Pork Becoming Traceability Leader

The pork industry has caught up with other sectors of Canadian agriculture in the development of traceability systems, says Clare Schlegel. “We’re as advanced as any commodity in Canada,” says the Ontario pig farmer and chairman of the Canadian Pork Council’s ID & Traceability Working Committee. The federal and provincial governments have agreed to have

CCIA To Test Radio Tags In Auctions

“We are really excited with the broad cross-section of markets in our project.” – DONNA HENUSET The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) has launched its Auction Market Applied Research Project to evaluate multiple Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems at auction markets across Canada with support from the federal government’s Growing Forward program. The work will


ID Tag Deadline Approaching

The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) is reminding producers that as of Jan. 1, 2010 all cattle must be tagged with an approved CCIA Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. “Of the three pillars of traceability, we have achieved animal identification. Once we have completed the second pillar – premises identification – the industry will require