Action on Weatherill Report Recommendations to Strengthen the Food Safety System: Final Report to Canadians

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December 2011

Table of Contents

• A Message from the Minister of Health and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Reducing Food Safety Risks
  • Policies and Procedures
    • Health Canada's Listeria Policy Revision
    • Updating CFIA's Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures
    • CFIA Manuals and Policies
    • New Environmental Monitoring Requirements
    • Food Safety Enhancement Program Manual
    • Distribution Information and Recall Decisions
    • Compliance and Enforcement Operational Policy
  • Food Safety Research
    • Investigating New Technologies
    • Guelph Food Research Facility
  • Improved Decision-Making Processes
    • Faster Approvals
    • Weight-of-Evidence Guidelines
    • Health Risk Assessments
  • Inspectors and Their Tasks
    • Review of the Compliance Verification System
    • Training Plan
    • Better Equipment
  • Consumer Food Safety Education and Information
    • Food Safety Portal and Social Media Tools
    • Food Recalls
    • CFIA Consumer Centre
    • Health Canada: Reaching out to At-Risk Canadians
    • Raising Awareness of Caregivers
    • CFIA: Transparency Initiatives
• Enhancing Surveillance and Early Detection
  • Surveillance Tools
    • Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence
    • Assessment of Multi-Jurisdictional Outbreak Management Tools
    • National Enteric Surveillance Program
    • PulseNet Canada
    • A Network of Networks
  • Novel Detection Technologies
    • Genomics
    • Faster Lab Tests
• Improving Emergency Response
  • Surge Capacity
    • Public Health Reserve
  • Outbreak Coordination and Communication
    • The Importance of Protocols
    • Foodborne Illness Outbreak Response Protocol
    • Food Safety Communications Protocol
    • Public Health Agency of Canada: Risk Communications Strategy
    • Foodborne Illness Emergency Response Plan
  • Governance
    • Special Committee of Deputy Heads
    • Chief Food Safety Officer for Canada
    • Office of Food Safety and Recall
    • Public Health Agency of Canada Appoints Senior Officials
  • Strengthened Legislation and Regulations
  • Engagement and Consultation with Stakeholders
    • Consultation Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement
    • Agri-Subcommittee on Food Safety
    • Expert Advisory Committee
    • Ministerial Advisory Board
    • Consumer Association Roundtable
    • Federal/Provincial/Territorial Collaboration
• Impact of Actions on Improving Canada's Food Safety System
  • Governance
  • Prevention: Minimizing the Risk of Foodborne Illness
  • Surveillance and Detection: Keeping Track of Food Safety Hazards
  • Response to Outbreaks of Foodborne Illness
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Acronyms

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