Every pig barn in Canada, every assembly yard, every packing plant needs to record and submit data within seven days of pigs coming and going to a central database - PigTrace that Canada runs.
PigTrace is an industry-led, mandatory, ?national live animal traceability initiative to ensure protection, prosperity and peace of mind for the Canadian pork industry. The ?development means that every pig that comes or goes has a trace.
By Harry Siemens
After extensive industry consultation, Canada’s federal government strengthened Canada’s livestock sector by enhancing its capacity to track animals from farm to slaughter through a mandatory national pig traceability system.
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