b'Impacts on the Tribunal important issues within the fishing industry. A boat-to-plate traceability program for fish With 320 newly created violations, andand seafood products aims at reducing the because the legislative framework nowfrequency of this type of fraud. In this respect, applies to all food products, a significantlythe Tribunal now has jurisdiction to hear higher number of applications for reviewrequests for review about any category of is expected, as well as cases that arefood fraud, whether it is related to the fishing increasingly complex. In fact, 72% of thoseindustry or any other Canadian agriculture or new violations will result in the systems mostagri-food industry.severe administrative monetary penalties for offenders. With the coming into force of thisThese legislative changes will without a new legislative framework, the Tribunal hasdoubt significantly impact the Tribunals exclusive jurisdiction for hearing and decidingworkload. The Tribunal will adapt in order all matters under the agriculture and agri-foodto keep providing Canadians with impartial, administrative monetary penalties system.independent, fair and expeditious processing of the requests for review.The second impact on the Tribunal is theneed to expand its expertise because it will138 new violations under the SFC Actnow hear and decide matters pertaining to trade, preventive control measures,Minor 66traceability, recognition of foreign systems,Serious 22food fraud involving packaging and labelling, as well as organic products, to mention Very serious 50only a few. 182 new violations under the SFC RegulationsFood fraud is a way to deceive consumersMinor 29and poses a health risk for Canadians. ForSerious 73example, evidence shows that substituting fish species and misleading labelling areVery serious 80ANNUAL REPORT 2020-2021 7'