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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)

Registries and databases

Official systems this authority administers, as recorded in the AgricultureID registry corpus.

  • Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)Border control system

    Import requirements for food, plants and animals entering Canada, by tariff classification

  • Variety Registration (CFIA)Variety catalogue

    Crop varieties registered for sale in Canada

All official registries

Why this body is recorded

Official name of the body responsible in Canada.

Official source
Source page
https://inspection.canada.ca/en
What the source says
“Canadian Food Inspection Agency”(official name)
Standing
Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
  • 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.

Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.

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.

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