permits, agreements, correspondence, notices, manuals, publications, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA IPP 155

Plant pests and diseases

Description: Records related to policy and program design to mitigate the spread of plant pests in Canada. For example: Emerald Ash Borer, Potato Cyst Nematodes, and Potato Wart. Records may relate to consultation with governmental and non-governmental organizations and industry stakeholders; correspondence; ministerial correspondence; and policy and program design documents.

Document types: Correspondence, memoranda, policy documents, reports.

Record number: CFIA PPB 024

Plant risk analysis

Description: Records related to ingredient submissions for safety assessments, sampling program results, inspection program and policy design and development for safety assessments for plant and plant products with respect to contamination. Records may relate to certificate of registration; labelling; correspondence; inspection; and sampling reports.

Document types: Certificates, labels, reports, correspondence.

Record number: CFIA PPB 030

Plant science advice and analysis

Description: Records related to the identification of plant pests and pest risk assessments. Records may also be related to analysis, research, advice and intelligence to support and enhance the quality of science-based regulatory decisions which will contribute to the protection of the plant resource base. Records may relate to lists of intercepted pests, insects and plant diseases; survey results; laboratory sample submissions and reports of analyses; assessments of pest risk; and product safety. Records may also contain surveys and/or safety assessments of plants with novel traits; consultations with national, international, governmental and non-governmental organizations; technical and research reports; and scientific scans of the environment pertaining to plant health.

Document types: Lists, surveys, forms, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA BIO 170

Plant seed potatoes

Description: Records related to the planning, maintenance and delivery of a national program designed to provide seed potatoes of a class and quality that will meet the demands of both domestic and export markets. Information includes control of imports, inspection and testing of seed potatoes, certification for domestic markets, export certification, and facilitation of seed potato trade. This program also contains information on guidelines, specifications and standards for seed potatoes.

Document types: Agreements, standards, legislation, regulations, guidelines, certificates, standards, reports, training materials, testing results, inventories, labels, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA SEE 161

Plant seed program and variety registration

Description: Records related to the planning, maintenance and delivery of a national program designed to ensure seed in the marketplace is properly labelled and meets quality standards. This includes information on the development of new or amended seed standards; packaging and labelling; inspection and enforcement of standards governing seed quality; applications and associated correspondence related to the evaluation of new varieties of seeds for the purpose of registration; applications and associated correspondence related to the registration of seed establishments and the recognition of their personnel; applications and associated correspondence related to the recognition of "authorized crop inspection services", "Conformity Verification Bodies", and "Authorized Exporter Program participants". Records may relate to development of seed standards and regulations; registering and inspecting seed establishments; accrediting seed graders; licensing seed operators; developing training material to help ensure seeds sold in, imported to and exported from, Canada meet established standards for quality and are properly labelled; registration of seed varieties; database of registered and unregistered varieties (includes company names, but does not include the names of individuals); seed inspection; violations and detentions; crop inspection; grading; diseases; and seed testing; Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Seed Schemes issues including multiplication agreements; development of seed policies including adventitious presence of seed and the inspection of seed under the Organic Regulations.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, inventories, standards, guidelines, labels, reports, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA VAR 110

Regulation of the environmental release of plants with novel traits (PNT) in Canada

Description: Records related to the planning, maintenance and delivery of a national program designed to protect the environment from potential harm due to the environmental release of plants with novel traits (PNTs). Applications submitted and associated correspondence for confined research field trial approvals (i.e., restricted, small-scale environmental release of PNTs for research purposes only), for unconfined (unrestricted environmental release of PNTs) environmental release authorizations and import of PNTs into Canada that have not yet been approved for unconfined environmental release; development and maintenance of directives and policies related to protecting the environment and regulating the environmental release of PNTs; multi-stakeholder consultations on various issues; and development of Government of Canada positions for international negotiations and discussions in the area of agricultural biotechnology. Records may relate to plants with novel traits (PNTs); plant biotechnology regulatory policy; novelty; PNT approach; environmental safety of genetically modified/novel plants; plant molecular farming; adventitious presence; ornamental PNTs; herbicide tolerance; insect resistance; genetic use restriction technologies (GURTs); genetically modified/novel forestry trees; biology documents; Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO), Biotechnology panel; North American Biotechnology Initiative (NABI); Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Working Group on Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology.

Document types: Inventories, legislation, regulations, policies, guidelines, protocols, reports.

Record number: CFIA PBO 010

Import compliance standards

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, policies, forms, lists, inventories, data, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA IEI 055

Setting rules for animal health

The program designs, develops, and delivers regulatory standards, policies, programs, and frameworks to protect the health and welfare of Canada's terrestrial and aquatic animal resource base; and to assure the safety of animal feeds, veterinary biologics and animal products and by-products.

Class of records for setting rules for animal health

Animal biosecurity
Animal disease control
Animal epidemiology and disease surveillance
Animal science advice and pathology services
Animal welfare
Laboratory services
Terrestrial animal risk analysis
Aquatic animal risk analysis
Feed risk analysis
Import compliance standards

Animal biosecurity

Description: Records related to information regarding the development and implementations of national biosecurity programs. The Office of Animal Biosecurity serves as a resource with respect to innovative, effective and comprehensive biosecurity measures to prevent the introduction or spread of diseases and vectors, integrated across agricultural commodities and continuously evolving as risks are identified or change. Records may relate to the development of biosecurity standards in Canada, involving both animal and plant commodities and service sectors; and other related topics.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, protocols, reports, correspondence, memoranda, standards.

Record number: CFIA PPB 010

Animal disease control

Description: Records related to the animal disease control programs for the prevention, detection, control and/or eradication of certain communicable and other diseases of terrestrial animals, including foreign animal disease plans, emergency response plans and destruction and disposal advisory documents. Includes records related to reportable diseases of terrestrial animals, poultry and bees (e.g. bovine tuberculosis, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, brucellosis, chronic wasting disease, cysticercosis, equine infectious anaemia, fowl typhoid, pullorum disease, rabies, scrapie, and certain exotic animal diseases). Also includes information on policies and programs to prevent, detect, control and eradicate bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), including information on the enhanced feed ban and the regulated removal of specified risk material (SRM). Records may include reports; briefings; correspondence; statistics; and policy and procedural documents including manuals, animal health hazard specific plans and directives.

Document types: Manuals, plans, directives, legislation, regulations, guidelines, briefing notes, plans, reports, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA CON 025

Animal epidemiology and disease surveillance

Description: Records related to animal health risk identification and characterization of animal disease surveillance and monitoring programs; emergency preparedness/surveillance infrastructure development; documents to support the development of policies and regulations related to epidemiology and surveillance activities. It may also include reports to the Canadian public and to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH; founded as Office International des Épizooties (OIE)) in support of Canada's official disease status for all federally reportable animal diseases. Documents related to programs for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance and avian influenza surveillance. Statistical analyses of disease data collected from provincial and federal sources. Accountability documents to funding bodies, including final financial reports and final research reports. Decision documents related to national and international consultations in the areas of epidemiology and surveillance. Records may relate to guidelines; project plans; statistical data and analyses; scientific reference documents; memoranda; correspondence; test results; official disease status reports; meeting minutes for major surveillance project committees; briefings; and policies and procedural documents.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, memoranda, correspondence, briefing notes, reports, plans, data, maps, drawings, minutes.

Format: Electronic analysis software, GIS maps.

Record number: CFIA PPB 019

Animal science advice and pathology services

Description: Records related to information regarding the diagnostic service and research of animal diseases, consultation and licensing for use of biologics. Includes records related to the analysis, advice and intelligence to support and enhance the quality of science-based regulatory decisions contributing to the protection of human health and the animal resource base in Canada. Records may include lists of diseases (agents transmissibility to humans, and economic loss due to disease); list of diagnostic testing activities; laboratory samples submission and reports of analyses; consultations with national, international, governmental and non-governmental organizations; surveillance information from provincial and territorial governments and university laboratory partners in the Canadian Animal Health Surveillance Network (CAHSN); and technical and research reports and scientific scans of the environment pertaining to animal health.

Document types: Records may include correspondence, lists, reports, lab results and analysis, briefing notes, legal opinions, meeting agendas and meeting minutes.

Record number: CFIA PAT 005

Animal welfare

Description: Records related to humane transportation of animals, humane slaughter of animals, humane treatment of animals, used for the production of veterinary biologics and humane destruction of animals for disease control purposes and information on collaboration with other federal and provincial entities with animal welfare responsibilities (Canada's Animal Welfare infrastructure). Records may relate to reports; enquiries; correspondence; animal transportation systems; ports of entry; briefings; policies; procedures and recommended codes of practice for farm animals; humane treatment of animals in research, testing, and foreign animal disease training.

Document types: Reports, enquiries, correspondence, briefing notes, policies, procedures, codes of practice, training material.

Record number: CFIA PPB 011

Laboratory services

Description: Records related to analytical methodologies to ensure conformity with established quality-assurance and safety standards for certain agri-food products and facilities. Records may relate to research projects on methodologies; research proposals; reports on methods validation; standard operating procedures describing methodology used; analytical reports; test results; laboratory accreditation protocols; proficiency testing reports; quality assurance protocols; research reports; and publications.

Document types: Correspondence, reports, legislation, regulations, guidelines, procedures, protocols, test results, publications.

Record number: CFIA AMD 070

Terrestrial animal risk analysis

Description: Records related to identification of hazards, hazard characterizations, risk analysis related to animal movements (live animals, germplasm, carcasses and parts thereof) into and within Canada. Records may relate to policies and procedures for the listing of animal diseases; hazard characterizations on reportable and notifiable animal diseases; disease-specific technical fact sheets; and risk analyses.

Document types: Correspondence, reports, policies, procedures, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 031

Aquatic animal risk analysis

Description: Records related to identification of hazards, hazards characterization, and risk analysis related to aquatic animal movements (live aquatic animals, germplasm, carcasses and parts thereof) into and within Canada. Records may relate to policies and procedures for the listing of aquatic animal diseases; hazard characterizations on reportable and notifiable aquatic animal diseases; disease specific technical fact sheets; and risk analyses.

Document types: Reports, policies, procedures, correspondence, fact sheets, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 003

Feed risk analysis

Description: Records related to ingredient submissions for safety assessments, sampling program results, inspection program and policy design and development for safety assessments for feed with respect to contamination. Records may relate to certificate of registration; labelling; correspondence; inspection; and sampling reports.

Document types: Correspondence, certificates, memoranda, samples, labels.

Record number: CFIA PPB 018

Import compliance standards

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, policies, forms, lists, inventories, data, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA IEI 055

Setting rules – Personal information bank

Description: The core mandate of the CFIA is to safeguard Canada's food system, along with the plant and animal resources on which Canadians depend. The CFIA also plays a central role in ensuring that Canadian food, plants and animals, and their associated products, can be traded internationally. In keeping with this mandate, CFIA develops and establishes standards and rules for food, plant, and animal safety. This work is supported through the performance of policy analysis and development, scientific research and development, and the provision of strategic program advice.

Personal information: In the course of developing and setting rules for food, plant, and animal health, safety, import and export, CFIA may collect personal information from public and private partners and stakeholders. Personal information collected will vary by individual but is strictly limited to that which is required for to support the setting of rules through policy, research and program evaluation purposes. Personal information collected may include:

name
contact information
title or position
views or opinions
correspondence

Class of individuals: Information described in this bank relates to those participating in a policy or standard setting process, or those corresponding with the CFIA on matters related to food, plant and animal health and safety or trade more generally.

Individuals may include: consumers and members of the general public, government health and safety representatives, academics, industry associates or representatives, and members of non-governmental organizations.

Purpose: Information described in this bank is used to inform CFIA's policy and regulatory making processes. This includes policy analysis and development, scientific research and development, and the provision of strategic program advice.

Personal information is collected pursuant to sections 11 and 14 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act and section 20 of the Safe Food for Canadians Act.

Consistent uses: Select personal information may be used internally by the CFIA for program management purposes, and for purposes of program research, planning and evaluation. The information may also be used for internal audit purposes.

Select information may be shared with authorized parties (provinces/territories and other government departments) for purposes of administering grants and contributions.

Select information may be shared with the Department of Justice Canada for litigation purposes, where relevant, pursuant to section 5 of the Department of Justice Act and paragraph 8(2)(d) of the Privacy Act. Select information may be shared with international organizations responsible for the development of international rules, standards, and guidelines for consumer protection, and to verify product safety and facilitate international plant, animal and food trade.

Retention and disposal standards: Personal information described in this bank is retained for a minimum of two years and up to ten years following the last administrative action. After ten years, the information is destroyed or rendered anonymous. Policy and general subject files of enduring value may be transferred thereafter to Library and Archives Canada.

Note

This bank includes personal information previously described in whole or in part in personal information banks related to regulatory and policy analysis and development, science advice, communications and stakeholder engagement, labelling policies and practices, science research and development, and program design, advice and training. This includes legacy personal information banks: CFIA PPU 036 (Food Safety Systems, Development and Implementation); CFIA PPU 095 (Consumer Complaint Database); CFIA PPU 125 (Agricultural Biology); CFIA PPU 126 (Veterinary Biologics); and CFIA PPU 128 (Identification and Traceability).

RDA Number: 98/001
Related Record number: …
TBS Registration: 20230012
Bank Number: CFIA PPU 100

Compliance promotion

The CFIA is responsible for administering and enforcing legislation pertaining to the safety and quality of food in Canada, and for supporting a sustainable plant and animal resource base. In keeping with this mandate, the CFIA provides guidance to regulated parties and Canadians in support of food, plant and animal health and safety. Compliance promotion provides a means to increase regulated parties' awareness and understanding of legislative requirements, and to improve compliance outcomes.

Food safety and consumer protection compliance promotion
Plant health compliance promotion
Animal health compliance promotion
- Compliance promotion – Personal information bank

Food safety and consumer protection compliance promotion

The program informs, motivates and encourages industry and public compliance with the CFIA's food safety and consumer protection regulations and policies by delivering accessible, plain language and user-centric tools, products, services and guidance.

Class of records for food safety and consumer protection compliance promotion

Registration and product standards (meat and poultry products)
Food consumer protection
Labelling information and guidance
Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Registration and product standards (meat and poultry products)

Document types: Forms, legislation, regulations, standards, memoranda, records of decision, schedules, guidelines, reports, and correspondence.

Record number: CFIA RPS 030

Food consumer protection

Description: Records related to the development and implementation of program strategies related to food labelling, packaging, advertising (all food), standards related to food products and nutritional value. These records may include information that promotes consistency of principles and approaches across all Food programs. Records may include providing guidance to industry and to CFIA inspectors; decisions; policy analyses; studies and surveys; consumer complaints; training; correspondence and communications with internal and external stakeholders; and consultation with governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Document types: Forms, reports, briefing notes, correspondence, policies, guidelines, regulations, legislation, questionnaires.

Record number: CFIA RLA 045

Labelling information and guidance

Description: Information on labelling guidance for industry and public use related to the labelling of food products sold in Canada. Activities include nutrition labelling; highlighted ingredients and flavours labelling; method of production labelling; Labelling of Biotechnology derived food; product of Canada labelling; net quantity; and durable life dating.

Document types: Samples, reports, charts, forms, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 004

Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Description: Records related to searchable database of CFIA import requirements; covers applicable regulations and policies and information on all CFIA import requirements for specific commodities.

Document types: Records may include product and product category based on harmonized system import coding, program requirements, and regulatory requirements.

Record number: CFIA AIR 200

Plant health compliance promotion

The program informs, motivates and encourages industry and public compliance with the CFIA's plant production and resource protection regulations and policies by delivering accessible, plain language and user-centric tools, products, services and guidance.

Class of records for plant health compliance promotion

On-farm food safety recognition program
Plant forestry
Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

On-farm food safety recognition program

Description: Records related to requirements for industry for on-farm food safety programs for fresh fruits and vegetables.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, memoranda, checklists, reports, and correspondence.

Record number: CFIA PPB 022

Plant forestry

Description: Information on the three national third party run wood certification programs designed to mitigate risk attached to Canadian exports: Canadian Debarking and Grub Hole Control Program (CDGHCP), Canadian Heat Treatment Wood Product Certification Program (CHTWPCP) and Canadian Wood Packaging Certification Program (CWPCP). Records may relate to directives; quality system modules; procedure information outlining the three wood certification programs (CWPCP, CHTWPCP, CDGHCP); correspondence with industry; equivalent government bodies and embassies; notices of non-compliance; and certificates for registered facilities under the wood certification programs.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, directives, correspondence, memoranda, certificates, reports.

Record number: CFIA PPB 025

Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Document types: Records may include product and product category based on harmonized system import coding, program requirements, and regulatory requirements.

Record number: CFIA AIR 200

Animal health compliance promotion

The program informs, motivates and encourages industry and public compliance with the CFIA's animal health and welfare protection regulations and policies by delivering accessible, plain language and user-centric tools, products, services and guidance.

Class of records for animal health compliance promotion

Feed inspection support, training, program coordination and outreach
Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Feed inspection support, training, program coordination and outreach

Description: Records related to inspection of livestock feed manufacturers (commercial and on farm), inspection of feed retail outlets, inspection of feed products to ensure compliance with the Feeds Act and Regulations and the Health of Animals Regulations (Feed Ban), inspection of rendering facilities, issuance of permits for rendering facilities and sampling programs for these facilities; policy and program design and development, oversight of training activities; consultation and communication initiatives.

Document types: Records may include inspection reports, sample results, follow-up to non-compliant sample results, labels and inspections, analytical results of feed samples, company correspondence, permits, guidance documents, and fact sheets.

Record number: CFIA PPB 015

Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Document types: Records may include product and product category based on harmonized system import coding, program requirements, and regulatory requirements.

Record number: CFIA AIR 200

Compliance promotion – Personal information bank

Description: The CFIA is responsible for administering and enforcing legislation pertaining to the safety and quality of food in Canada, and for supporting a sustainable plant and animal resource base. In keeping with this mandate, CFIA provides guidance to regulated parties and Canadians in support of food, plant and animal health and safety. Compliance promotion provides a means to increase regulated parties' awareness and understanding of legislative requirements, and to improve compliance outcomes.

Personal information: In promoting compliance with food, animal, and plant health and safety, CFIA may collect information from regulated parties. Select sets of information, as they relate to identifiable individuals (that is, an individual human-being and not a corporate entity) may be considered to be 'personal information' under section 3 of the Privacy Act. Personal information collected will vary by individual but is strictly limited to that which is required for program purposes. Personal information may include:

an individual's name
contact information
title or position
correspondence
views or opinions
unique identifiers, including business numbers
information about preventative control plans and regulatory systems

Class of individuals: Information described in this bank relates primarily to regulated parties, including small business owners and operators. It may also relate to individuals participating in compliance promotion modernization and reform initiatives, or those corresponding with the CFIA on matters related to food, plant and animal health and safety or trade more generally.

Individuals may include: food, plant and animal custodians (producers, buyers, importers, exporters, carriers and auctioneers); responsible administrators (a person authorized to receive information in relation to food, animal and plant safety); and other food, animal, plant, and health and safety stakeholders (government health and safety representatives, academics, industry associates or representatives, members of non-governmental organizations, abattoirs, veterinarians, complainants).

Purpose: Information described in this bank is used to inform CFIA's compliance promotion initiatives. This includes education and outreach, collaboration on tools and training, and partnerships in compliance monitoring.

Personal information is collected pursuant to sections 11 and 14 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act and section 20 of the Safe Food for Canadians Act.

Select information may be shared with authorized parties (provinces/territories and other government departments) for purposes of administering grants and contributions.

Note

This bank includes personal information previously described in whole or in part in personal information banks related to communication and stakeholder engagement, inspection and surveillance, and program design, advice and training. This includes legacy personal information banks: CFIA PPU 026 (Veterinary); CFIA PPU 085 (Inspection and Registration – Processed Dairy Products); CFIA PPU 095 (Consumer Complaint Database); CFIA PPU 095 (Food Safety Products); CFIA PPU 046 (Leukosis for the Canada Health Accredited herd Program, Herd Test Reports); CFIA PPU 051 (Rabies, Test Reports); CFIA PPU 125 (Agricultural Biology); CFIA PPU 127 (Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance); CFIA PPU 128 (Identification and Traceability); CFIA PPU 102 (Accredited Private Seed Analyst); CFIA PPU 055 (Artificial Insemination (A.I.) Units); CFIA PPU 014 (Traceback Information (PVYn)); and CFIA PPU 103 (Accreditation of Private Seed Testing Laboratories).

RDA Number: 98/001
Related Record Number: …
TBS Registration: 20230013
Bank Number: CFIA PPU 101

Monitoring and enforcement

The CFIA is responsible for administering and enforcing legislation pertaining to the safety and quality of food in Canada, and for supporting a sustainable plant and animal resource base. CFIA's monitoring and enforcement activities occur all along the supply chain and involve numerous stakeholders and jurisdictions. Monitoring and enforcement activities include the design and execution of inspection and surveillance programs, laboratory testing for food composition and labelling, and contingency planning for animal, plant and food emergencies.

Monitoring and enforcement for food safety and consumer protection
Monitoring and enforcement for plant health
Monitoring and enforcement for animal health
- Monitoring and enforcement – Personal information bank

Monitoring and enforcement for food safety and consumer protection

Designs and carries out inspection and surveillance programs to verify through inspection, surveillance, and laboratory testing industry's compliance with food safety, labelling, food compositional standards, other requirements and takes enforcement action when the requirements rules are not met or takes control and response when risk is present. Engages with industry on program delivery. Monitors and evaluates the overall effectiveness of the food program requirements.

Class of records for monitoring and enforcement for food safety and consumer protection

Inspection and monitoring (meat and poultry products)
Red Meat Grading Program
Inspection and monitoring
Destination Inspection Service
Food Safety Action Plan (FSAP) chemical and microbiology targeted surveys
Food safety chemical and microbiology assessments
Issue Management System (IMS)
Multi Commodity Activities Program (MCAP)
Residue, Anti-Microbial and Micro-Organisms System (RAMS)
Training for inspection and monitoring
Children's Food Project
Inspection and monitoring (imported and manufactured food products)
Food Safety National Chemical and Microbiology Residue Monitoring Program
Food safety risk analysis

Inspection and monitoring (meat and poultry products)

Description: Records related to the inspection, slaughter, monitoring and auditing of food animals, meat products, meat by-products and plant sanitation.

Document types: Forms, legislation, regulations, memoranda, records of decision, schedules, guidelines (e.g., inspection procedures), manuals, reports (e.g. audit and monitoring reports), and correspondence.

Record number: CFIA MPP 075

Red Meat Grading Program

Description: Records related to national and regional program audits of Red Meat Grading Program delivery, including grading, audits and monitoring documents, complaints, enforcement and policy development.

Document types: Forms, legislation, regulations, memoranda, records of decision, schedules, guidelines, reports, and correspondence.

Record number: CFIA RMG 035

Inspection and monitoring

Description: Records related to the inspection and monitoring of dairy, egg and egg products, fresh and processed fruit and vegetables, honey and maple products; and the inspection of related establishments. Records may include product inspection; establishment inspection; laboratory analysis; certificates of inspection; system auditing; consultation with governmental and non-governmental organizations; violations and prosecutions; inspection fees; complaints; compliance; policy development. Some information is stored in various Agency repositories, such as MCAP, LSTS, C-PIQ and RDIMS.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, reports, forms, memoranda, correspondence, test results.

Record number: CFIA MON 060

Destination Inspection Service

Description: Records related to applications and results of inspections for fresh fruit and vegetables upon arrival at destination and providing an impartial evaluation of the product quality which can be used for arbitration of quality and financial disputes between buyers and sellers. Records may relate to destination inspections; produce quality; and quality disputes.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, forms, memoranda, reports, lists, correspondence.

Record number: CFIA PPB 023

Food Safety Action Plan (FSAP) chemical and microbiology targeted surveys

Description: Records related to the targeted surveys for chemical and microbial hazards in foods. Records may relate to chemical and microbiological sampling plans; and results, analysis of data collected and reports summarizing results.

Document types: Surveys, memoranda, forms, plans, correspondence, reports, test results.

Record number: CFIA PPB 027

Food safety chemical and microbiology assessments

Description: Records related to results of assessing the potential risk of a food product. Records may include chemical and microbiology assessments.

Document types: Assessments, correspondence, reports.

Record number: CFIA PPB 007

Issue Management System (IMS)

Description: Records related to technology tools used to document, track, and communicate information relating to the investigation and resolution of food related issues including food recalls. Records may include product type; client or business name and address; hazard; complainant; food inspector summary details; referral information; distribution; and recall effectiveness.

Document types: Lists, correspondence, print-outs, forms, legislation, regulations, guidelines, test results, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA IMS 206

Multi Commodity Activities Program (MCAP)

Description: Information on tasks lists, reference material and reports on individual facility inspections, audits and product inspections.

Document types: Establishment, assessment standard, compliance rating, inspector comments.

Record number: CFIA MCA 209

Residue, Anti-Microbial and Micro-Organisms System (RAMS)

Description: Records related to permit area residue specialists to account for out-of-compliant residue analyses in meat products, to follow up the subsequent trace back activities to the farm of origin and to correlate the results of the on-farm investigation.

Document types: Test results, correspondence, memoranda, reports, forms.

Record number: CFIA RAM 100

Training for inspection and monitoring

Description: Information on training for the inspection and monitoring of food animals, meat products and plant sanitation. Records may include inspection techniques for various species; sanitation practices; humane handling, meat processing; basic meat science; basic microbiology; food borne pathogens; and biological residues.

Document types: Forms, correspondence, educational material, memoranda.

Format: Training materials in written format as modules with visual components on video or filmstrip with audio cassette.

Record number: CFIA TIM 076

Children's Food Project

Description: Records related to the chemical residues in foods targeted to children, including sampling plans, results, analyses of data collected, and reports summarizing results.

Document types: Reports, legislation, regulations and guidelines, labels, charts, forms, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 028

Inspection and monitoring (imported and manufactured food products)

Description: Information on the inspection and monitoring of domestic and imported foods regulated solely under the Food and Drugs Act and the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act. Includes records related to inspection and monitoring of food products; establishments and importers in the non-federally registered sector; technical training material and manuals; codes of practices; guidance documents; and fair labelling practices activities.

Document types: Correspondence, forms, training materials, manuals, guidelines, regulations and legislation.

Record number: CFIA PPB 021

Food Safety National Chemical and Microbiology Residue Monitoring Program

Description: Records related to the National Chemical and Microbiology Residue Monitoring Program. Records may relate to chemical and microbiological sampling plans; and results, analyses of data collected, and reports summarizing results.

Document types: Reports, plans, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 006

Food safety risk analysis

Description: Records related to ingredient submissions for safety assessments, sampling program results, inspection program and policy design and development for safety assessments for food with respect to contamination. Records may include certificate of registration; labelling; correspondence; and inspection and sampling reports.

Document types: Certificates, correspondence, reports, memoranda, forms.

Record number: CFIA PPB 029

Monitoring and enforcement for plant health

The program designs and carries out inspection, surveillance and testing activities to verify that industry complies with plant health regulatory and program requirements, as well as enforcement action when the rules are not met.

Class of records for monitoring and enforcement for plant health

Training for inspection and monitoring
Forestry importation
Import, export and domestic programs for plant protection
Plant seed potatoes
Plant fertilizer evaluation, registration and compliance

Training for inspection and monitoring

Document types: Forms, correspondence, educational material, memoranda.

Format: Training materials in written format as modules with visual components on video or filmstrip with audio cassette.

Record number: CFIA TIM 076

Forestry importation

Description: Records related to the importation of forestry products and inspections and audits of Canadian forestry import facilities. Records may relate to product inspections; establishment inspections; laboratory analyses; certificates of inspection; system auditing, compliance program registration number, and contact information of Canadian importing forestry facilities; import permit database which captures the record of decisions made by the Forestry Section for issuing section 43 permits and section 32 permits that require special consideration for forestry commodities; compliance database contains information of all Canadian forestry facilities that are or were registered in a CFIA forestry compliance program.

Document types: Reports, lists, inventories, data, permits, correspondence, memoranda

Record number: CFIA PPB 026

Import, export and domestic programs for plant protection

Document types: Certificates, permits, agreements, correspondence, notices, manuals, publications, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA IPP 155

Plant seed potatoes

Document types: Agreements, standards, legislation, regulations, guidelines, certificates, standards, reports, training materials, testing results, inventories, labels, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA SEE 161

Plant fertilizer evaluation, registration and compliance

Description: Records related to the planning, maintenance and delivery of a national program designed to ensure safe and efficacious fertilizer and supplement products in the marketplace and that these products are properly labelled. This includes product submissions, associated correspondence and information on product evaluation, registration and/or approval of fertilizer and supplements, and of authorization of field trial testing of supplements; and inspection of fertilizers and supplements products to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. Records may relate to the safety and efficacy evaluations of fertilizers and supplements; product registrations; approval of non-registerable products; correspondence; labels; certificates of registration; product inspections, sampling and analysis; non-compliance; novel/biotechnology derived supplements; Canadian Fertilizer Quality Assurance Program (CFQAP) that track the Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium fertilizer blenders and manufacturers in Canada; Fertilizer Tracking System database; and list of all registered fertilizers and supplements.

Document types: Forms, inventories, labels, correspondence, memoranda, certificates, tracking documents, lists.

Record number: CFIA FEV 150

Monitoring and enforcement for animal health

The program designs and carries out inspection, surveillance and testing activities to verify that industry complies with regulatory and program requirements for animal health and welfare, aquatic animal health, veterinary biologics, animal feeds, aquatic animal products and animal products and by-products. The program also carries out enforcement action when the rules are not met.

Class of records for monitoring and enforcement for animal health

Multi Commodity Activities Program (MCAP)
Residue, Anti-Microbial and Micro-Organisms System (RAMS)
Training for inspection and monitoring
Animal humane transport
Livestock identification and traceability
Aquatic animal surveillance and monitoring
Disease control
Feed inspection support, training, program coordination and outreach
Animal - Animals / animal genetics / animal products importation

Multi Commodity Activities Program (MCAP)

Description: Information on tasks lists, reference material and reports on individual facility inspections, audits and product inspections.

Document types: Establishment, assessment standard, compliance rating, inspector comments.

Record number: CFIA MCA 209

Residue, Anti-Microbial and Micro-Organisms System (RAMS)

Document types: Test results, correspondence, memoranda, reports, forms.

Record number: CFIA RAM 100

Training for inspection and monitoring

Document types: Forms, correspondence, educational material, memoranda.

Format: Training materials in written format as modules with visual components on video or filmstrip with audio cassette.

Record number: CFIA TIM 076

Animal humane transport

Description: Records related to the transportation of animal within Canada or imported to or exported from Canada. Records may relate to enquiries; reports; correspondence; transportation systems; ports of entry; and the recommended codes of practice for farm animals. The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) guidelines, training, surveillance and enforcement.

Document types: Reports, correspondence, legislation, regulations, guidelines, training materials, briefing notes, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA HTA 010

Livestock identification and traceability

Description: Records related to the custodianship and movement of livestock identified under the identification and traceability program. Records may include electronic and/or hard copies related to traceability databases pertaining to the manufacturing, sale and purchase of approved identification devices; the identification number of approved tags applied to animals; the current and past location and custodianship of livestock.

Document types: Correspondence, guidelines, data, reports, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 033

Aquatic animal surveillance and monitoring

Description: Records related to coordination and integration of new and existing aquatic animal health monitoring programs and surveillance activities into a comprehensive and coordinated national aquatic animal health surveillance system. Work with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and various stakeholders to enhance surveillance of program, exotic and emerging diseases, and provide protection to Canada's farmed and wild populations; monitor disease trends and threats in Canada and other countries and provide timely and accurate aquatic animal health information. Function as the focal point for the collection, analysis and dissemination of aquatic animal surveillance information and the provision of epidemiological advice and assessments. This information facilitates access to domestic and international markets by providing the basis for health certification and domestic disease control measures. It also provides the information required for international reporting purposes, as required by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). The surveillance section of the National Aquatic Animal Health Program (NAAHP) gathers, compiles and analyses data and contextual evidence for generating risk- and consequence-based surveillance plans and substantiates the health status of aquatic animals with regards to regulated diseases. It also provides for the early detection of new and emerging diseases. It collaborates with both the private and the public sectors as is necessary to exercise the surveillance system. Correspondence, reports, policies, procedures, memoranda.

Document types: Correspondence, notices, memoranda, reports, manuals, policies, procedures.

Format: Electronic database for provincially licensed aquaculture facilities and processing plants and surveillance reports and GIS maps available at headquarters.

Record number: CFIA PPB 001

Disease control

Description: Records related to aquatic animal disease prevention and control by establishing and overseeing processing of received disease notifications, domestic movement controls, and the development of Hazard Specific Plans for priority aquatic animal diseases.

Document types: Policies, standards, procedures, plans, directives, legislation, regulations, guidelines, declarations, permits, briefing notes, reports, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 002

Feed inspection support, training, program coordination and outreach

Record number: CFIA PPB 015

Animal - Animals / animal genetics / animal products importation

Document types: Reports, correspondence, legislation, regulations, guidelines, policies, permits, certificates, forms.

Record number: CFIA ANI 015

Monitoring and enforcement – Personal information bank

Description: The CFIA is responsible for administering and enforcing legislation pertaining to the safety and quality of food in Canada, and for supporting a sustainable plant and animal resource base. CFIA's monitoring and enforcement activities occur all along the supply chain and involve numerous stakeholders and jurisdictions. Monitoring and enforcement activities include the design and execution of inspection and surveillance programs, laboratory testing for food composition and labelling, and contingency planning for animal, plant and food emergencies.

Personal information: In the course of monitoring and enforcing food, plant, and animal health and safety laws, CFIA may collect personal information from regulated parties. Personal information collected will vary by individual and by enforcement action but is strictly limited to that which is required for inspection and surveillance programs. Personal information may include:

name
contact information
title or position
views or opinions
correspondence
drivers licence or other government issued identification
unique identifiers attached to select animals, plants and food products
food, plant and animal locations
incident or event information
import and export information

Class of individuals: Information described in this bank relates to regulated parties. Individuals may include: plant, animal and food custodians (e.g., producers, buyers, importers, exporters, carriers and auctioneers), and administrators (persons authorize to receive information in relation to the regulation of plants, animals and food products).

Purpose: Information described in this bank is used to design and carry out inspection and surveillance programs, including: laboratory testing for compliance with food safety, labelling and composition standards; quality assurance and control testing; third party accreditation; and emergency preparedness and planning.

Personal information is collected pursuant to sections 11 and 14 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act and section 20 of the Safe Food for Canadians Act.

Select information may be shared with authorized parties (provinces/territories and other government departments) for purposes of administering grants and contributions.

Note

This bank includes personal information previously described in whole or in part in legacy personal information banks: CFIA PPU 026 (Veterinary); CFIA PPU 080 (Food Safety – Poultry Stations); CFIA PPU 085 (Inspection and Registration – Processed Dairy Products); CFIA PPU 095 (Consumer Complaint Database); CFIA PPU 095 (Food Safety Products); CFIA PPU 096 (Investigations: Violations of Acts and Regulations – FPI); CFIA PPU 090 (Licencing Agents and Inspections – Fresh Fruit and Vegetables); CFIA PPU 097 (Training for Inspection and Monitoring); CFIA PPU 055 (Artificial Insemination Units); CFIA PPU 025 (Disease Investigation); CFIA PPU 050 (Disease Investigation on Reportable Diseases); CFIA PPU 030 (Bovine Tuberculosis, Her Test Reports); CFIA PPU 040 (Brucellosis, Herd Test Reports); CFIA PPU 045 (John's Disease, Herd Test Reports); CFIA PPU 046 (Leukosis for the Canada Health Accredited herd Program, Herd Test Reports); CFIA PPU 051 (Rabies, Test Reports); CFIA PPU 100 (Seed Quality); CFIA PPU 014 (Traceback Information (PVYn)).

RDA Number: 98/001
Related Record Number: …
TBS Registration: 20230014
Bank Number: CFIA PPU 102

Permissions

The core mandate of the CFIA is to safeguard Canada's food system, along with the plant and animal resources on which Canadians depend. Permissions (such as permits, licences and approvals) issued by the CFIA help to keep Canada's domestic food supply safe, to protect the environment from invasive animal and plant diseases and plant pests, and to ensure compliance with various regulatory requirements enabling market access and trade.

Permissions for food products
Permissions for plant products
Permissions for animal products
- Permissions – Personal information bank

Permissions for food products

The program provides regulatory permission in the form of licences, permits and registrations, as well as certificates and other documentation in a timely manner so Canadian businesses and/or residents can operate and/or move a product.

Class of records for permissions for food products

Fish inspection
Registration, licensing and permits
Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)
Import Retrieval System (IRS)

Fish inspection

Description: Records relate to the inspection of fish products for export, including inter-provincial, and for import, for safety and quality; and verification of industry Quality Management Program. Records may include product inspection and certification for export; verification of industry processing; inspection of fish harvesting, handling, transportation, storage and processing facilities; marine shellfish monitoring (in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada); and development and enforcement of regulations. Lists include registered plants, import alerts, agreement country plant lists for import, establishment lists for export, acceptable common names.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, reports, forms, memoranda, correspondence, test results, lists, certificates, agreements.

Format: Data warehouse with inspection data accessed through Enterprise and Operation Reporting facility.

Record number: CFIA INS 483

Registration, licensing and permits

Description: Records related to the registration and the licensing of warehouses and processing plants for animal, food and plants products; licensing of dealers and brokers; issuance of permits. Records may relate to registration of animal, food and plant establishments; licensing of dealers and brokers; issuance of permits; suspension or cancellation of registration; lists of registered processors; arbitration of disputes / boards; complaints; and policy development.

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, forms, memoranda, reports, lists, plans and drawings, policies, correspondence, permits, licenses.

Record number: CFIA RLA 050

Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Document types: Records may include product and product category based on harmonized system import coding, program requirements, and regulatory requirements.

Record number: CFIA AIR 200

Import Retrieval System (IRS)

Description: Records related to lists and compilations of basic details of every shipment imported into Canada for all commodities regulated by the CFIA. Records may relate to importer; exporter; business number; product type; Harmonized System (HS) Code; port of entry; country of origin; and weight.

Document types: Inventories, lists, forms, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA IRS 222

Permissions for plant products

Class of records for permissions for plant products

Registration, licensing and permits
Forestry importation
Plant fertilizer evaluation, registration and compliance
Plant Breeders Rights
Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)
Import Retrieval System (IRS)

Registration, licensing and permits

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, forms, memoranda, reports, lists, plans and drawings, policies, correspondence, permits, licenses.

Record number: CFIA RLA 050

Forestry importation

Document types: Reports, lists, inventories, data, permits, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 026

Plant fertilizer evaluation, registration and compliance

Description: Records related to the planning, maintenance and delivery of a national program designed to ensure safe and efficacious fertilizer and supplement products in the marketplace and that these products are properly labelled. This includes product submissions, associated correspondence and information on product evaluation, registration and/or approval of fertilizer and supplements, and of authorization of field trial testing of supplements; and inspection of fertilizers and supplements products to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. Records may relate to the safety and efficacy evaluations of fertilizers and supplements; product registrations; approval of non-registerable products; correspondence; labels; certificates of registration; product inspections, sampling and analysis; non-compliance; novel/biotechnology derived supplements; Canadian Fertilizer Quality Assurance Program (CFQAP) that track the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer blenders and manufacturers in Canada; Fertilizer Tracking System database; and list of all registered fertilizers and supplements.

Document types: Forms, inventories, labels, correspondence, memoranda, certificates, tracking documents, lists.

Record number: CFIA FEV 150

Plant Breeders Rights

Description: Records related to applications and associated correspondence, evaluations, trial site examinations and granting of plant breeders' rights to applicants who have developed a new, distinct, uniform and stable plant variety. The granting of Plant Breeders Rights provides a type of intellectual property rights. Records may relate to Plant Breeders' Rights applications; trial data and reports; variety descriptions and comparative photographs; copies of Plant Breeders' Rights certificates; Plant Varieties Journals; correspondence; documents relating to the work of the International Union for Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), Plant Breeders' Rights database contains information on applicants (companies and individuals) such as address and telephone numbers, email contact addresses. Information on the plant varieties for which applications for Plant Breeders' Rights are submitted is also entered in the database, such as origin and breeding history, plant descriptions, photos and summaries of the differences from the most similar varieties of that species.

Document types: Forms, photographs, certificates, correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, inventories, data.

Record number: CFIA PPB 008

Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Document types: Records may include product and product category based on harmonized system import coding, program requirements, and regulatory requirements.

Record number: CFIA AIR 200

Import Retrieval System (IRS)

Document types: Inventories, lists, forms, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA IRS 222

Permissions for animal products

Class of records for permissions for animal products

Registration, licensing and permits
Animal veterinary biologics
Aquatic animal export testing and certification
Animal - Aquatic animals / germplasm / specified products import
Animal National Feed Program
Feed biotechnology
Feed evaluation and nutrition
Animal health export testing and certification
Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)
Import Retrieval System (IRS)

Registration, licensing and permits

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, forms, memoranda, reports, lists, plans and drawings, policies, correspondence, permits, licenses.

Record number: CFIA RLA 050

Animal veterinary biologics

Description: Records related to the pre-licensing or pre-importation evaluation of veterinary biologics (e.g., vaccines, diagnostic kits, antibody products), post-licensure monitoring, issuance of licences for facilities and products, issuance of permits for importation and release, issuance of export certificates, inspection of manufacturers and importers, product manufacturing procedures, testing protocols and results, labelling approval.

Document types: Guidelines, forms, reference documents, memoranda, environmental assessments, licences, permits, correspondence, labelling, facility inspection reports, sample test results, reports, and briefings.

Record number: CFIA PPB 020

Aquatic animal export testing and certification

Description: Records related to the acceptability of Canadian aquatic animals and products for export by ensuring they are free of disease or disease-causing agents as per requirements of the importing countries. Reports, policies, procedures, correspondence, fact sheets, memoranda.
Document types: Lists, policies, procedures, correspondence, memoranda, certificates.

Record number: CFIA PPB 012

Animal - Aquatic animals / germplasm / specified products import

Description: Records related to Import permit applications which include information on importer and exporter, products to be shipped, and mitigation measures for conditions of foreign countries to prevent entry of specific aquatic animal pathogens into Canada. They may also include information-gathering documents such as surveys and questionnaires. Records may relate to application forms; import permits; and policies and procedures to support import programs pending approval of the amendment of regulations under the Health of Animals Act.

Document types: Forms, permits, policies and procedures, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 013

Animal National Feed Program

Description: Records related to pre-sale evaluation of livestock feed and single-ingredient feeds; registration of livestock feed; approval of single ingredients; issuance of permits for rendering facilities; inspection of livestock feed manufacturers (commercial and on farm), feed retail outlets, and rendering facilities; inspection of feed products to ensure compliance with the Feeds Act and Regulations and the Health of Animals Regulations (Feed Ban); monitoring feeds for presence of biological/chemical contaminants. Records may relate to correspondence; labelling; certificates of feed product registration; product inspection; facility inspection; permits; follow-up to non-compliant sample results; labels; and inspections.

Document types: Correspondence; labels; certificates; inspection reports, permits, test results.

Record number: CFIA FRC 145

Feed biotechnology

Description: Records related to pre-sale evaluation of novel feeds, microbial-derived feeds and inspection/sampling program design and analysis, correspondence concerning biotechnology and microbiology issues. Records may relate to certificate of registration, labelling, correspondence, inspection and sampling reports, analytical results of feed or ingredient samples, company correspondence.

Document types: Labels, certificates, correspondence, reports, test results.

Record number: CFIA PPB 014

Feed evaluation and nutrition

Description: Records related to pre-sale evaluation of livestock feed and single-ingredient feeds, registration of livestock feed, approval of single ingredients, correspondence with registrants concerning registration and submission issues. Records may relate to labelling; correspondence; certificates of registration; and analytical results of feed samples.

Document types: Correspondence, certificates, memoranda, samples, labels.

Record number: CFIA PPB 017

Animal health export testing and certification

Description: Records related to the acceptability of Canadian animals and products for export by ensuring they are free of disease or disease-causing agents and meeting the standards of importing countries. Records may relate to species of animals; disease and disease-causing agents; import requirements of foreign countries; export testing programs and certification; facilitating export; export of livestock, non-traditional exotic species, birds; poultry; and the export of plants.

Document types: Lists, legislation, regulations, guidelines, policies, forms, certificates.

Record number: CFIA ETC 020

Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Document types: Records may include product and product category based on harmonized system import coding, program requirements, and regulatory requirements.

Record number: CFIA AIR 200

Import Retrieval System (IRS)

Document types: Inventories, lists, forms, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA IRS 222

Permissions – Personal information bank

Description: The core mandate of the CFIA is to safeguard Canada's food system, along with the plant and animal resources on which Canadians depend. Permissions (i.e., permits, licences, and approvals) issued by the CFIA help to keep Canada's domestic food supply safe, to protect the environment from invasive animal and plant diseases and plant pests, and to ensure compliance with various regulatory requirements enabling market access and trade.

Personal information: In the course of reviewing and processing applications for products and activities requiring permissions, CFIA may collect personal information from regulated parties. Personal information collected will vary by individual and permission type but is strictly limited to that which is required for program purposes. Personal information may include:

applicant name
contact information
language preference
importer location
business structure
establishment information (product type, intended use, processing and production information)
licensable domestic and international activities
proof of authority (including Government of Canada Business Number)
compliance declaration
on-line licensing registration activity (sessional data, browser data, IP address)

Class of individuals: Information described in this bank relates to individuals who have applied for and/or been granted a permit, licence or approval from CFIA. This includes: individuals that import food or prepare food for export (internationally for interprovincial trade), individuals applying for or having been issued export certificates and import permits for plant protection, food safety, and animal health; registered custodians of veterinary biologics and livestock feed; and registered fertilizer and select seed custodians.

Purpose: Information described in this bank is used for the issuance, administration, validation, monitoring, and enforcement of licences under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, and for export certificates and import permits for plant protection, animal health and food safety. This includes: the registration of veterinary biologics, livestock feed, fertilizers and select seed varieties; inspections and certifications designed to minimize the risk of post-export project rejection; and regulatory research in relation to plant protection.

Personal information is collected pursuant to sections 11 and 14 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act and section 20 of the Safe Food for Canadians Act.

Licence holder information may be shared with federal, provincial and territorial counterparts with whom information sharing agreements have been signed, and with federal law enforcement authorities. Select information may also be published to facilitate international and domestic trade, and to support and promote compliance with Canadian food and safety laws. Anonymous or aggregate information may be disclosed in keeping with the Government of Canada's Directive on Open Government.

Select information may be shared with authorized parties (provinces/territories and other government departments) for purposes of administering grants and contributions.

Note

This bank includes personal information previously described in whole or in part in legacy personal information banks: CFIA PPU 060 (Animal – Licensing of Swine Producers Feeding Garbage); CFIA PPU 075 (Canadian Registered Hatcheries – Chicken/Turkey/Waterfowl/Game Bird); CFIA PPU 070 (Processed Egg Station Operation); CFIA PPU 065 (Shell Egg Grading Stations); CFIA PPU 090 (Licensing Agents and Inspection – Fresh Fruit and Vegetables); CFIA PPU 095 (Food Safety – Food Products); CFIA PPU 126 (Veterinary Biologics Program); CFIA PPU 111 (Feed Registration); CFIA PPU 120 (Plant – Export Certification System ECS); CFIA PPU 115 (Plant – Import Control Information Bank); CFIA PPU 105 (Authorization of Establishment to Certify Seed); CFIA PPU 011 (Animal – Importation Program); CFIA PPU 020 (Animal –Export of Livestock); CFIA PPU 035 (Embryo Transfer Centres); CFIA PPU 102 (Accredited Private Seed Analyst); CFIA PPU 012 (Application for Compensation (PVYn)); CFIA PPU 055 (Artificial Insemination (A.I.) Units).

RDA Number: 98/001
Related Record Number: …
TBS Registration: 20230015
Bank Number: CFIA PPU 103

International

The CFIA plays a central role in ensuring that Canadian food, plants and animals, and their associated products are safe and can be traded internationally. To this end, it works with various national and international bodies and not-for-profit organizations to achieve common standards and to improve awareness in matters related to the protection of plant and animal health, food safety and consumer protection. The CFIA establishes equivalency arrangements with other countries and develops and enters into regulatory partnerships to align regulatory approaches relating to plant and animal health, food safety and consumer protection.

International standards setting
International regulatory cooperation and science collaboration
International market access support
- International access and international collaboration - Personal information bank

International standards setting

The program develops and maintains a predictable and science-based international regulatory framework so Canada can influence international standards and trade rules that facilitate safe international trade, increase confidence in Canadian food, plants and animals, and increase market access.

Class of records for international standards setting

International engagement plant business line

International engagement plant business line

Description: Records may include CFIA involvement in diverse multilateral fora including: environmental release of new plants with novel traits, approvals of fertilizers and supplements, registration and intellectual property protection of new varieties, seed certification and plant protection for multiple commodities (grains and oilseeds, forest products, horticultural products, and potatoes). The records may relate to CFIA's contribution of technical phytosanitary expertise to market access initiatives and work undertaken by the Agency and the Government of Canada more broadly. This work is based on the application of science and standards, with the principle goal being the facilitation of market access for Canadian exports.

Document types: Standards, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 032

International regulatory cooperation and science collaboration

The program directs and coordinates the CFIA's international relations and engagements, promotes regulatory alignment, facilitates technical assistance or advice to trade partners, and ensures that Canada implements international trade measures.

Class of records for international regulatory cooperation and science collaboration

International engagement plant business line

International engagement plant business line

Document types: Standards, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 032

International market access support

Expansion of existing trade and creation of new trade opportunities for Canadian commodities, based on the understanding and acceptance by foreign regulators of the Canadian regulatory systems for food, plant and animal health.

Class of records for international market access support

Export and import (egg and egg products)
Aquatic animal surveillance and monitoring
Plant forestry
Export and import
International engagement plant business line

Export and import (egg and egg products)

Description: Records related to the certification of Canadian egg and egg products for export to comply with the requirements of foreign countries; information on the compliance of imported egg and egg products with Canadian standards. Records may include import certification; export certification; foreign inspection system and foreign country residue monitoring programs and establishment reviews; review of registered Canadian and foreign facilities to comply with export and import requirements; statistics; complaints; enforcement and compliance; and policy development.

Document types: Forms, certificates, correspondence, memoranda, statistical charts, reports, legislation, regulations, guidelines, lists.

Record number: CFIA PPB 009

Aquatic animal surveillance and monitoring

Document types: Correspondence, notices, memoranda, reports, manuals, policies, procedures.

Format: Electronic database for provincially licensed aquaculture facilities and processing plants and surveillance reports and GIS maps available at headquarters.

Record number: CFIA PPB 001

Plant forestry

Document types: Legislation, regulations, guidelines, directives, correspondence, memoranda, certificates, reports.

Record number: CFIA PPB 025

Export and import

Document types: Certificates, reports, legislation, regulations, guidelines, policies, lists, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA EXP 090

International engagement plant business line

Document types: Standards, correspondence, memoranda.

Record number: CFIA PPB 032

International access and international collaboration - Personal information bank

Description: The CFIA plays a central role in ensuring that Canadian food, plants and animals, and their associated products are safe and can be traded internationally. To this end, it works with various national and international bodies and not-for-profit organizations to achieve common standards and to improve awareness in matters related to the protection of plant and animal health, food safety and consumer protection. The CFIA establishes equivalency arrangements with other countries and develops and enters into regulatory partnerships to align regulatory approaches relating to plant and animal health, food safety and consumer protection.

Personal information: In promoting international access and international collaboration, CFIA may collect information from competent authorities and industry partners. Select sets of information, as they relate to identifiable individuals (that is, an individual human-being and not a corporate entity) may be considered to be 'personal information' under section 3 of the Privacy Act. Personal information collected will vary by program area but is strictly limited to that which is required for program purposes. Personal information may include:

an individual's name
contact information
title or position
views or opinions
official letters and other correspondence with domestic and international agencies

Class of individuals: Information described in this bank relates to competent authority or corporate contacts.

Purpose: Information described in this bank is used for general correspondence, the development and administration of memorandums of cooperation and/or understanding, equivalency arrangements, regulatory partnerships, inspections, audits, and educational purposes.

Personal information is collected pursuant to sections 11 and 14 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act.

Select information may be published to facilitate international and domestic trade, and to support and promote compliance with Canadian laws pertaining to the protection of plant and animal health, food safety and consumer protection. Select information may be shared with authorized parties (provinces/territories and other government departments) for purposes of administering grants and contributions. Select information may be shared with international organizations responsible for the development of international rules, standards, and guidelines for consumer protection, and to verify product safety and facilitate international plant, animal and food trade. Select information may be shared with the Department of Justice Canada for litigation purposes, where relevant, pursuant to section 5 of the Department of Justice Act and paragraph 8(2)(d) of the Privacy Act.

Retention and disposal standards: Personal information described in this bank is retained for a minimum of two years and up to ten years following the last administrative action. After ten years, the information is destroyed or rendered anonymous. Records of enduring value may be transferred to Library and Archives Canada.

Note

This bank includes personal information previously described in whole or in part in legacy personal information banks: CFIA PPU 126 (Veterinary Biologics Program); CFIA PPU 125 Agricultural Biotechnology.

RDA Number: 98/001
Related Record Number: …
TBS Registration: 20230016
Bank Number: CFIA PPU 104

Internal services

Internal services constitute groups of related activities and resources that are administered to support the needs of programs and other corporate obligations of an organization. These groups are management and oversight services, communications services, legal services, human resources management services, financial management services, information management services, information technology services, real property services, materiel services, acquisition services, and travel and other administrative services. Internal services include only those activities and resources that apply across an organization and not to those provided specifically to a program.

Acquisition services
Communications services
Financial management services
Human resources management services
Information management services
Information technology services
Legal services
Management and oversight services
Materiel services
Real property services
Travel and other administrative services
Legend

Acquisition services

Acquisition services involve activities undertaken to acquire a good or service to fulfill a properly completed request (including a complete and accurate definition of requirements and certification that funds are available) until entering into or amending a contract.

Communications services

Communications services involve activities undertaken to ensure that Government of Canada communications are effectively managed, well-coordinated and responsive to the diverse information needs of the public. The communications management function ensures that the public—internal or external—receives government information, and that the views and concerns of the public are taken into account in the planning, management and evaluation of policies, programs, services and initiatives.

Communications Class of Record
- Internal Communications Personal Information Bank
- Public Communications Personal Information Bank

Financial management services

Financial management services involve activities undertaken to ensure the prudent use of public resources, including planning, budgeting, accounting, reporting, control and oversight, analysis, decision support and advice, and financial systems.

Financial Management Class of Record

Human resources management services

Human resources management services involve activities undertaken for determining strategic direction, allocating resources among services and processes, as well as activities relating to analyzing exposure to risk and determining appropriate countermeasures. They ensure that the service operations and programs of the federal government comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies and plans.

Information management services

Information management services provide central expertise, oversight, strategic direction, guidance and a supporting infrastructure to help enable all CFIA employees in their responsibilities for information lifecycle management. These services provide direct support to Agency program and service delivery; foster informed decision-making facilitate accountability, transparency and collaboration; ensure retention of Information Resources of Business Value (IRBV); and preserve and ensure access to information for the benefit of present and future generations.

Information technology services

Information technology services consist of activities and technologies that increase productivity by enabling the creation, management and enhancement of business processes and information. Ultimately, this supports the achievement of Agency priorities and program delivery, and enhances services to the public.

Information Technology Class of Record
- Electronic Network Monitoring Personal Information Bank

Legal services

Legal services involve activities undertaken to enable government departments and agencies to pursue policy, program and service delivery priorities and objectives within a legally sound framework.

Legal Services Class of Record

Management and oversight services

Management and oversight services involve activities undertaken for determining strategic direction and allocating resources among services and processes, as well as those activities related to analyzing exposure to risk and determining appropriate countermeasures. They ensure that the service operations and programs of the federal government comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies or plans.

Materiel services

Materiel services involve activities undertaken to ensure that materiel can be managed by departments in a sustainable and financially responsible manner that supports the cost-effective and efficient delivery of government programs.

Materiel Management Class of Record
- Vehicle, Ship, Boat and Aircraft Accidents Personal Information Bank

Real property services

Real property services involve activities undertaken to ensure that real property is managed in a sustainable and financially responsible manner, throughout its life cycle, to support the cost-effective and efficient delivery of government programs.

Real Property Management Class of Record
- Real Property Management Personal Information Bank

Travel and other administrative services

Travel and other administrative services include Government of Canada travel services, as well as those other internal services that do not smoothly fit with any of the internal services categories.

Legend

Standard Classes of Records (CoRs)
Standard Personal Information Banks (PIBs)

Classes of personal information

General correspondence and enquiries

Personal information in this class relates to routine correspondence received in the course of the CFIA's activities, such as requests for general information and unsolicited correspondence not relating to an active file. The personal information normally includes the name and address of the enquirer. This information is not retrievable by personal name or other personal identifier and is generally not used for administrative purposes. Such information is stored as part of the general subject files and the retention period for these classes of information is controlled by the record schedules of the general subject files in which they are stored.

Manuals

Accredited Veterinarian's Manual
Accredited Veterinarian Manual for Disease Control Measures - Movement Controls
Accredited Veterinarian Manual for Disease Control Measures - Emergency Controls
Accredited Veterinarian Manual for Export Certification
Agronomic - Basic Practices
Allergen Manual
Import and Domestic Movement Requirements - Plant Protection & Plant Health (various)
Import and Domestic Movement Requirements - Animal Health (various)
Inadvertent release of unapproved Plants with Novel Traits
Animal Disease Investigation Surveillance Procedures
Animal Health Functional Plan
Animal Husbandry
Animal Import - Common Procedures Manual
Animal Products / By-Products to be used as Medicinal or Natural Health Products
Anthrax Manual of Procedures
Artificial Insemination Manual of Procedures
Auditing the inspection of facilities that export grains and field crops - Inspection Manual
Avian Biosecurity Standards and Guidelines
Notifiable Avian Influenza Hazard Specific Plan
Bluetongue Hazard Specific Plan
Bovine Cysticerosis Manual of Procedures
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Manual of Procedures
Bovine Tuberculosis Manual of Procedures
Brucellosis Hazard Specific Plan
Canada Organic Office Operating Manual
Canada Organic Regime: A Certified Choice
Canadian Health Accredited Herds (Enzootic Bovine Leukosis Herd Certification) Manual of Procedures
Canadian Import, Export and Inter-provincial Requirements for Dairy Products
Canadian Import, Export and Inter-provincial Requirements for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Canadian Import, Export and Inter-provincial Requirements for Processed Products
Canadian Methods and Procedures for Testing Seed
Cervid Movement Permit Manual of Procedure
CFIA FIP and Canada Word mark
CFIA Food Recall Communications Procedures and Resources
CFIA Policy for international reporting of quarantine pests
CFIA Publication Production Guide and Approval Form
CFIA Publication Production Policy
CFIA Regulatory Oversight - Ensuring the safety and efficacy of fertilizers and supplements in Canada
Chemical Residues Manual of Procedures
Chronic Wasting Disease Manual of Procedures
Cleaning and Disinfecting Equipment; Vehicles and Vessels
Code of Practice for Minimally Processed Ready to Eat Vegetables; Hygienic Production of Sprouted Seeds; Juice and Cider
Common Procedures Manual
Complaints Manual
Compliance with Conditions of Importing Countries
Compliance Manual
Compliance Verification System Feed Facility Inspection Procedural Manual
Compost regulation under the Fertilizers Act and Regulations
Compromised Animals Policy
Country Freedom Recognition Process
Dairy Establishment Inspection Manual
Dairy Products Inspection Manual
Derogations to Import Permit Conditions
Detecting and identifying small organisms associated with grains and field crops Inspection Manual
Developing sampling plans guidelines
Disease Outbreak in Countries other than Canada, Report on
Disposal of Animals, Their Products or By-Products Through Commercial Inedible Rendering
Domestic Disease Control Risk Assessment, criteria for implementation
Egg Products
Emergency Disease Control Response Measures; Criteria for Designated Inspectors for the Implementation of Emergency Measure Controls / Movement Controls
Enhanced Animal Health Protection From BSE - Requirements for Fertilizers and Supplements
Equine Infectious Anemia Manual of Procedures
Equine Piroplasmosis Hazard Specific Plan
Eradication Protocol for Propagation and Retail Nurseries
Establishment Inspection Manual - Processed Products
Estimating Health Risk
Exhibitions - Plant Protection Import Policy and Procedures
Export Certification - Plant Protection
Export Certification Risk Analysis
Export Manual of Procedures
Export - Seed Potato Manual
Facilities Inspection Manual
Feed Compliance Verification Procedural Manual
Feed Manual of Procedures
Feed Registration, Procedures and Labelling Standards
Feed Sampling - Service Standards for Laboratory Analysis 2009/10
Fertilizer Inspection Manual
Fertilizers Regulations
Fertilizer sampling procedures
Fertilizer Trade Memoranda
Fish Products Inspection Manual - Policies and Procedures
Fish Products Standards and Methods Manual
Flexible Retort Pouch Defects Manual - Identification and Classification
Food: Good Importing Practices
Food: Hygiene, Composition and Labelling: General Principles
Food Labelling and Advertising Guide
Food Safety Practices for Sprout Manufacturers
Food Safety Practices for Moulded Chocolate Manufacturers
Food Safety Practices for Non-Filled Alimentary Paste Manufacturers
Food Safety Practices for Ready-to-Eat Fresh Cut Vegetable Manufacturers
Food Safety Practices for Spice Manufacturers
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Hazard Specific Plan
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables - Licensing and Arbitration - Inspector's Guide
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Packaging and Labelling Requirements
Fruit Inspection Manuals
General Packaging and Labelling Requirements for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising
Guide to Food Safety
Guide to Importing Food Products Commercially
Guide to Labelling Honey
Guide to the Canadian Federal Regulatory Requirements for Fertilizers and Supplements
Hatchery Sanitation Manual of Procedures
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point / Food Safety Enhancement Program
Highlighted Ingredients and flavours inspection protocol
Highly Processed Products
Honey Establishment Inspection Manual
Humane Transportation of Animals Manual of Procedures
Import and Domestic Movement Requirements - Animal Health
Import and Domestic Movement Requirements - Plant Protection and Plant Health
Imported and Manufactured Food Program Inspection Reference Manual
Import Manual - Plant Health
Import Risk Assessment, criteria
Inedible Meat Products
Infectious Salmon Anaemia Hazard Specific Plan
Integumentary Products (Hides, skins, furs, stuffed animals, trophies, wool and feathers)
Inspecting facilities that export Grains and Field Crops
Inspection Manual for inspecting ships that carry grain and grain products for export
Inspection Procedures
International Waste Policy
In-transit Policy
Japanese Barberry Identification Manual
Labelling honey
Labelling Inspection Procedures (Imported and Manufactured Foods)
Labelling coated seed
Label Verification
Laboratory Safety Manual
Livestock Grading Manual
Manuals of Procedures Relating to the Health of Animals Act
Manufactured Foods - Inspection Procedures
Maple Product Establishment Inspection Manual
Maple Product Inspection Manual
Meat Cuts Manual
Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures
Medication Sequencing Guideline
Metal Can Defects Identification and Classification Manual
National Standards for Recognition of Aquatic Animal Compartments as Free Areas in Canada
Net Quantity Verification Manual
Newcastle Disease Manual of Procedures
On-farm-food safety investigations guidelines
Organic fertilizers under the Fertilizers Act
Organic Production Systems: General Principles and Management Standards - Canadian General Standards Board
Organic Product Regulations (Seed)
Pet Food Not Approved for Use in Livestock Feed
Plant Breeders' Rights Procedures Manual
Plant Breeder' Rights Project Coordinator Procedures Manual
Plant Protection Manual
Phytosanitary Requirements (various) / Issuance of Phytosanitary Certificates
Plant Growth Regulators
Plant Pest Emergency Program Manual
Plant Protection Directives
Plant Protection Survey Protocols
Plant Virus and Antiserum Bank
Plant with Novel Traits (including Transgenic plants) and their products, permit requirements
Processed Egg Inspection Manual
Processed Poultry Inspection Manual
Processed Products Product Inspection Manual
Product of Canada Food Labelling Guidelines
Product Sampling
Quality System Requirements for Facility Registration under the Canadian Wood Packaging Certification Program or the Heat Treated Wood Products Certification Program
Rabies Manual of Procedures
Recommended Manufacturing Practices for Pasteurized/Modified Atmosphere Packaged/Refrigerated Foods
Reference Listing of Accepted Construction Materials, Packaging material and Non-Food Chemical Products
Registered Produce Warehouse Manual
Regulatory Guidance: Feed Registration Procedures and Labelling Standards
Regulatory Proposals and Regulatory Directives
Risk Assessment Policy, Use of
Salmonella Enteritidis in Domestic Fowl Manual of Procedures
Sample Submission Procedures
Sampling for Laboratory Testing
Sampling Grains and Field Crops, their Residues and Associated Small Organisms - Inspection Manual
Scrapie Manual of Procedures
Scrapie Voluntary Heard Certification Standards
Shellfish Sanitation Program Manual of Operations
Seed Crop Inspection Program
Seed Potato Inspection Manual
Seed Potato Tuber Inspection
Sheep and Goat Pox Hazard Specific Plan
Shell Egg Inspection Manual
Ship, Mill and Elevator Inspection Manual
Soil Cleaning Facility Requirements and Inspection Procedures
Soybean seed crop inspection procedures
Special crops and new crop inspection procedures
Standards and Labelling for Seed Mixtures
Standards for Metals in fertilizers and supplements
Sulphites - Health Risk & Declaration
Terrestrial Animal Health import requirements of rendered and inedible products
Trichinellosis / Trichinosis Manual of Procedures
Vegetable Inspection Manuals
Veterinary Biologics Guidelines / Safety Requirements
Visual Inspection Protocol Manual
Weed Identification Guide
White Sturgeon Iridoviral Disease Response Plan

Additional information

The Government of Canada encourages the release of information through requests outside the Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) process. You may wish to consult the agency's completed Access to Information (ATI) summaries and open data (where applicable).

To make an informal request, please contact

Canadian Food Inspection Agency
General Enquiries
Telephone: 1-800-442-2342; 613-773-2342

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency conducts Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) to ensure that privacy implications will be appropriately identified, assessed, and resolved before a new or substantially modified program or activity involving personal information is implemented. Summaries of completed PIAs are available.

Please see the Introduction to this publication for information on formal access procedures under the provisions of the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. The following outlines how to make a formal ATIP request.

Access Buy On-Line Services, or mail your Access to Information Request Form (Access to Information Act) or Personal Information Request Form (Privacy Act) to the following address:

CFIA ATIP Office
1285 Baseline Road, T3-6-217
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0Y9
Email: ATIP-CFIA-AIPRP@inspection.gc.ca

Info Source: Sources of Federal Government and Employee Information

On this page

Introduction

Background

Responsibilities

Institutional functions, programs and activities

Setting rules

Setting rules for food safety and consumer protection

Class of records for setting rules for food safety and consumer protection

Registration and product standards (meat and poultry products)

Development of labelling guidance

Product standards, grading and labelling (agri-food products)

Animal - Animals / animal genetics / animal products importation

Export and import

Import - Compliance standards

Setting rules for plant health

Class of records for setting rules for plant health

Import, export and domestic programs for plant protection

Plant pests and diseases

Plant risk analysis

Plant science advice and analysis

Plant seed potatoes

Plant seed program and variety registration

Regulation of the environmental release of plants with novel traits (PNT) in Canada

Import compliance standards

Setting rules for animal health

Class of records for setting rules for animal health

Animal biosecurity

Animal disease control

Animal epidemiology and disease surveillance

Animal science advice and pathology services

Animal welfare

Laboratory services

Terrestrial animal risk analysis

Aquatic animal risk analysis

Feed risk analysis

Import compliance standards

Setting rules – Personal information bank

Compliance promotion

Food safety and consumer protection compliance promotion

Class of records for food safety and consumer protection compliance promotion

Registration and product standards (meat and poultry products)

Food consumer protection

Labelling information and guidance

Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Plant health compliance promotion

Class of records for plant health compliance promotion

On-farm food safety recognition program

Plant forestry

Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Animal health compliance promotion

Class of records for animal health compliance promotion

Feed inspection support, training, program coordination and outreach

Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)

Compliance promotion – Personal information bank

Monitoring and enforcement

Monitoring and enforcement for food safety and consumer protection

Class of records for monitoring and enforcement for food safety and consumer protection

Inspection and monitoring (meat and poultry products)

Red Meat Grading Program

Inspection and monitoring

Destination Inspection Service

Food Safety Action Plan (FSAP) chemical and microbiology targeted surveys

Food safety chemical and microbiology assessments

Issue Management System (IMS)

Multi Commodity Activities Program (MCAP)

Residue, Anti-Microbial and Micro-Organisms System (RAMS)

Training for inspection and monitoring

Children's Food Project

Inspection and monitoring (imported and manufactured food products)

Food Safety National Chemical and Microbiology Residue Monitoring Program

Food safety risk analysis

Monitoring and enforcement for plant health

Class of records for monitoring and enforcement for plant health

Training for inspection and monitoring

Forestry importation

Import, export and domestic programs for plant protection

Plant seed potatoes

Plant fertilizer evaluation, registration and compliance

Monitoring and enforcement for animal health