CAFTA represents agricultural sectors united in their dependence on trade and in their need for a liberalized international trading environment. For more information about CAFTA visit http://www.cafta.org.

A Crown corporation created in 1966 through the Canadian Dairy Commission Act. Under the Canadian Dairy Commission Act, the CDC?s legislated objectives are:
- To provide efficient producers of milk and cream with the opportunity to obtain a fair return for their labour and investment
- To provide consumers of dairy products with a continuous and adequate supply of dairy products of high quality.

The Canadian Dairy Information Centre is of a partnership between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) , the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC), the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC)

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is responsible for safety and quality standards as set out by Health Canada. In the dairy industry this involves setting standards and grades, inspecting processing plants, and looking after labelling and packaging guidelines.

A commodity group that works under the Farming and Fishing Industries Development Act. The purpose of the FFIDA is to allow commodity groups, such as the CIDC, to establish a self-levy system to fund market promotion, market development, research and other development.

The Association representing the Boards and Commissions incorporated under the Natural Products Marketing (BC) Act.

The program is a HACCP-based on-farm food safety program designed for the Canadian dairy industry by the Dairy Farmers of Canada. Its goal is to satisfy the consumer demand for assurance that food consumed is produced in the safest possible manner and is of the highest quality.