Evaluation of the Food Safety and Nutrition Quality Program 1999-2000 to 2011-2012 / prepared by Evaluation Directorate, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.: H14-510/2014E-PDF

"This evaluation covered the Food Safety and Nutrition Quality Program (FSNQP) for the period from 1999 to 2012. The evaluation was undertaken in fulfillment of the requirements of the Treasury Board of Canada's Policy on Evaluation (2009). … The Program's mandate derives from the Food and Drugs Act (F&DA), the Food and Drug Regulations, the Department of Health Act, the Pest Control Products Act, the Public Health Agency of Canada Act, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act. The Program carries out activities aimed at preserving and promoting the health of Canadians, which include conducting assessments of food industry submissions; developing, updating and disseminating policies, guidelines, regulations, standards, strategies, and consumer information; conducting health risk and benefit assessments to manage food safety incidents and assessing the effectives of CFIA activities related to food safety;i conducting surveillance and monitoring; conducting applied scientific research and method development to support food and nutrition policy decision-making; and, coordinating priorities and risk management approaches within Canada's food safety system …"--Executive summary, page iii.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Health Canada. Evaluation Directorate, issuing body.
Public Health Agency of Canada. Evaluation Directorate, issuing body.
Title Evaluation of the Food Safety and Nutrition Quality Program 1999-2000 to 2011-2012 / prepared by Evaluation Directorate, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Évaluation du Programme de salubrité et de qualité nutritionnelle des aliments de 1999-2000 à 2011-2012.
"Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada Evaluation Report."
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada = Santé Canada et l'Agence de la santé publique du Canada, March 2014.
Description 1 online resource (xii, 168 pages)
Catalogue number
  • H14-510/2014E-PDF
Subject terms Food -- Safety measures -- Government policy -- Canada -- Evaluation.
Food industry and trade -- Safety measures -- Government policy -- Canada -- Evaluation.
Food -- Safety regulations -- Canada -- Evaluation.
Food industry and trade -- Safety regulations -- Canada -- Evaluation.
Nutrition policy -- Canada -- Evaluation.
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