Thank you very much.
In terms of the facts, I think Canadians will easily understand that any organization has to organize the work of its staff in order to maximize its efficiency. As it relates to a slaughter plant exporting to multiple countries, our inspection staff who certify products to those countries have to therefore make sure that the specific requirements of each country are met for the products that are destined for there.
In the case of Japan, that is managed—in addition to the food safety requirements, which are universal—through a specific inspection station that confirms some specific and unique requirements in relation to Japan. Those unique requirements for Japan relate to the age of animals from which carcasses are derived and, as noted in the memo, also to the removal of spinal cord and dura mater, a requirement that applies universally, but, for Japan, there is some specific expectation that must be confirmed. That's what the role of the inspection station is.
What the memo is doing is communicating the task to those individuals stationed at that position with respect to focusing on Japan. What it is also communicating to them is that since that station is uniquely focused on Japan, they are not expected to be carrying out inspection for carcasses not destined for Japan. It is making that distinction. That's all the memo is doing.