b'Impacts on Tribunals work commodities that may be the most susceptible to being misrepresented, such as honey, oils, fish and With 320 newly created administrative monetaryspices. Their food fraud annual report 2020 to 2021 penalties, and because the legislative frameworkprovides details about their surveillance function, now applies to all food products, a significantlyand highlights the importance being placed by higher number of applications for review isthe Agency on this matter. In this respect, the expected, as well as cases that are increasinglyTribunal now has jurisdiction to hear requests for complex. In fact, 72% of those new violations willreview about any category of food fraud, whether result in the systems most severe administrativeit is related to the fishing industry or any other monetary penalties for offenders. With the comingCanadian agriculture or agri-food industry.into force of this new legislative framework, the Tribunal has exclusive jurisdiction for hearing andThese legislative changes will without a doubt deciding all matters under the agriculture and agri- significantly impact the Tribunals workload. food administrative monetary penalties system.The Tribunal will continue to adapt to provide Canadians with impartial, independent, fair and These significant changes to the legal frameworkexpeditious processing of the requests for review. mean that the Tribunal must expand its reach and expertise. It will now hear and decide matters138 new violations under the SFC Actpertaining to trade, preventive control measures,Minor 66traceability, recognition of foreign systems, foodSerious 22fraud involving packaging and labelling, as well Very serious 50as organic products, to mention only a few. 182 new violations under the SFC RegulationsMinor 29As an example, food fraud deceives consumers Serious 73and poses a health risk for Canadians. To tackle Very serious 80the issue, the Agency inspects, samples and tests 7'