Visit with the Canadians

Washington D.C. - We had the opportunity to visit with the Canadians and their officials about the issues of animal identification, BSE/Mad Cow Disease, as well as the potential for the reopening of their own export markets. It was a very interesting discussion, we looked at their aggressive developments of their own slaughter capacity in response to the shock to their system and how that may impact our own slaughter capacity in the United States, as well as their own developments of an animal identification system, which I believe is very important for us as a country to rapidly research and implement for the long term health and security of our food supply but also to assure that our export markets can be reopened, particularly to Japan, very, very rapidly.

###