Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Kathryn Blaze Baum, Grant Robertson
Publication Date: December 20, 2024 - 05:00
The Canadian Food Inspection agency’s reliance on third-party audits is a risk to food safety, experts say
December 20, 2024
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is relying too heavily on third-party audits paid for by companies in a system where the regulator does not inspect all production facilities itself, experts say.The audits are one part of an algorithm-based system used by the CFIA to assess risk levels at Canada’s 8,000 federally licensed food-processing plants. The algorithm helps determine which plants are prioritized for inspection and which ones get less attention, or no inspections at all.
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