National Biosecurity Standards and Biosecurity Principles

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency develops national biosecurity standards, protocols and strategies for animal and plant production in collaboration with producer organizations, provincial/territorial governments, and academia.

For commodities for which the CFIA has not undertaken to develop a standard, a third party submission process has been developed.

National Standards:

• National Avian On-Farm Biosecurity Standard
  • General Producer Guide- National Avian Biosecurity Standard

Planning guide:

• National Farm-Level Biosecurity Planning Guide

Biosecurity principles by sector:

• Aquaculture
• Commercial poultry operations
• Cow/calf operations
• Dairy operations
• Feedlots
• Swine operations

Additional information:

• Notices to Industry