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 new livestock feed ingredient – Wet corn germ
- Share your thoughts: Proposed new livestock feed ingredient – Saccharomyces cerevisiae culture dehydrated
- Share your thoughts: Proposed new livestock feed ingredient – Pediococcus pentosaceus culture dehydrated
- Share your thoughts: Proposed new livestock feed ingredient – Lentilactobacillus diolivorans culture dehydrated
- Share your thoughts: Proposed new livestock feed ingredient – Lentilactobacillus hilgardii culture dehydrated
- Share your thoughts: Proposed new livestock feed ingredient – Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici culture dehydrated
- Share your thoughts: Proposed new livestock feed ingredient – Calcium butyrate
- Share your thoughts: Proposed new livestock feed ingredient – L-Lysine monohydrochloride from fermentation process
- Share your thoughts: Proposed new livestock feed ingredients – Phytase and xylanase enzymes
Completed consultations
Here are past CFIA consultations. Note: these consultations are now closed to further comments.
Consultation Policy and Framework
The CFIA has developed a Consultation Policy and Framework. It is used to bring consistent approaches to consultation that will better serve the needs of all stakeholders and the agency.
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