Canada Committed to Protecting Livestock Industry With New FMD Vaccine Bank

Jun 18, 2025

By Abbey Canon

Canada is making significant progress towards the creation of a dedicated foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank, which will build on existing protections for the livestock industry and equip producers with another tool to control and eliminate the disease should an outbreak occur.

Following a competitive procurement process, Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, awarded contracts to Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health and Biogénesis Bagó SA to supply multiple types of vaccine products and develop Canada’s first FMD vaccine bank.

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