Enregistrement - Lobbyistes salariés d'organisations

Objets

• Agriculture
• Commerce international
• Emploi et formation
• Impôts et finances
• Industrie
• Infrastructure
• Questions touchant les consommateurs
• Santé
• Travail

Détails sur l'objet

Politique ou Programme

• Animal Welfare: The Canadian Meat Council is a founding member of the National Farm Animal Care Council. We have asked that the Federal Government participate in the funding of this important initiative that benefits the entire farmed animal industry in Canada.
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fees Notice with respect to the current freeze on user fees. The Canadian Meat Council is a member of the CFIA Working Group on User Fees. A change to the fee structure will result in more competitive fees and a service standard to ensure value and timely service for the fees paid.
• Meat Hygiene Directive February 27, 2009 Policy on Listeria Control: provided feedback and questions with regards to the implementation of the Policy.
• National Farmed Animal Health Strategy: The Government of Canada should fully fund the monitoring of animal movement at the Manitoba-Ontario border at a test site called “West Hawk Lake”.
• Product of Canada Guidelines: with regard to labelling of meat products.
• Veterinary Import Policy: Animal Health Risk Assessment: requested an updated risk assessment on the importation of live American hogs for slaughter in Canada.

Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution

• Food and Drugs Act: Advocate for an ammendment to the Act to allow for the immediate approval in Canada of all antimicrobial agents currently approved by European Union and by the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration.
• Provided input into a proposed Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union at the request of the Federal Government
• World Trade Organization Doha Round Negotiations:Canadian meat processors need an ambitious trade deal at the World Trade Organization to gain better access to important export markets. We need a significant reduction in import tariffs, the elimination of export subsidies and greatly reduced domestic support that distorts pricing and international markets.

Règlement

• Biofuels Regulations:Advocate for government policies that promote the use of non-feed grain inputs for ethanol (such as cellulose) and bio fuels and that provide opportunities to convert animal by-products into biofuels, energy, and electricity.
• Food and Drug Regulations: Advocate for the approval of new regulations to extend the use of food irradiation in Canada to include ground beef, poultry, and beef carcasses.
• Health Canada Own Use Drug Provision: We support the introduction of amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations to restrict personal use importation of unapproved veterinary drugs intended to be administered to food-producing animals.
• Listeria Control Policy: Advocate for more flexibility in the Listeria control policy to allow for less mandatory testing of ready-to-eat meat products that do not support the growth of Listeria such as pepperoni and salami.
• Meat Inspection Regulations: Advocate for the deregulation of the premarket registration process for food packaging materials used by federally registered establishments. The safety of all materials used for packaging foods is already controlled under Division 23 of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations.
• Meat Inspection Regulations: Advocated for more retail inspection of pre-packaged imported meat products to ensure that the proper "Product of..." declaration is present. In addition, many imported prepackaged meat products do not meet current Canadian labelling regulations such as mandatory bilingual labels, use of only approved ingredients and the Canadian Nutrition Facts panel.
• Meat Inspection Regulations: Encouraged the Government of Canada to hold public consultations on the deregulation of mandatory pre-market label approval for meat products under the Meat Inspection Regulations and to then proceed with Gazette I and Gazette II publications of regulatory change.

Techniques de communication

• Communication écrite
• Communication orale

Institutions gouvernementales

• Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada (MAECIC)
• Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments (ACIA)
• Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada (AAC)
• Chambre des communes
• Finances Canada (FIN)
• Industrie Canada
• Santé Canada (SC)

Adresse :
955 Green Valley Crescent
Suite 305
Ottawa, ON  K2C 3V4
Canada

Numéro de téléphone : 613-729-3911
Numéro de fax : 613-729-4997