Agriculture committee  If the chair will permit me, the only thing I would add to what my colleague has said is recognizing that any product that's not permitted to be traded interprovincially is equally not permitted to be traded internationally. This highlights the opportunity that more interprovinci

Agriculture committee  We have to remember that several of the regulatory frameworks were put in place quite a long time ago. Indeed the old meat inspection regulations were older than I am, and I'm not quite a spring chicken. That was exactly why we undertook this working collaboration with the provin

Agriculture committee  Exactly.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Agriculture committee  In fact, the meat hygiene pilot had as one of its objectives to better understand the difference between provincial and federal requirements. While they aren't absolute assessments in terms of the numbers, it was clear that particularly for small and medium enterprises, the cost

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for having the Canadian Food Inspection Agency appear today to share our perspective on reducing interprovincial trade barriers in the agrifood sector. The CFIA is a science-based regulatory agency. Our mandate is to safeguard food,