National Biosecurity Standards and Biosecurity Principles

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency develops national biosecurity standards, protocols and strategies 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 Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard for the Bee Industry
  • Questions and Answers
• National Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard for the Goat Industry
• National Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard for the Sheep Industry
• Biosecurity for Canadian Dairy Farms: National Standard
• Canadian Beef Cattle On-Farm Biosecurity Standard
• National Avian On-Farm Biosecurity Standard
  • General Producer Guide- National Avian Biosecurity Standard
• National Swine Farm-Level Biosecurity Standard

Planning guide:

• National Farm-Level Biosecurity Planning Guide

Biosecurity principles by sector:

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