據加拿大食品檢驗署（CFIA）消息，1月7日加拿大農業部長李熙杰（Gerry Ritz）表示，加拿大食品檢驗署（CFIA）將在全國建立16處專業技術中心，將更加優質、始終如一的為相關行業和CFIA檢驗員提供信息和建議。
李熙杰稱，專業技術中心將匯聚行業專家，通過統一的途徑，提高CFIA效率，為行業、CFIA檢驗員和加拿大民眾提供更加優質和統一的服務。此外，中心將致力于匯聚某些領域的學術和省級專家，以促進專家和促進組織間的合作。
這16處技術中心有望在幾年內建成，建成后將有助于聯合眾多項目專家。此舉不僅可以創建一個可提供指導和專家建議的高效系統，還可加強機構內政策和項目的制定人員與執行人員之間的聯系。加拿大此舉旨在加強與利益相關者間的互動，最終促進行業了解并遵守政府法規。保證行業整體符合加拿大食品安全法的要求。
技術中心將遍布加拿大全國，在選擇位置時參考以下因素：（1）周邊地區相關行業的密集程度；（2）靠近行業組織；（3）靠近領域內的省級專家；（4）靠近行業內的學術專家；（5）相關項目參與人員的密集程度。
部分原文報道如下：
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Provides Industry with Better Access to Expert Advice
January 7, 2013, Saskatoon: Today, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency （CFIA） will be creating sixteen targeted Centres of Expertise across Canada to provide industry and CFIA inspectors with better, more consistent access to information and advice.
"These Centres of Expertise will pool expertise and make it available through a single window, making the CFIA more efficient and giving industry, CFIA inspectors and Canadians better, more consistent service," said Minister Ritz. "In addition, locations will be near both academic and provincial experts in a particular field to leverage expertise and collaboration among organizations."
The sixteen Centres, expected to be implemented over the next few years, will consolidate and co-locate expertise for specific programs. Not only will this create a more efficient system for providing guidance and expert advice, it will also provide a stronger link between the people in the Agency who design policy and programs and the staff who deliver them.
原文鏈接：<http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/news-releases/20130107/eng/1357338922144/1357338951507>
日期：2013-02-17
