OTTAWA, March 19, 2012: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would like your feedback on proposed changes to the Health of Animals Act intended to strengthen livestock and poultry traceability in Canada.
The proposed changes would enhance the Government of Canada's ability to

protect public health and strengthen food safety
rapidly respond to disease outbreaks and natural disasters (for example floods and ice storms) that affect Canada's animal resource base

Traceability is the ability to follow an item or a group of items-such as animal, plant, or food products or their ingredients-from one point in the supply chain to another.
The focus of this initiative is farm-to-slaughter traceability of livestock and poultry species. The proposed changes touch on some of the following elements:

animal and location identification
animal movement reporting and recording
information and privacy protection

This initiative supports a commitment made in 2006 by federal, provincial and territorial ministers of agriculture to create a national livestock and poultry traceability system.
A consultation document explaining the proposed changes is available on the CFIA 's website and is open for comments until May 3, 2012. The CFIA will use comments from the public and stakeholders to help shape the proposal moving forward.
For more information on traceability in Canada , visit www.inspection.gc.ca/traceability or call 1-800-442-2342.

Consultation: A Legislative Framework for Traceability: Proposed Elements

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