The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says updated plant protection regulations will allow it to be more agile.
CFIA updates plant protection regulations
Livestock movement scanner looks for proving ground
Canadian Cattle Identification Agency looking for ranchers to test RFID ‘wand’ technology, meant to make traceability easier in the lead up to incoming regulations
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) will test new technology intended to simplify the recording of animal movements, linked to proposed federal livestock traceability regulations.
Countdown begins for traceability
Cattle industry gears up for an overhaul of the system as long-awaited new regulations promise to reshape the sector
Reading Time: 5 minutes Canadian cattle producers are awaiting new federal traceability regulations following a two-year consultation process.
Canadian cattle industry preps for new traceability rules in 2026
Canada’s coming livestock traceability framework update will allow Canada to more nimbly react to outbreaks of animal disease, the government has said
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s coming livestock traceability update will allow Canada to more nimbly react to animal disease outbreaks, the government has said.
Livestock sector raises issue with new traceability reporting times
CFIA update will also bring goats, farmed deer and elk under traceability
Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – An online consultation on livestock traceability came back with widespread support for the general premise — and concerns about tighter timelines for reporting and tag retention. Last year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency unveiled proposed changes to Canada’s national livestock traceability rules, including a shorter window in which producers are to report […] Read more
Best practices at tagging time easiest way to not lose them
Tags that go into cattle’s ears properly are more likely to stay there and not cause problems with traceability
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has launched a new campaign to provide more information to farmers on how to retain tags on cattle. The challenge with cattle tagging is that at some point in their life, they can lose their iconic yellow button tags, and that’s a problem for the traceability […] Read more
PigTrace tag prices go up Dec. 15
Program costs 'unsustainable' without price increase
One of the prices producers pay for hog traceability will be going up 10 per cent. The Manitoba Pork Council said in a notice to producers Wednesday that the Canadian Pork Council will apply a 10 per cent increase to the prices of PigTrace ear tags and accessories, effective Dec. 15. Table: PigTrace ear tag […] Read more
Fairs, exhibitions concerned over new traceability proposals
Event volunteers may lack skills needed, association says
The Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions (CAFE) says proposed federal regulations regarding livestock traceability are putting animal events across the country at risk. Their concerns centre around new directives centred around moving and tagging which they say would affect Canada’s 5,000 fairs, rodeos and other events. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has proposed that […] Read more
CFIA seeks feedback on traceability, animal ID amendments
Producers have until June 16 to comment on proposals
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is now seeking comment on its proposed amendments to livestock identification and traceability regulations. The regulatory proposal would address what the agency calls “gaps” in the current system, including: adding goats and cervids as animal species that share diseases with other regulated livestock, and therefore subject to traceability requirements, shortening […] Read more
It’s been 25 years of livestock traceability
On the right track: Tracking livestock is now pretty conventional, but it wasn’t always — and still isn’t in some countries
Reading Time: 3 minutes It was groundbreaking in its day, but 25 years later — and well over 100 million ear tags —it’s hard to imagine the days when there was no livestock traceability. “It’s an everyday thing now — resistance is minimal,” said Anne Brunet-Burgess, general manager of the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency. The organization held its first […] Read more
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