MAY 2018 • COUNTRY LIFE IN BC
Traceability regs to include animal
movement Farm to fork and everything in between will be tracked
by BARBARA JOHNSTONE GRIMMER
PENDER ISLAND –
Traceability regulations are right around the corner. The promise is something
livestock producers have heard before, but this time the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it’s the truth.
Sometime within the next
year, regulations will require more than just an approved ear tag. Premises will have to be registered and movements of animals reported to the Canadian Livestock Tracking System (CLTS) if producers expect to purchase or sell livestock. “Producers tell me that
we’ve been talking about changes in traceability regulations for a long time and many are at the point where they just want to know what the regulations are going to be and what their obligations are,” says Canadian Sheep Federation executive director and Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) board member Corlena Patterson. "We have a general
understanding of the changes that are coming," says Lisa Levesque, traceability and premises identification team lead for the BC Ministry of Agriculture. "The proposed regulations are federal so we are looking forward to seeing the details when they're published." Patterson and Levesque are both members of the industry-government Regulatory Implementation Committee (RIC) formed to identify and prioritize actions to help prepare for a smooth implementation of the amendments to the federal health of animals regulations.
Regulations coming Draft regulations should be
released later this year, and a 75-day comment period will follow. The final regulations will likely be published and take effect sometime in 2019. Traceability is the ability to trace an item – animal, plant or product – through the supply chain, from farm to fork, backwards or forwards. The purpose is to provide accurate and timely information to reduce the impacts of a natural disaster,
disease outbreak or a food recall. In the case of a serious situation, such as a reportable disease like BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or ‘mad cow’ disease) or scrapie, animals would be traced back to the home farm and sites in between. Stock that came in contact with infected animals would also be identified through the tracing system. The system depends on the traceability of animals, the premises where they’re located and movements between premises to be identifiable and tracked. Animal movements will have to be reported to the responsible administrator (with only a few exemptions), and a manifest (paper or
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A traceability program that tracks all movement of livestock, from farm to fork, is a small price to pay if it helps to contain a disease outbreak. CANADIAN SHEEP FEDERATION PHOTO
electronic) that details the movement will need to accompany animals in transit. Subject premises include farms, auctions, assembly yards, fairgrounds, abattoirs
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