Melody the Labrador meets Tony Andreoli. She is a Canine Companions puppy being trained
to help someone with a disability. Melody is being sponsored by Andreoli’s company, Baker
Commodities.
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etc., but it is a step-by-step process,” Hamilton explained.
“You only have to show where you got the material. Europe
has also been doing it for renewable diesel. The concern is
that somebody might cheat by using virgin oil because (used
cooking oil) is so valuable.”
,Ğ ƚŽůĚ ƌĞŶĚĞƌĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞdžƉĞĐƚ & ŽŶƐŝƚĞ ŝŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ
ramp up again since the agency hasn’t been doing them due
ƚŽKs/Ͳϭϵ͘,ĂŵŝůƚŽŶĂůƐŽĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚĂŌĞƌϮϲLJĞĂƌƐŝŶƚŚĞ
ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJŚĞǁĂƐƌĞƟƌŝŶŐĂƚƚŚĞĞŶĚŽĨDĂƌĐŚ͘
Canadian Landscape
Ridley Bestwick with West Coast Reduction gave
ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐĂŶŝŶƐŝĚĞůŽŽŬĂƚǁŚĂƚŝƐĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJŽŶƚŚĞƌĂĚĂƌ
of the Canadian Renderers Association, including work
underway by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on a
salmonella-guidance document. CFIA hasn’t released anything
on the document, having been slowed down by COVID-19.
ĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůůLJ͕ĞƐƚǁŝĐŬƐĂŝĚƚŚĞĂŐĞŶĐLJŝƐƐƟůůƌĞǀŝĞǁŝŶŐƉƵďůŝĐ
comments and making adjustments as well as working to
provide a more fulsome overview of the
ĂŶĂůLJƟĐĂůƚŽŽůŽĨĨƵůůͲŐĞŶŽŵĞƐĞƋƵĞŶĐŝŶŐ͘
“The CFIA has also put out guidance on
feed-registration procedures and labeling
standards,” he explained. “CRA provided
ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐĂŶĚĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐŽŶƚŚĞƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ
for calcium and phosphorus in the ingredient,
ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶĂŶĚƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚůĂďĞůŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ͘tĞ
asked if they could be removed from the
ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ͕ĂŶĚŝĨĂŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĨŽƌŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ
calcium and phosphorus would be acceptable.
The industry also recommended having a
label guarantee for the minimum percent
ĚŝŐĞƐƟďůĞƉƌŽƚĞŝŶ͘͟
Bestwick said there has also been some
concern over meat and bone meal in terms of
ůŝƐƟŶŐƐƉĞĐŝĞƐŝŶƚŚĞŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚƐ͘ZĞŶĚĞƌĞƌƐŚĂǀĞ
ĂƐŬĞĚƚŽƵƐĞĂŵŝdžĞĚƐƉĞĐŝĞƐDDůĂďĞůƌĂƚŚĞƌ
ƚŚĂŶůŝƐƟŶŐĞǀĞƌLJƐƉĞĐŝĞƐŝŶĂŵŝdžĞĚƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ͘
ĐŽƵƉůĞŽĨĚŝƐĞĂƐĞƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐŚĂǀĞĂůƐŽ
been at play in Canada, including an atypical
bovine spongiform encephalopathy case in a
downer cow in Alberta last December.
“Canada received a negligible risk status
in February of 2021,” he explained. “And then
ǁĞŚĂĚĂŶĂƚLJƉŝĐĂůĐĂƐĞ͘/ƚƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚĂīĞĐƚ
ŽƵƌƐƚĂƚƵƐĂŶĚƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚƌĞĂůůLJŚĂǀĞĂīĞĐƚĞĚ
anything, but South Korea, the Philippines
and China all put temporary suspensions on
exports of beef and beef byproducts. In South
Korea and the Philippines, those are now
ůŝŌĞĚ͕ďƵƚŚŝŶĂƐƟůůĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚǁĂŶƚĂŶĂĚŝĂŶ
beef products.”
ůƐŽŝŶĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ĂǀŝĂŶŝŶŇƵĞŶnjĂƐŚŽǁĞĚ
up, but strict biosecurity measures have been
enacted to try and contain an outbreak.
In October, porcine epidemic diarrhea
ƌĞŽĐĐƵƌƌĞĚ ŝŶ Ă DĂŶŝƚŽďĂ ŚŽŐ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŝŽŶ͕
which is also being managed with biosecurity
plans implemented.
Regulatory Environment
ƌ͘ ĂǀŝĚ DĞĞŬĞƌ͕ ƐĞŶŝŽƌ ǀŝĐĞ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶƚŝĨŝĐ
ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞEŽƌƚŚŵĞƌŝĐĂŶZĞŶĚĞƌĞƌƐƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͕ŐĂǀĞ
ĂƌĞŐƵůĂƚŽƌLJƵƉĚĂƚĞĨƌŽŵĂŶĂƟŽŶĂůƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ͘
͞& ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ĂƐůĞĞƉ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ
Ks/Ͳϭϵ͕ďƵƚƚŚĞLJ͛ƌĞǁĂŬŝŶŐƵƉŶŽǁǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŝƌŝŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶƐ͕͟
he said. “One thing a lot of people don’t know is that (in some
ƐƚĂƚĞƐͿ͕ƚŚĞ&ŝŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶƐĂƌĞĚŽŶĞďLJƚŚĞƐƚĂƚĞƐ͘^ŽŚĞƌĞŝŶ
California and many other states, the state inspectors do the
&ŝŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶƐ͘dŚĞLJďƌŝŶŐƚŚĞŝƌŽǁŶŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĂƟŽŶƚŽƚŚĂƚ͕
which isn’t always right. And we can help with that if you run
ŝŶƚŽƚŚĂƚ͘&ŽƌƐŽŵĞƐƚĂƚĞƐ͕ŝƚ͛ƐĂƉƌĞƩLJŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚƉĂƌƚŽĨƚŚĞŝƌ
budget – the contract they have with the FDA to do that.”
DĞĞŬĞƌƐĂŝĚϳϳйŽĨŝŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶƐŽǀĞƌĂůůŚĂǀĞŶŽĂĐƟŽŶƐ
ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ͕ ϭϴй ŚĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŵŝŶŽƌ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ϰй
are serious.
͞KŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŝŶƐƉĞĐƟŽŶƐ͕ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ
as we all know and they will be approaching things possibly
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