Insights and Stories on CFIA

Feds ask for feedback on potato wart plans

Jan. 15, 2024 at 1:04 pm CST

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is asking for feedback on several guidance documents and recommendations related to developing a new national potato wart plan, it said Friday.

Feds ask for public input on standards for municipal waste to be used for fertilizer

Dec. 28, 2023 at 7:51 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

ASF compartmentalization moves a step forward

Oct. 31, 2023 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Ed White

Seed regulation consultation results released

Oct. 23, 2023 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Robert Arnason

File photo of moose in a Saskatchewan field.

Saskatchewan expands wildlife testing to include bovine TB

Oct. 11, 2023 at 10:37 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

High-path avian flu pops back up in Saskatchewan, Alberta

Sep. 24, 2023 at 6:20 am CDT

Even after 21 months of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases in Canada — including three new cases in domestic birds so far this month — Canada’s “stamping out” policy for the virus remains in effect. Canada’s active caseload of the virus now comes down to just eight of the 325 […]

By Dave Bedard

More bovine TB cases found in Saskatchewan herd

Jul. 13, 2023 at 9:07 pm CDT

Corrected, July 14 — Postmortem testing of a Saskatchewan cattle herd culled after turning up three confirmed cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) has yielded six more cases. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which is tasked with testing the infected herd, said Thursday that as of July 12, a total […]

By Dave Bedard

Canada books first month in 19 without bird flu outbreak

Jul. 1, 2023 at 12:18 am CDT

June 2023 appears set to be Canada’s first month without a new highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in poultry or other domesticated birds since the disease returned to this country in late 2021. Canada has booked 322 outbreaks in domestic birds in the past 19 months, of which 31 were […]

By Dave Bedard

Bovine TB turns up in Saskatchewan herd

Jun. 29, 2023 at 9:09 pm CDT

A heifer whose tissues tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB) at slaughter in the U.S. has been traced back to a Saskatchewan cattle herd which has now turned up two more cases of the disease. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, in a report dated Wednesday, said it was notified Feb. […]

By Dave Bedard

Philippines to host Canada’s Indo-Pacific ag office

Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:05 pm CDT

Canada’s agriculture department and food safety agency will carry out their part of the federal government’s Indo-Pacific strategy from a new office in Manila, Philippines. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the office’s location Wednesday in Ottawa during a meeting with the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA), which represents Canada’s […]

By Dave Bedard