Agriculture committee  Thank you for your question. Normally, when it comes to interprovincial sales, products must be inspected by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Agriculture committee  It would depend on the situation. If the producer informed the buyer that his products could only be sold in the province, but the buyer sold them in other provinces regardless, it is the buyer that is responsible. Our field personnel conduct an investigation to find out what has

Agriculture committee  All right.

Agriculture committee  Thank you. As we work with our trading partners and other parties—either directly, bilaterally, or through international standard-setting bodies such as the Codex, IPPC or OIE—we are very well aware of what is there in the international community, and we try to harmonize, becau

Agriculture committee  That's in the realm of Health Canada. What I heard from them is that they are doing it. In the meantime, we work with the department and also with Health Canada because it's a small industry. Companies don't like to bring products here. It's very costly to license products and ma

Agriculture committee  Yes, so—

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. The Agricultural Growth Act came into being in 2014, and it had many aspects to it. We have incorporated the intent of that act into many of our regulations, and we are continuing to do so. To your specific questions about looking at harmonizing the

Agriculture committee  My understanding is that BST has been banned in Canada for animal use. Health Canada has looked at it and found no harmful effect for humans.

Agriculture committee  I would like to add that these organizations have paying members who have influence over standards that are set. Given that Canada is one of the countries with the highest standards, we want to be sure that food safety standards on the market are not weakened. It is therefore ver

Agriculture committee  I think so. This was by Health Canada. I don't have all the details.

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  We are waiting to see what will be in that report. Many countries are faced with the same problems in terms of competitiveness. We have people who are working hard to try to establish relations with India. We would like to find a permanent solution and continue to expand.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. Good morning to all of you, and good morning, Mr. Chair. As you said, my name is Jaspinder Komal. I am the chief veterinary officer for Canada and vice-president of science at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. I am also Canada's delegate to the World Orga

Agriculture committee  Thank you for your question. As I was saying in my comments, we've only just begun. So we do not yet know the exact number of infected animals in each herd. We are currently investigating the index herd, which is in the primary farm, as well as the five or six farms that are in

Agriculture committee  First, bovine tuberculosis is a disease that evolves very slowly, and it takes a lot of time for an animal to be infected. We have to go back five years to see whether the animals that joined the herd or left it during that period of time were infected. If the bacteria infects an