Agriculture committee  The only thing I would add, Mr. Chair, is that we in fact are already in the process of seed modernization and feed modernization, which will capture a few of those components.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, the updates to the feed regulations are planned for publication in winter 2024. I think that is the timeline I have. We are expecting that we will be able to meet that timeline as we go through our process.

Agriculture committee  Thank you for your question. I'll begin by saying that there has been a lot of progress on the foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank. We have actually gone forward and requested information on who is capable of actually providing those vaccines to Canada in the quantity that we need.

Agriculture committee  Right now, at this point, we are using it as a pilot, and we haven't figured out anything specific on that.

Agriculture committee  Let me start by saying that our system as it explains the specified risk material—the SRM—is actually a control measure to make sure international trading partners actually have confidence in the beef we produce and that it does not in any way, shape or form transmit BSE. We put that in place as a feed ban and other aspects after we detected BSE in Canada in 2003.

Agriculture committee  To answer you in a more precise form, I'll put it in two ways. One is if we are looking at harmonizing, for example, for the U.S., we will need to fundamentally change the way we use our feed mills and our processing of the plants—

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, what I would say is that there wasn't a wholesale movement of meat; there was a pilot conducted across Saskatchewan and Alberta, which was very successful. We're looking at opportunities in remote areas where there aren't any meat processing facilities that cross two borders or cross the borders of two provinces, and we are working towards looking at whether we can have more of that capacity.

Agriculture committee  Specifically on the potato wart thing, I want to start by saying that the situation warrants our making sure there are controls in place. I want to say that 95% of the potatoes from P.E.I. are moving. There is a small segment—specifically the seed potatoes—which is a concern, and we are working on that.