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Program directory · Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Food Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion

Program code
BUH10 (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 program informs, motivates and encourages industry and public compliance with the CFIA’s food safety and consumer protection regulations and policies by delivering accessible, plain language and user-centric tools, products, services and guidance.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Food Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2018-19: $13.7MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2019-20: $13.9MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2020-21: $16.3MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2021-22: $18.3MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2022-23: $16.5MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2023-24: $17.7MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2024-25: $17.6MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2025-26: $15.8MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2026-27: $14.2MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2027-28: $14.3MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion 2028-29: $14.3MFood Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Food Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance PromotionThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$114M

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

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2020-21Employees (FTEs) 159, against 130 in 2019-20 (+22%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)

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.

Historical: targets against results

Percentage of compliant businesses
Expected result: Regulated parties compliance
98%2018-19✓ met97%2019-20✓ met98%2020-21✓ met98.2%2021-22✓ met98.7%2022-23✓ met95%2023-24✓ met97%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 90%201998%Met
2019-20≥ 95%202097%Met
2020-21≥ 95%202198%Met
2021-22≥ 95%202298.2%Met
2022-23≥ 95%202398.7%Met
2023-24≥ 95%202495%Met
2024-25≥ 95%202597%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of compliant businesses
Expected result: Regulated parties compliance
85%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 85%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $10M2018-19: $13.7M2018-192019-20: $12.1M2019-20: $13.9M2019-202020-21: $12.1M2020-21: $16.3M2020-212021-22: $12.6M2021-22: $18.3M2021-222022-23: $15.2M2022-23: $16.5M2022-232023-24: $11.7M2023-24: $17.7M2023-242024-25: $15.2M2024-25: $17.6M2024-252025-26: $15.8M2025-262026-27: $14.2M2026-272027-28: $14.3M2027-282028-29: $14.3M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$10M$13.7M
2019-20$12.1M$13.9M
2020-21$12.1M$16.3M
2021-22$12.6M$18.3M
2022-23$15.2M$16.5M
2023-24$11.7M$17.7M
2024-25$15.2M$17.6M
2025-26$15.8M—
2026-27$14.2M—
2027-28$14.3M*—
2028-29$14.3M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 1112018-19: 1282018-192019-20: 1262019-20: 1302019-202020-21: 1262020-21: 1592020-212021-22: 1182021-22: 1442021-222022-23: 1372022-23: 1472022-232023-24: 1092023-24: 1532023-242024-25: 1302024-25: 1522024-252025-26: 1222025-262026-27: 1122026-272027-28: 1122027-282028-29: 1122028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19111128
2019-20126130
2020-21126159
2021-22118144
2022-23137147
2023-24109153
2024-25130152
2025-26122—
2026-27112—
2027-28112*—
2028-29112*—

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.