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Bilateral trade in Agriculture and Food between
Increased regulatory cooperation in this sector will help make it easier to conduct business between the two countries, thus contributing to the benefits of Canada-U.S. trade in agriculture and agri-food products. By bringing together regulators and technical experts from both sides of the border, the collective capacity will serve to mutually strengthen the Canadian and
During the winter and spring of 2012, the various Agriculture and Food-related working group Canadian and American co-leads coordinated the completion of the following RCC work plans:
- Meat/poultry - equivalency (or PDF 24KB)
- Meat/poultry - certification requirements (or PDF 20KB)
- Zoning for foreign animal disease (or PDF 20KB)
- Perimeter approach to plant protection (or PDF 35KB)
- Meat cut nomenclature (or PDF 20KB)
- Financial protection to produce sellers (or PDF 18KB)
- Food safety - common approach (or PDF 26KB)
- Food safety - testing (or PDF 21KB)
- Veterinary drugs (or PDF 33KB)
- Crop protection products (or PDF 50KB)
Over the last few months, the working groups have benefited from comments provided by stakeholders regarding the text of the work plans for each of the Joint Action Plan initiatives. The work plans posted above serve as the basis for efforts between the Canadian and
For more information, please see What the Joint Action Plan Means For Agriculture and Food.