. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/365/Rev.1 
24 August 2012  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and website addresses, 
if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the 
notification shall be indicated if different from above:    
By email to Modele-Inspection-Model@inspection.gc.ca  with subject line:  "Improved Food 
Inspection Model" 
Or by postal mail to: Inspection Modernization Office 
Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
59 Camelot Drive, Floor 2, Room  Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0Y9  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Food products for human 
consumption 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Improved Food 
Inspection Model:  Proposed Draft (42 pages in English and 46 pages in French). G/TBT/N/CAN/365/Rev.1 
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  6. Description of content:  As previously notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/365 (18 June 2012), the 
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is pr oposing to design a single and consistent 
approach to food inspection that will be app lied across all food commodities that are either 
imported or produced domestically.  This f ood inspection model will apply to all food 
inspection conducted by, or on behalf of, the CFIA.  This proposed draft of the model 
includes:  
- a single license for each regulated party importing food from abroad or exporting 
food internationally. Regulated parties would need to develop and use preventative control plans scalable to the size a nd complexity of their operation, 
- consistent oversight based on risk for both domestic and imported food sectors, 
- a systems approach to inspection, based on regulated parties' preventative control 
plans, where the CFIA develops and communicates requirements for industry and 
regulated parties demonstrate compliance and evidence that controls and processes 
meet desired food safety outcomes and regulatory requirements, 
- a single compliance and enforcement strategy for all food, and 
- mechanisms to evaluate inspection for co nsistency, effectiveness and performance 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
When the CFIA was created in 1997, it brought together food inspection programs from 
different federal departments with diverse inspection approaches.  The CFIA currently 
operates eight (8) separate food inspection programs.  The goal of an improved food 
inspection model is to standardize the inspec tion approach and provide for consistent and 
appropriate oversight across all regulated food commodities. 
8. Relevant documents:  Additional information is available at  
"http://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/accountability/inspection-
modernization/eng/1337025084336/1337025428609 " (English) 
"http://inspection.gc.ca/au-sujet-de-l-aci a/responsabilisation/modernisation-de-l-
inspection/fra/1337025084336/1337025428609 " (French),   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Summer/Fall 2013 
Beginning 2014 
10. Final date for comments:  31 October 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry po int [ X ], or address, telephone or fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site address, if available of the other body:    
The online consultation is available at  
http://inspection.sondages-su rveys.ca/s/draftmodel/?l=en   (English) 
http://inspection.sondages-su rveys.ca/s/draftmodel/?l=fr   (French)