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3.2.7: Internal Audits and Evaluations

A: Audits

CFIA Audit Committee

As set out in the 2006 Internal Audit Policy, Department and Agency Audit Committees (DAACs) were established to provide deputy heads of federal departments and agencies with objective advice and review of their organization’s spending control and accountability processes. Deputy heads can use this information to reduce risks and improve their organization’s performance. These Committees are essential to the GoC's efforts to ensure the rigorous stewardship and accountability of public funds across its operations. Each DAAC prepares an annual report with an assessment of the organization's internal control and internal audit systems. The CFIA Audit Committee prepared its first annual report in 2007 08. In its 2008 09 report, the CFIA Audit Committee concluded that the CFIA is now operating under a risk-based audit plan. It also concluded that the Agency has an internal audit function that is at a relatively mature stage, focused on being professional and diligent in providing objective oversight and constructive observations, and which has been set up in accordance with the Office of the Comptroller General/Treasury Board policy.

Name of Internal Audit Audit Type Status Completion Date
Animal Health Program Audit Ongoing May 2010
Plant Protection Program Audit Ongoing March 2010
CFIA/CBSA Memorandum of Understanding Program Audit Ongoing June 2009
Management of Third-Party Arrangements Financial Audit Ongoing June 2009
Imported Food Safety Program Audit Ongoing September 2009
IM/IT Governance IM/IT Audit Ongoing September 2009
Food Labelling - Registration and Verification Program Audit Completed December 2008
Compliance Verification System Program Audit Completed December 2008
Fleet Management - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/agen/eval/autoe.shtml Financial Audit Completed October 2008
Allocation and Control over Tied Funding - http://www.inspection.gc.ca/ english/agen/eval/tiefone.shtml Financial Audit Completed June 2008

Note: Two additional projects (Audit of Compliance with Delegated Authorities and Mapping of the Corporate Planning and Reporting Process) were included in the 2008/09 RPP. They do not appear in the above list because the Audit of Compliance with Delegated Authorities was completed and tabled with the CFIA Audit Committee in January 2008, which is prior to the 2008-09 fiscal year, and the Mapping of the Corporate Planning and Reporting Process is not considered an audit.

B: Evaluations


Name of Evaluation Program Activity Evaluation Type Status Completion Date
Public Security and Anti-Terrorism Initiative Food Safety and Nutrition Risks Formative/Implementation Completed February 2009
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Program45 Food Safety and Nutrition Risks Formative/Implementation Discontinued N/A
On-Farm Food Safety Recognition Program Food Safety and Nutrition Risks and Domestic and International Market Access Summative/Impact Ongoing 2009–10
Evaluation of Imported Food Activities Food Safety and Nutrition Risks Formative/Implementation Ongoing 2009–10
Evaluation of the Food Labelling Activities46 Food Safety and Nutrition Risks and Domestic and International Market Access Summative/Impact Postponed To be determined
Evaluation of the Enhanced Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Programming – Enhanced Programming Zoonotic Risks Summative/Impact Completed March 2009
Evaluation of the Enhanced Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Programming - Enhanced Feed Ban Animal Health Risks and Production Systems Formative/Implementation Ongoing 2009–10
Evaluation of the Invasive Alien Species Program Plant Health Risks and Production Systems Formative/Implementation Completed February 2009
Evaluation of the Food Sampling & Testing Program Food Safety and Nutrition Risks Formative/Implementation Ongoing 2009–10
Evaluation of the Food and Drugs Act – Compliance and Enforcement47 Food Safety and Nutrition Risks Formative/Implementation Cancelled N/A
Evaluation of the Food Recall and Emergency Response System Food Safety and Nutrition Risks Formative/Implementation Ongoing 2009–10
Evaluation of the National Aquatic Animal Health Program Animal Health Risks and Production Systems Summative/Impact Ongoing 2009–10
Evaluation of Building Public Confidence in Pesticides and Improving Access to Pest Management Products Initiative (BPC) (Interdepartmental [Pest Management Risk Agency lead]) Food Safety and Nutrition Risks Summative/Impact Ongoing 2009–10
Health Canada’s Food Safety Nutrition Quality Program (Interdepartmental [Health Canada lead]) Food Safety and Nutrition Risks Summative/Impact Ongoing 2009–10
Evaluation of the Avian and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Initiative Zoonotic Risks Formative/Implementation Ongoing 2009–10

Notes:

For supplementary information on the Agency’s Internal Audits and Evaluations, please visit: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/agen/eval/evale.shtml