ON-FARM FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM’S ADVANTAGES

In producing Canadian pork, our farmers are dedicated to the highest quality standards.

Through our Canadian farm-to-table quality assurance systems, registered producers demonstrate their compliance with national standards for food safety and animal care.

In producing Canadian pork, there is no compromise on quality, safety, hygiene and reliability. Canada’s stringent animal health standards, science-based animal care and feeding systems, and state-of-the-art technology enable the Canadian pork industry to deliver a consistently safe and delicious product.

Built on a foundation of on-farm food safety, responsible animal care and mandatory traceability. It’s raised without the use of growth hormones (like all pork produced in Canada).

  • Canada’s on-farm food safety and quality assurance systems to: promote and ensure best on-farm practices to reduce or eliminate potential safety and meat quality hazards that could affect Canadian herd health and market access, and ensure that Canadian pigs are raised in a sustainable manner that meets the demands of Canadian and global end-user customers.

GENETIC INPUTS

Canadian producers utilize a combination of the world’s finest swine breeds and genetics (3 breed cross: Yorkshire-large white, Landrace & Duroc) to give Canadian pork its distinct taste, texture and meat colour.

 

NUTRITIONAL INPUTS

Canadian producers utilize high quality feed to deliver outstanding pork quality. Canada’s fertile soil, climate and vast spaces produce an abundant supply of high-quality livestock feed grains to ensure the Canadian pork quality. Major feed grains utilized for hog production are corn, barley, wheat, field peas, canola and soy protein.

Primarily affecting the fat composition contributing to firmness, colour, and juiciness.

FOOD SAFETY & ANIMAL CARE

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) administers Canada’s national livestock feed program. The system verifies that livestock feeds are manufactured and sold in accordance with the Federal Feeds act.

  • PigCare is based on the National Farm Animal Care Council Codes of Practice (NFACC) for pigs (2014).
  • The NFACC Codes of Practice are nationally developed guidelines for the care and handling of farm animals in Canada.
  • The Codes promote sound management and welfare practices for housing, care, transportation and other animal husbandry practices.
  • PigSAFE formerly known as Canadian Quality Assurance (CQA) was launched in 1998 and is administered by the Canadian Pork Council and delivered by each provincial association.
  • PigSAFE is based on HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) principles that require detailed record keeping and protocols that are validated annually by an official auditor.

Identification and traceability

  • PigTRACE is administered by the Canadian Pork Council with support from Agriculture Canada.
  • Canada is the only North American country to implement a mandatory identification and traceability system for pigs to protect herd health.
  • PigTRACE delivers global supply chain confidence through demonstrable source verification.
  • PigTRACE fortifies Canada’s biosecurity systems to ensure high health herd status.

 

TRANSPORTATION & HEALTH/STRESS MANAGEMENT

Farms are close to the plant, methods of transportation reduce animal stress, animals have a longer rest period prior to slaughter.

 

CANADIAN LANDSCAPE

Canada, a country with large fertile land and clear water, offers the Canadian industry advantage to carefully raise pigs in these wilderness areas of Canada.

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