The Canadian Federation of Agriculture and counterparts in Alberta, Quebec and Manitoba are lobbying to gain permission for provincially-inspected meat-packing plants to ship to other provinces and territories.
The law now limits inter-provincial trade to plants licenced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency whose standards and associated compliance costs are higher than for provincially-inspected faciltiies.
The United States is pondering a similar move. The lobby gained strength because of the COVID-19 pandemic which distrupted the supply chains.
