Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CFIA
Canada’s federal food, plant and animal health inspection agency. It operates on the Government of Canada domain and is the federal body responsible for inspection and enforcement across the food, plant and animal sectors.
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Government level
- National
- Authority type
- Inspectorate
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://inspection.canada.ca/en
Official name in local language
- en Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Plant healthStatutory
Operates as Canada’s federal inspection agency for the plant sector.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- Animal healthStatutory
Operates as Canada’s federal inspection agency for the animal sector.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- Food safetyStatutory
Named in its official title as the federal food inspection agency.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Sources and verification
Official site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 200 under the title “Canadian Food Inspection Agency - inspection.canada.ca”.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://inspection.canada.ca/en · domain classification: Verified official
Important limitations
- CFIA is an agency of the Government of Canada and is distinct from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the federal agriculture department, which is not described by this record.
- The specific statutes under which CFIA acts are set out in Canadian law and are not enumerated here.