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The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced an investment of up to $45.3 million to enhance efforts to prevent African swine fever (ASF) from entering Canada and prepare for a potential outbreak.
The Government of Canada is investing up to $23.4 million to support the pork industry’s prevention and mitigation efforts. This funding is intended to support critical priorities for preparedness, such as biosecurity assessments, coordination for wild pig management, retrofit of existing abattoirs, sector analysis, and ASF-related research projects.
In addition, up to $19.8 million will be invested in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) prevention and preparedness efforts. This is intended to support work such as further enhancing laboratory capacity, establishing zoning arrangements with additional trading partners, and contributing to international efforts to develop a safe and effective ASF vaccine that meets the needs of Canadian farms.
The Government will invest up to $2.1 million to enhance border control activities by providing training to border services officers on the policies and procedures associated with preventing the entry of foreign food and animal products, providing advance training to enhance port of entry (POE) vigilance, and promoting compliance by increasing public awareness of ASF.
August 26, 2022/ Government of Canada/ Canada.
https://www.canada.ca
