Rosemary Chiarelli

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's 2025-2026 Departmental Plan outlines the agency's planned activities to fulfill its core responsibility of safeguarding food and the health of plants and animals. The plan focuses on rigorous oversight to foster compliance and promote trade, preventing and responding to emergencies, and strengthening scientific collaboration and international cooperation. It also highlights digital transformation, regulatory modernization, and internal services including workforce investment and asset management. The intended outcomes are to protect Canadians, support the Canadian economy through trade, ensure food safety, protect animal and plant health, and contribute to the well-being of Canadians, the environment, and the economy.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) Departmental Plan for 2025-2026 outlines the agency's core responsibility of safeguarding food and the health of plants and animals. The plan focuses on regulatory oversight and enforcement to ensure food safety, protect animal and plant health, and support market access. Key areas of focus include modernizing the regulatory framework, enforcing compliance, delivering effective services through digital transformation, and expanding market access for Canadian products. The plan also addresses preventing and responding to emergencies, strengthening scientific collaboration, and managing internal services, assets, and workforce.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Open and Transparent Agency Framework 2019-2022 is designed to increase openness, transparency, accountability, and engagement. It focuses on empowering Canadians by providing relevant and timely information, equipping stakeholders with the necessary tools for regulatory compliance, and demonstrating the agency's actions in safeguarding public interests. The framework is structured around three themes: Empower, Equip, and Respond, with the goal of becoming 'open by design' by integrating openness and transparency into all programs and services.