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Dead Stock Operators
The treatment of dead stock under the Canadian Cattle
Identification Program is dealt with under section 187 of
the Health of Animals Act. This information will be of
interest to dead stock removers, operators of post- mortem
laboratories, veterinarians and herd owners. When an
animal dies in a herd it will either be disposed of on site
or removed from the site by a dead stock remover.
187.
(1) Every person, including a renderer, a dead stock
operator, a post-mortem laboratory official or a
veterinarian, who disposes of the carcass of an animal
bearing an approved tag
(b) shall report the number of the approved tag to the
administrator within 30 days after disposing of the carcass.
It is important to destroy all used tags after
you have recorded and reported the numbers to the CCIA. On
occasion an animal may die at or enroute to a packing plant
or at a packing plant before slaughter. In such a case the
plant operator is required to report the tag number to the
CCIA.
Note:
- The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency is an
industry conceived, developed and run organization
- The Canadian Cattle Identification Program makes
trace back and containment of serious animal health
and food safety problems faster and more efficient,
which helps keep customers buying Canadian beef and
cattle.
- This program is regulated and enforced by the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Important Guidelines for
Renderers/Dead Stock Operators
The Canadian Cattle Identification Program is an
industry-led initiative designed to promote beef
consumption through assurance of efficient trace back
and containment of serious animal health and food
safety problems. The program is regulated and
enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)..
- You are required under the National
Identification Regulations of the Federal Health
of Animals Act to record and report any CCIA tag
numbers on cattle that you handle to the CCIA
within 30 days.
- The dead stock operator may remove the CCIA
tag and return it to the dead stock depot where
it may be read and reported along with all the
other tags on a monthly basis.
- Destroy used tags after you have recorded
and reported the numbers to the CCIA.
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