Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'd certainly benefit from rereading the testimony, but I think the question that was posed, honourable member, if I remember correctly, at the time we appeared was whether there had been a third party formal evaluation of the CVS program. We testified at that time, quite openly and honestly, that we had not submitted it to a third independent party.
I believe that in the combing of all the evidence on the part of the independent investigator it was recognized that there had been an internal assessment—and I would ask Cam to validate that—but that was not reviewed by senior management in the organization. We recognize that, and this is one of the areas we have taken on board to ensure that with these inspection programs, when there are changes, there is a third party validation and that they are formally assessed.
With respect to the manuals of procedures, I think we provided testimony prior to the conclusion in June that the manuals of procedures have in fact been updated in their entirety. We blitzed the manuals of procedures for the meat program. They're presently completing translation and posting. So they are now being brought together and that information is being provided to our operational staff.