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Risk Assessment on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Cattle in Canada
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Appendix 1

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Chronology of Canadian Government Actions Related to the Emergence of BSE

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Appendix 2

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TSE Table of Assumptions, Draft Revision 2, August 30, 2001

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Appendix 5

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Veterinarians in Canada by Province

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Appendix 6

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CFIA Accredited Laboratories

• Summary: This 7 page document outlines the requirements that external laboratories must meet to be accredited by the Laboratories Directorate of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The appendix includes a listing of CFIA-accredited laboratories and identifies the locations of CFIA laboratories across Canada.

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Appendix 10

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Animal Disease and Protection Act and Regulations, June 1981

• Summary: This 104 page document was the legislative authority relevant to the prevention and control of infectious or contagious animal diseases (including BSE) prior to the coming into force of the Health of Animals Act (1990,c.21) January 1, 1991.

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Appendix 11

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Import Policy for Inedible Meat and Other Animal Products, October 1988

• Summary: This is a 42 page historical document which details Canada’s import policies relevant to inedible meat and other animal products. This policy was first implemented in October 1988 and was frequently amended in response to the emergence of BSE in the United Kingdom. It is based on country classification for freedom of foreign animal diseases, and certification of origin and/or proper processing and/or storage, depending on the specific product, the species and country of origin. The document identifies individual countries and the products eligible to be imported and describes import requirements and inspection / entry procedures. In 1996 the CFIA undertook a formal review of all animal, animal product and veterinary biologics import policies and produced an updated integrated import policy for BSE which replaced this policy.

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Appendix 12

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Rationale For Canada’s Import Policies Pertaining to BSE (Implemented December 31, 1996)

• Summary: In 1996, the CFIA undertook a formal review of all animal, animal product and veterinary biologics import policies. This 9 page appendix is the rationale to establish an updated, integrated BSE import policy as part of this formal review process.

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Appendix 13

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Policy for Importation of Rendered Products Into Canada, September 12, 1997

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Appendix 14

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Canadian BSE Import Policies, April 1998

• Summary: This seven page document describes Canada’s BSE import policies as of April 1998. This document was amended in December 1998.

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Appendix 15

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Canadian BSE Import Policies, December 1998

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Appendix 16

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Animal Health Import Directive, Rendered Products AH-REN-EQU-01 December 12, 1996

• Summary: This two page directive provides details of Canada’s import policy pertaining to rendered products. Specifically the decision to restrict the import of meat meal, bone meal and blood meal for any use to the U.S., Australia, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden.

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Appendix 17

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Memorandum To Import Service Centers, Program Network Directors, Animal Health Program Managers and Import Officers, December 7, 2000

• Summary: This document communicates the decision to prohibit the importation of rendered animal protein products from any species from any country that CFIA does not recognize as free of BSE.

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Appendix 18

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Veterinary Biologics and Biotechnology Memorandum No. 2, July 26, 1990

• Summary: This four page document describes the policy that was implemented July 26, 1990 for the importation of veterinary biologics and materials of bovine, ovine and caprine origin from the United Kingdom. It prohibits the import of veterinary vaccines and bacterins containing materials of bovine, ovine, or caprine origin and places restrictions on the import of diagnostic kits and reagents for in vitro use from the U.K.

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Appendix 20

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BSE Report Based on the Following Countries: EU, Japan and Russia for the Period of January 1, 2001 to October 19, 2001

• Summary: This single page report documents the findings of an investigation of Restricted Commodity Reports which found that no meat or bone meal was imported into Canada, for use in livestock feeds, from BSE infected countries during the period.

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Appendix 21

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Details on Rendering Facilities in Canada

• Summary: This 12 page document provides details on the 32 rendering facilities operating in Canada. It categorizes the plants in terms of the permit issued (ie non-prohibited, prohibited or prohibited/non-prohibited) and indicates the general operating parameters; raw materials processed, finished products produced, whether product is exported, and which plants utilize dedicated production lines. The ownership of the individual facility is indicated as being either corporate or independent.

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Appendix 22

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Letters from Rendering Companies and CFIA Position (August 1996)

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Appendix 23

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Rendering Good Manufacturing Practices

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Appendix 24

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Non-Dedicated Facilities with Non-Dedicated Lines

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Appendix 25

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Details on the Rendering Parameters for Facilities Which Produce Both Prohibited and Non-Prohibited MBM or only Prohibited MBM

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Appendix 26

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Compliance Guide for Rendering Plants and Survey

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Appendix 27

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Feed Mill Inspection Form

• Summary: This appendix is 26 pages. It describes 48 specific tasks, performed by CFIA inspectors, to measure the compliance of animal feed mills with sections of the Feeds Regulations and the Health of Animals Regulations. The 48 tasks are grouped into seven sections:

  1. manufacturing controls and documentation (14 tasks)
  2. pest control products storage area (1 task)
  3. receiving, storage and distribution of ingredients (6 tasks)
  4. feed manufacturing (14 tasks)
  5. storage and handling of medicating ingredients (6 tasks)
  6. storage and handling of finished products (5 tasks)
  7. summary and comments (2 tasks)

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Appendix 28

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On-Farm Feed Mill Inspection Form

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  1. manufacturing controls and documentation (11 tasks)
  2. pest control products storage area (1 task)
  3. receiving, storage and distribution of ingredients (6 tasks)
  4. feed manufacturing (5 tasks)
  5. storage and handling of medicating ingredients (6 tasks)
  6. storage and handling of finished products (3 tasks)
  7. summary and comments (2 tasks)

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Appendix 29

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Education and Awareness

• Summary: This appendix is 92 pages. The following documents are included in this appendix;

  1. Communications Plan - Agriculture and Agri-food Canada Survey on Rendering Practices in Canada (March 26, 1996)
  2. Communications Plan (CFIA) - Mammalian Ingredient Feed Ban (Revised June 24, 1997)
  3. Media Lines (CFIA) - BSE-Rendering Practices and Ruminant-to-Ruminant Feeding (August 7, 1997)
  4. Communications Strategy (CFIA) - National Feed Inspection Program (July 2001)
  5. CFIA Bulletin -“Check Your Livestock Feed”
  6. Press Releases Related to the Feed Ban
  7. CFIA Article for the Canadian Veterinary Journal - to improve the education of producers regarding the feed ban legislation by utilizing large animal veterinary practitioners.
  8. Province of Quebec - Le Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pecheries et de l’Alimentation - “Encéphalite Spongiforme Bovine (EBS)”
  9. Province of Ontario - Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs - TSEs and “Ontario’s BSE Surveillance Program”
  10. Province of Manitoba - Animal Industry Branch, Manitoba Agriculture and Food - “BSE and the Feeding of Animal By-Products”
  11. Animal Nuturtion Association of Canada (ANAC) - Information on BSE Requirements Distributed to Their Members
  12. Articles Published in Various Agricultural Magazines

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Appendix 30

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Epidemiological Status of Animal TSE’s in Canada

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