Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar will become president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Feb. 27, taking over from Dr. Siddika Mithani who retired on Jan. 20.
Kochar comes to the CFIA from president of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Heather Jeffrey, currently associate deputy minister of health, will move up to president.
Chris Forbes, deputy minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, is moving to the department of Environment and Climate Change and Stefanie Beck will be the new deputy at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. She is currently associate deputy minister of National Defence.
