There are 500 provincially licensed plants. Of those, only 132 are abattoirs. Ontario is unique in that it's the first province to actually require licensing of those who are further processing. In what Ontario calls an FSMP there is no slaughter component. Cory mentioned that he does both, but he's in the count of the 132 abattoirs.
For those 500 licensed plants, there is no requirement for mandatory membership within our organization, but we currently represent, I believe, about 235. As I said, it's voluntary in nature, but all of the 500 provincially licensed meat plants are subjected to the same audit program, and that is on an annual basis, as is licensing review.
The audit has moved away.... It mirrored the federal system for many years, when there was a letter grade. Now it is to see that you are actually in compliance with the regulations. There is a “conditional” or a “fail” result, and they have all the tools in place, as does the CFIA, to suspend operations if they see a food safety hazard during regular operations.