Canada Reviews Testing For U.S. Cattle Imports

The CFIA proposes changes to make the testing procedure for U.S. exporters less cumbersome but would maintain the same level of animal health protection. It said studies have concluded that unrestricted U.S. imports would lead to the spreading of anaplasmosis, which is not harmful to humans, in Canada. For breeder cattle, improved tests could reduce the number of pre-entry tests required. The CFIA would conduct a pilot study that could lead to the elimination of testing from U.S. states that are considered low risk, it said. For feeder cattle, "a number of options exist which are progressively less restrictive," the agency said. Import rules for feeder cattle have been gradually loosened over the past eight years. The CFIA proposed a second pilot study to assess the current import restrictions for low-risk U.S. states. http://tinyurl.com/sngls

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