| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
Preventing the spread of invasive species is important to protect forests, native plants and the forestry sector in Canada.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | backgrounders
Potato wart is a soil-borne fungus, Synchytrium endobioticum. that can remain dormant in a field for more than 40 years.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | statements
The Government of Canada accepts the decision rendered by the Federal Court today, resulting from an application for judicial review brought by the Prince Edward Island Potato Board (PEI PB).
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | statements
Today, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Public Health Agency of Canada issued the following joint statement:
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | statements
The CFIA has completed its 2022 national survey for potato wart and confirms that potato wart was not detected in the soil samples tested from the fields where the samples were collected. The survey included fields in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) continues to tackle food fraud so consumers can be confident the food they buy is safe and accurately represented and businesses can compete fairly in the market.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | statements
Canada and Mexico have reached an arrangement for trade of organic food, recognizing the two national organic systems as equivalent.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
The Government of Canada is investing in Canadian small businesses to develop innovative tools, products and services that are vital to the keeping Canada's food, plants and animals safe.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | statements
Dr. Mary Jane Ireland, Canada's Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO), issued the following statement today in recognition of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | statements
As part of Animal Health Week, from October 2 to 8, 2022, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) along with the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) and Canada's veterinary community are focusing their ongoing work together in support of efforts to prevent the spread of animal diseases under this year's theme: Habitat Protection and Pandemic Prevention.
