Health committee  Good afternoon. I would like to thank you for the invitation to appear this afternoon. The Canadian Pork Council is a national association representing the interests of Canada's 7,000 hog producers. The Canadian pork industry recognizes the vital importance of using practices

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  For the Canadian Pork Council, the average cost per producer for just the audit is probably about $500 or $600 per producer per year. That doesn't include the cost of implementation, or the timing commitment that's put into developing the protocols and maintaining the records, bu

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  At the opposite end of the spectrum, once the hog industry got things rolling for a couple of years with our program, a number of packers, rather than offering an incentive for being part of the program, were cutting the price by 25¢ or 50¢ per hundredweight per hog going into th

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to present to you today the views of the Canadian Pork Council on food safety issues. The production of safe food is of primary concern to all involved in the agrifood industry. Canadian hog producers see the implementation and d