News - Traceability

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 Food Inspection Agency says input from pork industry stakeholders on proposed amendments to the federal Health of Animals Regulations will help ensure Canada’s proposed traceability system is cost effective.

The Chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board says in the event of a disease outbreak swine traceability will provide the information necessary to mitigate the spread of the disease and go about eliminating it.

The Canadian Pork Council’s Traceability Committee Chair says the entire Canadian pork value chain will benefit from the introduction of swine traceability.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is seeking input from the public on changes proposed to the Health of Animals Regulations to accommodate swine traceability.

The Government of Canada is making an important investment to help build a single national livestock traceability system with robust data management capabilities.

PigTrace Canada is confident a national swine traceability system being developed in Canada will be compatible with a new system being proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

PigTrace Canada hopes proposed federal legislative changes required to accommodate a new national swine traceability system will be ready for public comment by year’s end.

The Government of Canada is once again supporting the livestock industry as they develop a national traceability system.

The Government of Canada is once again demonstrating its commitment to enhance traceability in Canadian agriculture.