The amount of imported food landing on Canadian dinner plates is growing, but the federal agency responsible for inspecting what Canadians eat relies to a large extent on inspectors in other countries to ensure it is safe.

An internal audit of the way the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) manages the safety of imported food says the agency has failed to develop a strategy to ensure that health hazards are not entering Canada in cans of spices and jars of cooking oil.

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