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• Industrie
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• Questions touchant les consommateurs
• Santé
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Détails sur l'objet

Politique ou Programme

• Abattoir Competitiveness Program: the Canadian Meat Council is requesting an extension of the Abattoir Competitiveness Program until such time as the Specified Risk Material Regulations are equivalent with the USA
• Manual of Procedures: The Canadian Meat Council is requesting the removal of the Meat Cuts Manual from the Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures and the immediate ceasing of its strict enforcement.
• Manual of Procedures: the Canadian Meat Council is requesting that the Government update policies on animal transportation and welfare issues- Chapter 12 of the Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures.
• Meat Safety Tax Credit: the Canadian Meat Council is advocating for the creation of a new Meat Safety Tax Credit based on eligible expenses for Canada’s food processing industry for a safer food supply for Canadians.
• National Farmed Animal Health Strategy: the Canadian Meat Council requests that the Government of Canada fully fund the monitoring of animal movement at the Manitoba-Ontario border at a test site called “West Hawk Lake”.
• Product of Canada Guidelines: the Canadian Meat Council supports a review of the Product of Canada Guidelines with regard to labelling of meat products. Specifically we seek an ammendment to the restrictive interpretive Q&As developed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on the what defines elgibility of live animals for meat products when using the term Product of Canada labels.
• Temporary Foreign Worker Program: the Canadian Meat Council is advocating for the continued access for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program for Canada's meat industry. Nevertheless, and notwithstanding extensive efforts to recruit domestically, it is the reality of our industry that the number of workers required exceeds, by far, the number of both “lower-skilled” and “higher-skilled” Canadian candidates who are both willing and able to work in Canada's meat processing industry. There is now an application fee of $275 per Temporary Foreign Worker- if a form has 1 employee or 100 employees the charge is $275 per worker applied for. If the request is rejected the fee is not refunded. These fees seem much higher than a reasonable cost to process- especially when the request for multiple employees is rejected.
• Veterinary Import Policy: Animal Health Risk Assessment: the Canadian Meat Council has requested an updated risk assessment on the importation of live American hogs for slaughter in Canada.

Politique ou Programme, Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution, Règlement

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fees and the User Fees Act: The Canadian Meat Council is a member of the CFIA Working Group on User Fees. We are requesting that the CFIA fee structure be reviewed and that service standards be established as required by the User Fees Act.
• Veterinary Signature on Meat Export Certificates: the Canadian Meat Council is advocating for an ammendment to the Meat Inspection Act and Regulations to remove the strict requirement for a veterinarian’s signature on health certificates for export of meat and poultry - especially for trade in meat between Canada and the USA. The signature of the official Canadian Food Inspection Agency meat Inspector should be sufficient.

Politique ou Programme, Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier

• CETA Meat Program: The Canadian Meat Council is advocating for a new 5-year $10 million CETA Meat Program to help Canada's Meat Processing Industry comply with the European Union's meat import requirements which are onerous and prescriptive.

Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution

• Canada-EU: the Canadian Meat Council is providing input into a proposed Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union at the request of the Federal Government
• Canada-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement: the Canadian Meat Council is very supportive of this Agreement and is providing input for an ambitious outcome.
• Food and Drugs Act: the Canadian Meat Council is advocating 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.
• Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement- the Canadian Meat Council is advocating for Canada's full participation in the TPP.
• World Trade Organization Doha Round Negotiations: the Canadian Meat Council supports 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.

Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution, Règlement

• Interprovincial Meat Trade Pilot Project:the Canadian Meat Council is advocating that all meat processed in Canada should be inspected by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency under the Meat Inspection Act and Regulations.

Règlement

• Administrative Monetary Penalties: The Canadian Meat Council is advocating against the proposed changes to the Meat Inspection Regulations that will result in Administrative Monetary Penalties being imposed on Canada's meat industry. The Government should impose these penalties on the entire food sector through the regulations that are being developed for the Safe Food for Canadians Act and not single out meat at this time.
• Bill S-11 Safe Food Act for Canadians, the Canadian Meat Council is advocating for new regulations under the Safe Food for Canadians Act that apply to all sectors of the food industry.
• Biofuels Regulations: the Canadian Meat Council is advocating 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: the Canadian Meat Council is advocating 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: the Canadian Meat Council supports 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: the Canadian Meat Council is advocating 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. We have also asked for clarity on qualifying for less mandatory testing through the addition of antimicrobials or a post packaging processing like High Pressure Processing. In addition we seek approval in Canada of all rapid assay testing methods that are permitted for use in the United States.
• Meat Inspection Regulations: the Canadian Meat Council has requested an ammendment to Meat Inspection Regulations and Manual of Procedures to allow for the recognition of the equivalent effectiveness of potassium chloride (KCl) to salt so that KCl may be used as a partial substitute for salt in these formulations. The Canadian Meat Council members are commited to reducting sodium in prepared meat products
• Meat Inspection Regulations: the Canadian Meat Council has requested that the Government of Canada have 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: the Canadian Meat Council is seeking an ammendment to Meat Inspection Regulation 94 to require federally registered meat processors to include their establishment number and the meat inspection legend on all packaged meat in a bulk container.
• Meat Inspection Regulations: the Canadian Meat Council supports the April 7, 2012 Gazette I Proposed ammendment to Meat Inspection Regulation 92 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.

Techniques de communication

• Communication écrite
• Communication orale

Institutions gouvernementales

• Affaires étrangères, Commerce international et Développement
• Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments (ACIA)
• Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada (AAC)
• Bureau du Conseil privé (BCP)
• Cabinet du Premier ministre (CPM)
• Chambre des communes
• Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada
• Emploi et Développement social Canada (EDSC)
• Finances Canada (FIN)
• Industrie Canada
• Santé Canada (SC)
• Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada (SCT)
• Sénat du Canada

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