Canada: $20 million to assure sufficient food inspection during COVID-19 crisis

Canada is still contending with backlogged pigs from slaughterhouse shut-downs due to COVID-19. Find out what implications this will have on 2021 production and trade.

Governments funding Meat and Poultry Ontario study to increase efficiency and capacity in meat processing.

Average hog prices in Alberta were down 9% from 2019.

Exports of Canadian pork and pork products saw a significant increase in the first 10 months of 2020.

New law protects public safety and the food supply. The Act protects farmers, the agri-food sector, and livestock transport drivers from the impacts of trespassing.

Hog slaughter in Canada is up slightly from 2019 while exports have increased 18% year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2020.

The agency will support the competitiveness and sustainability of the pork sector by enabling the development and implementation of promotional and research activities.

As Canada's plant-based food industry grows, the Government is working to provide greater clarity on the regulations that apply to meat and plant-based substitutes.

Having regard that the ongoing crisis related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) represents an exceptional and unprecedented challenge for the capacity of Member States to fully conduct official controls and other official activities in accordance with EU legislation, the EU has published the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/466.