International Trade committee  I just want to make one point. The South Korean market is going to be a big one, and that changed with the recent update in our negligible risk status on BSE. South Korea was a big market 20 years ago when our first case of BSE happened, and we've been basically shut out of South Korea since our first case of BSE in 2003.

International Trade committee  I'm just going to say it depends on the system. You have to have two lines to these plants, one for the regular lactic acid—

International Trade committee  Yes, I would say it's in that range. As I said, it's a matter of spending more capital in these plants. We have plants here that will do it. They have done it as a niche market. They have spent the money on the capital outlay to put those different washes in. I think it's a steam bath more than a lactic acid....

International Trade committee  We've had trade irritants before with Europe. Previous to this issue, it was on growth promotants and implants in our cattle. This particular one, on carcass wash and using a lactic acid bath, is a pretty standard procedure here in Canada and the U.S. It's a procedure that is recognized around the world.

International Trade committee  In regard to veterinarians, I think a lot of this stuff goes back to some of the issues we had with COVID and with border issues at some of our ports. It has become a labour issue on the veterinary side. It's to no one's surprise that veterinarians here in western Canada and across the country are harder and harder to....

International Trade committee  Canada's recent BSE negligible risk status helps position Canada in export markets as a provider of world-class beef products at a competitive price point. Over the last 10 years, our Canadian live cattle exports have seen tremendous growth, from $1.4 billion to $4.5 billion. Not surprisingly, demand from the United States is behind much of that growth.