The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will mark November as National 4-H Month by launching a contest for young people to come up with their own ways to promote livestock biosecurity.
The online contest, launched Monday, asks 4-H members and other “like-minded” Canadian young people between ages 12 and 21 to come up with a slogan, a story or lyrics to a song that explain how to keep animals healthy.
The winning submission could be used in future CFIA ads and campaigns to “inspire others about biosecurity,” the agency said.
“Having healthy animals means healthy food, healthy people and a healthy agriculture industry,” Brian Evans, Canada’s chief veterinary officer and chief food safety officer, said in CFIA’s release Monday. “We challenge the young minds of today to explain to their peers across the nation that protecting animal health is important.”
The entry deadline is 4 p.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2011; the winning entrant will be notified by the end of February. More information can be found on the CFIA’s contest website.
