Marc Priddle

Provides support, strategic advice and recommendations to VP Operations on all manner of operational activities.

Co-ordinates with senior executives to provide responses to internal and external clients related to CFIA operations.

Responsible for financial management, human resources management, labour relations files, staffing and overall operational delivery for 8 direct and 60 indirect reports.

Experience in grievance handling, performance management and difficult operational decisions and discussions for three business lines.

Development of regional audit training and mentoring new inspectors in audit and inspection techniques.

Responsible for the planning and delivery of facility and systems verifications in foreign countries currently exporting higher risk product to Canada.

Acting as a representative of the Canadian Government with foreign delegates and Government representatives at the National level including Ministers of Federal Departments.

Issuing reports to and requesting corrective actions from Foreign Competent Authorities.

Responsible for the daily supervision of staff of 14 inspectors and administrative staff, including preparation of the workplan, monitoring the delivery and quality of inspection services, mentoring and coaching of inspectors and managing operational resources.

All food safety complaints, illness reports and recalls for Nova Scotia are triaged, prioritized and assigned through this position.

Responsible for preparing and delivering Standard Inspection Program training on a National level.

Part of National team to design and implement a new format for the PREP (3 week residential program for new inspectors) school.

Responsible for providing complex scientific advice, analysis, and interpretation of technical information to the inspectorate, specifically related to the Meat, Fish, IMFP and Processed Products Programs. Liaise with PPB, Science Branch and Legal to ensure all guidance is consistent with legal obligations and current and developing policies.

Responsible for providing complex scientific advice, analysis, and interpretation of technical information to the inspectorate, specifically related to the Meat, Fish, IMFP and Processed Products Programs. Liaise with PPB, Science Branch and Legal to ensure all guidance is consistent with legal obligations and current and developing policies.

Responsible for responding to consumer and trade complaints and initiating food safety investigations, often leading to the recall of unsafe food products.

Conducted food safety audits at unregistered food processing facilities, for high risk food products, such as fermented ready-to-eat meat products and soft cheeses.

Responsible for the sampling and inspection of domestic and imported food products, planning and implementing compliance and system verifications for federally registered food processing facilities, certifying off products for export and investigating food safety complaints.

Responsible for inspection of imported goods at sea and airports, sampling of food products, reviewing ship manifests for regulated commodities, interviewing ship captains and travelers, and the issuing of Administrative Monetary Penalties. I worked with the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle project during this time, training inspectors in forest survey techniques, issuing quarantine documents and sitting on the intergovernmental task force for control of the pest.

Developed and built an insect rearing laboratory at St. Mary’s University

Responsible for forest site type classification of permanent sample plots based on floral, faunal and soil identification and classification.