Emergency Management
crisis affects everyone
Knowing where livestock are located provides valuable information to respond to animal disease outbreaks and food safety issues. This allows for a swift and accurate response in the event of a crisis.
Learning From Our Past
Although certain diseases cannot be transmitted to humans, they can cause irreparable damage to existing livestock. Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), scrapie and mad cow disease all contribute to the consumer’s loss of confidence in the animal-based foods they eat. While Canada is known for high quality agriculture and has excellent regulatory protocols in place, prevention and world-class programs are key to contain the spread of disease, ensure food safety, and avoid significant economic loss.
Security
As the second largest country in the world, Canada has a unique task of collaborating with each province and territory to deliver essential programs. Canada has experience implementing, improving and changing traceability as one of the first countries to initialize a national dairy traceability program over two decades ago.
Emergency Preparedness
DairyTrace provides protection, prosperity and peace of mind to the Canadian dairy industry and its customers through improved emergency management. Covid-19 has taught the world that we must be prepared for crisis and have measures in place to overcome fall-out. Traceability data collected through DairyTrace gives animal health and food safety officials the tools to quickly and effectively contain and deal with the situation.