News - PigTrace Canada

The manager of PigTrace Canada is confident the adoption of traceability will provide the Canadian pork industry a marketing advantage in foreign countries.

The manager of PigTrace Canada says the active promotion of the use of new tools designed to accommodate the mandatory reporting of pig movements in Canada will begin early in the new year.

The manager of PigTrace Canada says tools designed to accommodate the mandatory reporting of movements of pigs within Canada to accommodate swine traceability are now available for use.

The manager of PigTrace Canada expects the reporting of movements of pigs within Canada to accommodate swine traceability to become Mandatory this summer.

The Manager of PigTrace Canada reports the system that will accommodate the reporting of swine movements is now operational.

The manager of PigTrace Canada is encouraging pork producers to begin preparing now for the introduction of mandatory reporting of swine movements within Canada.

The manager of PigTrace Canada reports the system that will accommodate swine traceability in Canada is now in place and will be ready to start accepting reports of swine movements within the next couple of weeks.

The Canadian Pork Council expects to have a working swine traceability system in operation on a voluntary basis in advance of regulatory changes that will make the reporting of swine movements in Canada mandatory.

The Manager of PigTrace Canada, an initiative of the Canadian Pork Council, reports some pork industry stakeholders have expressed concern that complying with proposed changes to Canada’s Health of Animals Regulation, will force them to hire new staff or change their business practices.

The Canadian Pork Council is inviting pork industry stakeholders to participate in a series of webinars planned to explain proposed changes to Canada’s Health of Animals Regulations.