Certainly.
The CFIA takes major undertaking of everything it does, and food safety is a top-of-mind concern for the agency and for all Canadians. There's been a lot of good work done and, as Mr. Kuhl referenced in his comments, the CanadaGAP program was a collaborative effort with industry and the retailers. The buyers were very important in the development of the program, as well as, certainly, CFIA and Agriculture Canada.
We are pleased with what we see thus far in the way things are moving forward with respect to food safety, particularly with respect to the produce industry. One of the things we've indicated repeatedly is to not reinvent the good work that's already been done. The CFIA was very involved in a technical review of the on-farm food safety programs, not only for fruit and vegetables, but other commodities and sectors as well.
The benchmark in the GFSI has been key, and it does bring very important recognition and cachet to the program and adds a level playing field. Not recreating or reinventing is important.
What we're beginning to see in some of the consultation pieces that are coming out, particularly with the preventive control plan for fruit and vegetables, is very positive, because that is, in fact, what is happening. They're taking a lot of the good work they were involved in and applying that to what they're putting in place now. As long as things can continue on that collaborative path, which we believe is sound and well vetted, then that bodes well.
Again, we want to make sure that other products we consume that are coming into our country are also scrutinized to the same standards.