date:May 18, 2012
nt, farmers with a healthy but injured or aggressive animal had to either seek approval to ship the animal live to a registered slaughterhouse, or have it euthanised and pay for its disposal. Neither of these are practical options, the association added.
The CFIA insisted on the fact that only animals deemed safe would be allowed to enter the food system. The proposed changes to allow for inspected on-farm slaughter would follow clear procedural rules and would not have an impact on food safet