The organization will create a Task Force for this file
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) doesn’t support the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) proposed livestock traceability regulations.
“After extensive producer engagement and input from provincial beef organizations, the Canadian Cattle Association does not support proceeding with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s currently proposed amendments to Part XV of the Health of Animals Regulations (Identification and Traceability),” the organization said in a March 30 statement.
The organization added it supports livestock traceability overall, calling the practice a “core pillar of disease preparedness, market access and confidence in Canadian beef.”
The CCA will continue to work on this issue.
The national organization and its provincial members will create a Task Force to work on a “risk-based, industry-led approach to disease preparedness and emergency management.”
Work on traceability updates goes back to March 2016.
At the time, 19 industry organizations developed and endorsed the Cattle Implementation Plan, an industry-led plan to establish a nationwide traceability system.
In March 2023, the CFIA pre-published proposed amendments to Part XV of the Health of Animals Act.
That June, industry participated in public consultations to voice that regulations needed to support the Cattle Implementation Plan.
In February 2024, the CFIA put out its “What We Heard” report about the public consultations. That year, Canada’s livestock industry engaged with the CFIA on areas where change was needed.
In November 2025 the CFIA reported that amendments would be published and finalized in Canada Gazette, Part II before April 2026.
The CFIA announced a pause on its implementation this January “until the proposed changes are more widely understood and concerns are heard and taken into consideration,” the CFIA’s statement says.