The inspection coverage in Canada is largely based off of whatever the Americans are doing - because if we don't have the equivalent to them ( equivalent regulations and standards) then we cannot export. The SFFC is a Canadian response to try an maintain the equilibrium and to "keep up" with the Americans since they introduced FSMA.
The Canadian Inspectors have told me that there is a move to "Modernize" the way inspections are done. Registered facilities are going to be assessed on a risk basis and this will in turn affect the way that they are inspected into the future. Instead of having CFIA coverage 50% or 100% they will be placing more onus onto the facility. They will still be doing inspections but they will be more like an audit style. They will tell the facility what records/procedures they are going to review and then will go to facility and review. Any non-conformance will no longer require a CAR - the facility will give CFIA a date when they will be have remedied all non-conformance and on that date CFIA will come back and review. None of this is happening until 2019 though.
When the Americans introduced FSMA - a lot of training was provided and the person in the facility responsible for implementing and writing preventative controls was required to be trained to a PCQI.
The Canadian government has provided no training, no training requirement of the facility, and they haven't even fully trained their own inspectors as of yet.
The SFFC act largely impacts unregistered facilities as these place will now require a license and PC's. There should be training required.
The CFIA had multiple stakeholder information sessions and feedback sessions, they provided information on their web page, and now just seemed to have completely stalled out.