加拿大食品检验体系的合作协调机制英文.pptVIP

1 Cooperation and CollaborationinCanada’s Food Inspection System Presentation to Canada- China Training Mission February 2003 Introduction Complex jurisdictional context involving federal, provincial/territorial and in certain cases municipal authorities. Federal and provincial governments have enacted food safety and quality legislation. Challenge is to work collaboratively and in a coordinated fashion in order to successfully harmonize the Canadian food inspection system. Jurisdictional Overview Federal Government: Responsible for the administration of all or parts of some 13 Acts, sets standards related to safety, quality and fraud for food traded inter-provincially, internationally and offered for sale in Canada under national standards and grades. Jurisdictional Overview (cont’d) Provincial Governments: More than seventy provincial statutes administered by provincial agriculture, health, fish and/or environment ministries, that apply to food manufactured, traded and sold within their borders. Provincial governments have jurisdiction over public health matters. Jurisdictional Overview (cont’d) Municipal Governments: Derive regulatory authority from provincial legislation and partial funding from provincial ministries. In most cases their role is to enforce regulations and policies that have been developed or approved at the provincial level. In some cases they may also enact and enforce by-laws that affect food inspection. Legislative Authorities (A) Section 91 - Federal (B) Section 92 - Provincial (C) Section 95 - Agriculture Legislative Authority of Parliament of Canada (A) Section 91 - Federal 91 (2) - The Regulation of Trade and Commerce (12) Sea Coast and Inland Fisheries (17) Weights and Measures (22) Patents of Invention and Discovery (27) Criminal Law Provinces - Legislative Authority (B) Section 92 - Provincial In each Province the Legislature may exclusively Make laws in relation to Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next