Agriculture committee  I think that's a potential, yes. There are economies of scale. We're just in the process right now of gearing up our production facility. Of course, our cost of production to date is calculated on what our production yields have been. We're not manufacturing 50 million doses per

Agriculture committee  I'm sorry?

Agriculture committee  I'm sorry. I don't understand your question.

Agriculture committee  Yes, but I'm still not clear about your question.

Agriculture committee  I understand. Thank you. I think the answer lies in respecting that the market will be somewhat segregated. The market demand for organic food is very real, but it's also very much a minority. It also has likely a higher cost of production than non-organically produced food, but

Agriculture committee  I think the other issue that's more relevant and more important to this on-farm food safety issue is on-farm food safety when you are selling your food to your neighbour. That's the last place you want to contaminate a food source. Even with the terrible situation in Walkerton, O

Agriculture committee  Thank you for that question. The challenge, as I said, is that incurring the cost of a public health intervention is very hard for an agricultural commodity producer to do. Who's going to pay him back for it? In reality, the answer to this is more of a cross-departmental hybrid,

Agriculture committee  Chairman Miller, committee members, and guests, thank you for allowing me this chance to discuss with you what we see as a great opportunity to make Canada a leader in public health and in on-farm food safety, and in doing so, to meet the demands of consumers for safe food. My n

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. That's very reasonable to ask. The challenge is that the benefit from vaccinating cattle is only partially realized by the cattlemen. As I said earlier, half of the illness that's due to this bacteria doesn't happen from cattle products. It's water, s

Finance committee  No, it is not. There is a conditionally licensed or tentatively approved competitor down there who was announced publicly. It is not being done in the States.

Finance committee  Introduce it at what stage?

Finance committee  I think it should be made available widely to the cattle industry—to dairy and beef cows, as well as feedlot cows.

Finance committee  Yes, that's absolutely correct. Fifty-five per cent of the food-borne illness that's due to E. coli 0157 comes through beef, while 45% comes through other foods. The spinach was probably the most infamous case, with that huge recall. It's been in lettuce, and, as I said, last yea

Finance committee  Yes, it has been traced.

Finance committee  Yes.