The Canadian Swine Health Board has announced operations that complete the National Biosecurity Training Program will be recognized with signage.
The National Swine Biosecurity Training program, based on the National Farm Level Biosecurity Standard developed by the Canadian Swine Health Board, is open to registered pork producers certified under the Canadian Quality Assurance Program.
In recognition of completion of the training farms will be provided with three signs, one controlled access zone sign and two restricted access zone signs.
CSHB Biosecurity Coordinator Dr. Lucie Verdon says limiting access to the farm is one way to reduce the risk of disease transmission.
What’s written on the sign, it’s Biosecurity in Effect, No Unauthorized Visitors and Please Contact, because it’s important to understand that people that have some business to be on the farm need to know what to do if they really need to go inside the CAZ or the RAZ inside the barn.
So producers are invited to put on their phone number so people can reach them to know exactly what to do in respect to their procedures in place.
That’s why we also made available the possibility to customize the signage by adding stickers with the name of the farm and the phone number so people coming to the door or coming to the road will know, I’m interested, I have business on the farm, what do I do, I wasn’t supposed to be here but I’m stopping here, I’m going to call them and then they’ll let me know if yes I’m allowed to come in or not.
And one good thing is that those signs are available for people for free.
Dr. Verdon says producers can get more information on the National Biosecurity Training Program through the Canadian Swine Health Board or through their provincial pork organization.
