Agriculture committee  Unfortunately, I do not. I know that certain of the countries in the European Union have been recognized by CFIA as countries from which we can import meat products, but I really can't speak to it further than that.

Agriculture committee  Certainly, this is an unprecedented situation. We don't have a similar situation that has arisen where we can see what CFIA has done. I can say that we've seen other situations where they've done a maintenance audit and they've gone back to a country to look again at systems or t

Agriculture committee  I think it would be reasonable under the circumstances, yes.

Agriculture committee  It's hard to comment on their adequacy as situations arise. CFIA is following their usual process. They are implementing their obligations under the SFCR and looking at the different factors that are there. Whether or not that will be adequate to ensure that products that ultima

Agriculture committee  Generally speaking, there's an obligation or understanding between the parties that, if any situation arises that would impact the foreign country's food safety system, they would share that information with the CFIA.

Agriculture committee  I believe the CFIA testified on Monday that they've had conversations with Ukraine.

Agriculture committee  We wouldn't normally be contacted about something like a goods remission order.

Agriculture committee  It's very hard to speculate without having any access to the results of the audit they conducted. I think the concern being raised here is this: Despite what they may have seen in the audit—having found that the system met our requirements at that point in time—there's a questi

Agriculture committee  I can't really comment. There certainly can be situations where a large corporation that is not Canadian-owned has a Canadian operation and holds an SFC import licence at that address.

Agriculture committee  Good afternoon. Thank you to the committee for inviting me to speak today. I'm a lawyer based in Ottawa. I advise clients in the food industry on issues pertaining to Canadian food safety laws, regulations and policies. I'm here as an individual. My evidence today represents my