News - Canadian Pork Council

The executive director of the Canadian Pork Council is confident completion of a Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement is close at hand.

The chair of the Canadian Pork Council’s Animal Care Technical Group expects the incorporation of requirements of the newly updated Canadian Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs into the Canadian Quality Assurance Program to be completed and ready for testing by mid-2015.

The president of the Canadian Pork Council warns failure to address the chronic shortage of workers within the Canadian pork industry will result in lost opportunities throughout the pork value chain.

The chair of the Canadian Pork Council reports key highlights of 2014 included substantial improvements in profitability, significant developments on the trade front and major advances in terms of biosecurity and animal health.

The vice chair of the Canadian Pork Council is confident a new free trade agreement between Canada and South Korea will help reverse a steady decline in Canadian pork exports to that market.

A director with the Canadian Pork Council suggests broad public input has been a significant factor in the successful update of the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs in Canada.

A veterinarian with the Office of Manitoba’s Chief Veterinarian says tools developed over the past few years have helped prepare the Canadian swine industry to deal with new disease threats, such as Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The executive director of the Canadian Pork Council says the quicker Canada can achieve a free trade agreement with South Korea the quicker the Canadian pork industry will be able to catch up to its major competitors in that market.

The vice chair of the Canadian Pork Council is calling for more research to ensure key changes proposed to Canada’s Pig Code of Practice are in the best interests of the farmers and the animals they care for.

The Canadian Pork Council’s Traceability Committee Chair says the entire Canadian pork value chain will benefit from the introduction of swine traceability.