Sample Collection

The CFIA is a federal regulatory agency with a mandate to safeguard food, animals and plants to enhance the health and well-being of Canada’s people, environment and economy

In December 2007 the Government of Canada announced the Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan (FCSAP), a comprehensive set of proposed new measures that will make Canadians safer by legislating tougher federal government regulation of food, health, and consumer products. The Food Safety Action Plan (FSAP) was one element of that broader plan focusing on those products considered as “non-federally registered” sector and conservatively makes up 70 percent of the food Canadians consume.

The FSAP encompassed a series of initiatives to modernize and strengthen Canada’s food safety system over a period of five years. To attain a better understanding of the food safety risks that Canadians may be exposed to, the CFIA was targeting and profiling commodities in the non-federally registered sector. In continuation of the FSAP, the CFIA needs to conduct surveys to determine the background levels of contamination in certain targeted food areas. The CFIA is looking for providers to collect samples of food products. The samples will be used to detect and or quantify contaminants under a specific survey in order to determine the food safety risk to Canadians and identify areas where food safety issues may need to be addressed. The samples to be collected are listed in Appendix I, Sample Plan Template (To Be Changed With Appropriate Sample Plans).

In addition, the CFIA may be required to take regulatory action under any or all of the Acts it administers or enforces by virtue of section 11 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act, or under any other applicable law, on the basis of any information received or obtained in the course of performing the Work under this contract.