The Canadian Cattle Association is so upset about requirements that it has withdrawn support for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency plan for changes to the national traceability program;
It plans to work with provincial beef associations to develop its own plan,
It acknowledges that it’s important to be able to document the movement of cattle in the event of an important disease outbreak, but is reflecting its members’ concerns that the CFIA proposals are too onerous.
The CFIA plan would require reporting animal move-ins within seven days and more information about premise identification numbers and reporting,
The CFIA realized its plan was not popular and recently put its implementation on pause for further negotiations.
