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Animals > Animal Diseases > Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy > Safeguards Preventing Animal Disease - Livestock Producers and the Feed Ban
Are you a livestock producer?Do you mix feed?If you are a livestock producer...You are affected by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s feed ban. Since 1997, the ban has helped prevent the introduction or spread of diseases in Canada such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which is also known as mad cow disease. The ban means livestock producers cannot feed prohibited material to ruminants (e.g. cattle, sheep, goats, deer, elk or bison). Prohibited material includes animal protein, including meat and bone meal, derived from animals that are mammals except horses and swine. Compliance with the ban will help keep BSE out of your herd and out of Canada. Feeds containing prohibited material are required to be...
Read all feed labels carefully and follow label directions. If you only feed ruminants...Tell your supplier that you are only feeding ruminants and require animal proteins and feeds that are approved for use in ruminant feed. Never give ruminants feeds intended for poultry, swine, horses, or pets—these may contain prohibited material. Keep copies of all invoices for animal feeds, including feeds containing protein products approved for use in ruminants, e.g. pure pork meat meal. Keep these records for two years. If you feed ruminants and non-ruminants...Store and handle ruminant and non-ruminant feeds separately to avoid cross-contamination. Keep records and invoices of all purchased feeds and feed ingredients including the supplier’s name and address, the date of purchase, and amount. Keep these records for two years. If you mix or sell feed...Record receipt of all feed and feed ingredients containing animal protein including the date, name and address of the supplier, quantities, and keep the invoices. Do not add ingredients or feeds meant for poultry, swine, horses, or pets to ruminant feeds. Keep records of the date of manufacture, the formulations and batches mixed for all feeds, and the procedures used for cleaning equipment. Use dedicated equipment for mixing ruminant feeds. If this is not possible, then the equipment must be thoroughly cleaned using approved methods to avoid cross-contamination between batches of feed containing prohibited material and ruminant feeds. Feeds containing prohibited material must be labelled with the warning: DO NOT FEED TO CATTLE, SHEEP, DEER OR OTHER RUMINANTS. Keep feeds containing prohibited material away from those that contain only non-prohibited material. Record every sale and the names and addresses of purchasers, quantities sold, and labels used. All feeds must be clearly labelled. Keep all records for two years. For more information:Contact your local Canadian Food Inspection Agency office or producer organization to find out more about Canada’s feed ban or log on to the following site: www.inspection.gc.ca CFIA Links: Fact sheet on BSE: Health of Animals Regulations, Part XIV: P0282-03E\F |
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