International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  I can give you an example. There is the protocol stating that Canadian pork meat must be processed without the addition of ractopamine, a feed additive for animals. Yes, it goes that far.

International Trade committee  We have to be careful. We must not let the Europeans go too far in defining products that are given either the appellation d'origine contrôlée or protected geographical indication designation. If we are told that baloney or salami constitute a geographical indication, we will say

International Trade committee  No, it is not essential that all plants be authorized by the European Union, but those that wish to be in Europe would be advised to do so, because this is a prerequisite for them. A new plant has just been built in the Montérégie region. The new plants, including certain plants

International Trade committee  We do, and that's why they came up with a simplified agreement. It's a much easier agreement to work with now than it was a few years back.

International Trade committee  No, I can't. I don't really know who is there, but it's likely to be Dr. Brian Evans, and it should be negotiated at that level. But for your information, it's not all European plants that comply with the European requirements.

International Trade committee  Yes, but you will see that they have 500 tonnes of one line, and then there's a long list of lines. It's amazing how it's done.

International Trade committee  Okay. I'll send it to Mr. David.

International Trade committee  Hopefully. It depends on the countries. We had to be very careful because in some countries, if it comes from outside, it's a no-no. Japan is one of the best examples we've ever had. We were forced to identify the Canadian origin and that's how our sales really took off, but it d

International Trade committee  Yes, or in some areas of the United States.

International Trade committee  They were very difficult to meet in the first place, because had we met those requirements, we would have been in Italy and Spain rather than in Poland or Romania.

International Trade committee  No, they're completely different, and that's what I explained earlier. It doesn't matter what colour the fence is, and that's where the problem was. We had a completely different set of standards. In one case they wanted fences and they needed a wall between the packaging area an

International Trade committee  In a sense, yes. What we are looking at is not the ways you achieve the result, but at the result itself.

International Trade committee  Yes, internationally recognized standards. So if we are able, through our various systems and ways of doing it, to achieve the same results, why should you worry if the wall is red or not?

International Trade committee  Okay. Talking about effectively promoting our product, I hinted that the quality of our products is already well known in Europe. We could tell you that at times we are competitive in spite of the very high tariffs, because they vary between €400 and €800 per tonne. If you lower