Consultation is a key activity of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). It supports open and transparent government. It allows for discussion among Canadians, and between Canadians and government, about designing, implementing and evaluating the following government activities:
- public policy
- regulation
- programs
- accountability
Current consultations
- Share your thoughts: Proposed amended livestock feed ingredient – DL-Methionine hydroxy analogue isopropyl ester
- Share your thoughts: Proposed new and amended livestock feed ingredients – Trichoderma reesei and Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation products
- Share your thoughts: Proposed amended livestock feed ingredient – Polymethylolcarbamide
- Share your thoughts: Proposed amended livestock feed ingredient – L-Ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
- Share your thoughts: Proposed new livestock feed ingredient – Micro-algae fermentation oil
- Share your thoughts: Proposal to deregulate Phytophthora abietivora in Canada
Completed consultations
Here are past CFIA consultations. Note: these consultations are now closed to further comments.
Consultative groups
The CFIA engages with stakeholders in its principal role as a regulator. These stakeholders are from the following groups:
- regulated parties: individual companies and representative industry associations and, in some cases, academia and government institutions
- consumers/Canadians: consumers and consumer associations, provincial and municipal governments, and non-governmental organizations and groups
- international stakeholders: foreign governments, international organizations
- current consultative groups