Sure. The unforeseen circumstances would be weather conditions, inclement weather, a storm, a road that is closed, an issue with the driver or a medical condition. There are a number of factors that our inspectors would consider if someone was found to have gone over the feed, water and rest times.
If you're a trucker and you have beef cattle, you should have offered the animals feed, water and rest after 36 hours. If it is 42 hours, the CFIA inspectors would ask questions. Why did it go over the 36 hours? What were the circumstances? They would use their discretion to determine whether the outcomes.... What was the severity of the outcomes? Were the animals in good shape coming off the trailer? Is this a consistent pattern that this particular trucker was seen to follow? Was he or she always going over 40 hours?
There are a number of factors that our inspectors look at, and they use judgment, because we all understand that things can happen and things can go wrong with the transportation of animals.
Thank you.