We are said to be essentially the Canadian equivalent of the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Consumer Products Safety Commission, because our activities cover all of those areas, and operationally, we're organized into four program directorates that essentially correspond to the activities of each of those U.S. agencies.
En fait, nous sommes essentiellement l'équivalent canadien de la Food and Drug Administration, des Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de l'Environmental Protection Agency et de la Consumer Products Safety Commission. En effet, nos activités relèvent de tous ces domaines, et nous sommes divisés du point de vue opérationnel en quatre directions de programmes qui correspondent essentiellement aux activités de chacune de ces grandes agences américaines.