Livestock Health Extension Services Project

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Livestock Health Extension Services Project

• On Farm Food Safety in Canada
• Beef

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On Farm Food Safety

• Development of the program
• How the producer becomes involved
• Components of the program (Beef)

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Why Did Canada Start O.F.F.S.

• Competitive export market
• Consumer pressure

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Who was Involved

• Producer groups
• Veterinarians
• Feed companies
• Pharmaceutical Companies
• Government regulators
• Auction Markets

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What Did they Come Up With?

• Recommended Operating Procedures for Feedlots
• Good Production Practises for Controlling Feed
  Quality
• HACCP model for beef cattle

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How Does O.F.F.S. Protect?

• Recognized by C.F.I.A.
• Packers use H.A.C.C.P.
• Grocers?

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Benefits to the Producers

• recognition of G.P.P
• Improved beef safety
• More efficiencies
• More market opportunities
• Reduces risk of government regulations

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Where Is It Going?

• Developing new O.F.F.S programs
• 20 in place or coming
• Framework for developing others
• Continues to evolve

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Joining V.B.P.

• Attend a training course
• Implement the system
• Apply for an audit
• If pass audit get certificate
• Re-certify yearly

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O.F.F.S. Checklist

• Animal health management
• Cattle feeding
• Cattle shipping
• Pest control and yard maintenance
• Biosecurity, Personnel hygiene Training

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Animal Health Management

• All animals properly IDed

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Animal Health Management

• Drugs

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Animal Health Management

• Equipment

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A.H.M. (Records)
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A.H.M. (Records)
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A.H.M. (Records)
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A.H.M. (Records)
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A.H.M. (Records)
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Cattle Feeding

• Rumen protein not fed to cattle
• Feed for other species stored separately
• Systems to prevent medicated feed mix-ups
• Feed storage clear of pesticides, fertilizer,
  manure

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Cattle Shipping

• Every animals record review before shipping
• Health check done and recorded
• If residues picked up at slaughter review with
  CFIA

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Pest Control Yard Maintenance

• Products labelled and used according to label
  directions
• Stored and disposed of in a responsible manner
• Pens and alleys cleaned at least annually and
  bedded as needed

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Pest Control Yard Maintenance
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Biosecurity Personnel Hygiene Training

• Workers washrooms with soap and water
• Senior people have OFFS course
• Production units has basic training in applicable
  areas
• All OFFS records kept a minimum of 2 years

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Important points of O.F.F.S.

• Comprehensive
• Simple
• Low cost to producer
• Effective
• Voluntary

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Questions

• Thank you

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O.F.F.S Manual (Beef)

• The English version of the OFFS Manual can be
  downloaded from the web www.verifedbeef.org/