Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.grainews.ca/news/cfias-shift-to-health-canada-oversight-begins/1002645572/
CFIA's shift to Health Canada oversight begins
Non-food safety-relate
By: Staff
AGCanada.com Network
Canada's government has kicked off a transition plan to shift the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's food safety work to the oversight of the federal health ministry.
The reorganization, the government announced Wednesday, "will strengthen Canada's food safety system by bringing all three authorities responsible for food safety under one minister" -- which today is federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose.
The "three authorities" now reporting to Ambrose will be Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and CFIA...
CFIA's shift to Health Canada oversight begins
Non-food safety-relate
By: Staff
AGCanada.com Network
Canada's government has kicked off a transition plan to shift the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's food safety work to the oversight of the federal health ministry.
The reorganization, the government announced Wednesday, "will strengthen Canada's food safety system by bringing all three authorities responsible for food safety under one minister" -- which today is federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose.
The "three authorities" now reporting to Ambrose will be Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and CFIA...