Thank you very much.
Let me provide some clarification. When I appeared at the committee last, I didn't use the word “inspected”. We talked about the “system”, because it is indeed, of course, a complete system. The Canada Border Services Agency is an important part of that system. In fact, as the committee will know, the responsibility for action directly at the border falls to the CBSA. They refer to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on the basis of fulfilling that direct-at-the-border responsibility. In fact, last year...on average every year they make 1.7 million referrals to the CFIA.
In terms of product coming into the country and product going out of the country, we take a risk-based approach. If we look at meat, 100% of meat exported from Canada is exported under CFIA certification, and 100% of meat coming into the country comes into the country under the certification of foreign countries. Every single lot of that product is subject to CFIA oversight. That oversight includes physical inspection of some lots but not physical inspection of every lot.
The reason we don't have a physical inspection of every single lot is that we operate in a system, and —