The Canadian Food Inspection Agency shared the latest food sampling results in its Food Fraud Annual Report. This year the CFIA tested the authenticity of six foods that are commonly misrepresented. Overall, the testing showed a compliance rate of 92.7 per cent for fish, 77.5 per cent for honey, 99.1 per cent for meat, 86.9 per cent for olive … Read more
Canada and Mexico have reached an arrangement for trade of organic food, recognizing the two national organic systems as equivalent. The Canada-Mexico Organic Equivalency Arrangement came into effect on Feb. 15, 2023. It will allow products certified under the Canada Organic Regime or the Mexican organic system to be sold and labelled as organic in both countries. The … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) and Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced that $500,000 will be awarded to a Canadian small business, iFood Packaging Systems Corporation, through the Innovative Solutions Canada program’s phase 2 prototype development challenge. Through ISC, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency also launched a new challenge related to developing a portable test to detect … Read more
Dr. Mary Jane Ireland, Canada’s Chief Veterinary Officer, issued the following statement today in recognition of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: “Despite new and emerging threats to human health, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains one of the top 10 global health threats facing humanity. World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) takes place from November 18 to 24 and reminds us that we … Read more
Dr. Mary Jane Ireland, Canada’s Chief Veterinary Officer, issued a statement: “As part of Animal Health Week, from October 2 to 8, 2022, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency along with the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association and Canada’s veterinary community are focusing their ongoing work together in support of efforts to prevent the spread of animal diseases … Read more
A site blessing performed by Elders from local First Nations and a ground breaking ceremony marked the start of construction for a new plant health diagnostic and research facility at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Centre for Plant Health in North Saanich, B.C. The Centre for Plant Health, also known as the Sidney Laboratory, is located on the … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed the presence of hemlock woolly adelgid in several hemlock trees near Grafton, Ontario. The property owner has been notified of restrictions on the movement of hemlock materials (including logs, branches and woodchips), as a result of this confirmation. The current regulated area could be expanded once the CFIA has completed its … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer on a private property in the Regional County Municipality of Avignon, in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec. Effective immediately, the movement of all ash material (such as logs, branches, and woodchips) and all species of firewood is restricted from the zone determined … Read more
Canada has been recognized as a global leader in scientific and technical expertise to address problems relating to African swine fever (ASF). The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) officially recognized the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg, Man., as a WOAH Reference Laboratory to address ASF. There are … Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has updated its regulated areas for hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) to include areas in Nova Scotia and Ontario, in an effort to slow the insect’s spread. This change is due to previous detections of HWA in Lunenburg and Kings County, N.S., in 2020 and 2021 respectively, as well as in … Read more
