Organizations Involved

• Combines the inspection aspects of;

Health Canada

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

• Performs inspections based on the regulations set out by Health Canada
• Has the authority to issue recalls of fraudulent food
• Follows five core competencies

Setting the rules

Promoting compliance

Monitoring and enforcing compliance

Developing international science-based rules

Supporting program delivery

(Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 2019)

• Are a non for profit organization that advocates that fish sold in Canada should be legally caught, honestly labelled and fully traceable
• Conducts and funds research into seafood fraud and other fisheries issues
• Lobbies the CFIA to implement new laws and regulations to better protect the consumer

(Oceana Canada, 2018)

• Assist the retail food industry in the implementation of food safety programs within their retail locations
• Work closely with food and grocery retailers and various agencies to advocate for comprehensive, streamlined food safety standards and grocery practices that protect consumers
• Ensuring food is safe, properly labelled and responsibly sourced from trusted suppliers

(Retail Council of Canada, n.d.)

• Are a global network of national food safety authorities, managed jointly by FAO and WHO
• Promotes the rapid exchange of information during food safety related events
• Helps countries strengthen their capacity to manage food safety emergencies
• Monitor a variety of information sources to detect food safety events including food fraud

(World Health Organization, n.d.)

• Is a private organization, established and managed by the international trade association
• Enable the extensive collaboration to ensure a safe global food supply
• Involves both the private and public sectors
• Prevents food fraud by ensuring the food supply chain adheres to "farm to fork"

(Global Food Safety Initiative, n.d.)

• Create a culture within food businesses that focuses on depriving those who seek to deceive consumers
• Develop a food supply system that is much more difficult for criminals to operate in
• Make more robust the role that government and specifically the FSA (UK Food Standards Agency) play in industry efforts in these areas

(NSF International, n.d.)