Canada announced on Wednesday “it is enhancing its capacity to track animals from farm to slaughter through a mandatory national pig traceability system,” says Feedstuffs. Regulations to carry out the plan “come into force on July 1 for all domestic pigs that are farmed for food production, including those that die on farm and cannot enter the food chain. Effective July 1, 2015, the regulations will be extended to also include farmed wild boars, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.”
Mandatory identification systems are already in place for the cattle, bison and sheep sectors, says Feedstuffs.