Program directory · Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Setting Rules for Plant Health

Department

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Program code

BUH01 (CFIA)

Core responsibility

Safe food and healthy plants and animals

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) puts in place rules to protect Canada's plants, plant products and environment. The purpose of these rules are to:

- prevent the entry and spread of plant pests and noxious weeds in Canada;

- verify the quality of seeds;

- ensure the safety of plants with novel traits, fertilizers, supplements and other plant products to Canadians and the environment.

These rules apply to anyone living or conducting business in Canada. This includes the public, Indigenous Peoples, industry, not-for-profit organizations, research bodies, parties delivering programs and services on behalf of the CFIA (i.e. alternate third party service providers) and third parties doing work on behalf of a regulated stakeholder (e.g. import brokers).

The CFIA bases its rules on risk analyses, intelligence, and scientific research. It also consults with various parties to consider different viewpoints when developing its rules. Such parties include the public, domestic and foreign governments, industry, scientists, and Indigenous Peoples. The CFIA updates its rules as needed to reflect new information, changing business practices, or to address emerging threats.

These rules lay the groundwork for some of CFIA’s work with its foreign regulatory partners. This work includes developing international standards and advising on technical and scientific matters. In addition, the CFIA enforces compliance with these rules which fosters trust in Canada’s overall plant health. This trust, in turn, supports Canada's economy by allowing Canadian plants and plant products to be traded world-wide.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.