RAWWG Town Hall Meeting Agenda January 15 2025

P .O. Box 238 | Carleton Place ON, Canada | K7C 3P4 www.pfac.com (416) 447-9970 petfood@pfac.com PFAC RAAWG Agenda January 15, 2025 Virtual by MS Teams 1 – 2:30pm Eastern time Agenda items 1.Welcome & PFAC Anti-trust statement (Chris) Sub-group Reports + Updates (Sub-group leads) 2.No updates Updates, Trends, CFIA and Other Gov Notices (Chris) 3.Overview of bi-monthly call with CFIA 4.SRM definitions / risk assessment work 5.Debrief from Minister Roundtable (Jan 10) on US tariffs 6.Any updates from CFIA 7.Vietnam and other certificates 8.Thailand import issues 9.CFIA workshop idea 10. Other? Member Submitted Items 11.Ingredient Imports (Mel) Other 12. Next meeting and Adjournment PET FOOD ASSOCIATION OF CANADA COMPLIANCE POLICY: COMPETITION ACT It is the unqualified policy of the Pet Food Association of Canada to comply fully with the Competition Act (Canada). This policy prohibits any discussions that constitute or imply an agreement or understanding concerning the following or any other provision of The Competition Act: 1) Prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; 2) Profits or profit margins or cost data; 3) Market shares, sales territories or markets; 4) Allocation of customers or territories; 5) Selection, rejection or termination of customers or suppliers; 6) Restricting the territory or markets in which a company may resell products; 7) restriction of the customers to whom a company may sell; or 8) any matter which is inconsistent with the proposition that each manufacturer, wholesaler and distributor must exercise its independent business judgment in pricing its services or products, dealing with its customers and suppliers and choosing markets in which it will compete. www.pfac.com (416) 447-9970 petfood@pfac.com 3. Overview of bi-monthly call with CFIA •Chris will provide a verbal update if this has happened 4. SRM definitions / risk assessment work Background •Canadian and US SRM definitions are different •This has caused issues for movement of bovine meat and bone meal as well as the US accepting our negligible risk status for BSE SRM Definition Differences Canada United States Skull Cattle 30 mths or older Skull Brain Brain Trigeminal ganglia Trigeminal ganglia Eyes Eyes Palatine tonsils Vertebral column Spinal cord Spinal cord Dorsal root ganglia (DRG) Dorsal root ganglia Distal ileum All ages Distal ileum Tonsils In the US however, Cattle materials prohibited in animal feed (CMPAF) from animal feed (including pet food) are: i)The entire carcass of BSE-positive cattle; ii)The brains and spinal cords of cattle 30 months of age and older; iii)The entire carcass of cattle not inspected and passed for human consumption ... that are 30 months of age or older from which brains and spinal cords were not effectively removed...; iv)Mechanically separated beef [derived from any of the material listed in points i to iii]; v)Tallow ... that is derived from [any of the material listed in points i to iii]. •From the above, for animal feed, you can see that the US list is shorter, as the Canadian list i s technically for both human and animals. •The CFIA undertook a risk assessment using a 3 rd party to determine if the risk would be greater if Canada changed its definitions to meet the CMPAF for animal feed. •Proposal is to reduce regulatory burden on producers, but also align with the US so that meat and bone meal can be used from both countries, which I think has been the delay i n U S accepting our BSE status www.pfac.com (416) 447-9970 petfood@pfac.com •The risk assessment is being reviewed, and if CFIA does move ahead, depending on how industry responds, will have to change 5 different regulations to do so. This will take a long time to do, so don’t expect these changes to happen any time soon. 5. Debrief from Minister Roundtable (Jan 10) on US tariffs •PFAC was invited to a roundtable discussion including the Minister of Agriculture and senior staff at CFIA and AAFC to discuss the US proposed 25% tariffs •Chris will share a verbal update and summary of the meeting and next steps 6. Any updates from government •MAS shared an email that GACC/China now has a digital system where exporter information needs to be input and updated. I shared this will all members who can export to China •As you may know, Prime Minister Trudeau has resigned, and prorogued parliament until March 24. This kills any bills that were in process, and between now and then, the Liberal party will hold a leadership race. oOnce parliament returns it is very likely that there will be an immediat e c onfidence vote as they need a supply decision to fund government – and it is also very likely that the other parties will force a vote of non-confidence, whic h w ould trigger an election. oExpect a federal election then sometime between April and June. 7. Vietnam and other certificates •CFIA is waiting for a response from Vietnam – as of December 13 •Morocco - Proposal certificate sent to the Moroccan competent authority (ONSA). We are waiting for their reply •Uzbekistan - Proposal certificate sent to our Trade Commissioner. We are waiting for their reply •Kazakhstan - Proposal certificate sent to our Trade Commissioner. We are waiting for their reply •Moldova - Working on a proposal certificate 8. Thailand import issues •A few different issues have been reported by members when importing from Thailand oSome members had submitted applications for import permits prior to the transition date to the new changes – and CFIA has said they are allowing some flexibility in these cases oOther members reported issues with certain ingredients in their imported products not being allowed www.pfac.com (416) 447-9970 petfood@pfac.com •Have there been any other issues with imports from Thailand? Any issues related to the changes? 9. CFIA workshop idea For this year’s Dialogue meeting, we have decided to have the majority of the day as a workshop with CFIA focused on trade. a.The format will be an overview of how CFIA works with other government d epartments to provide trade support – including MAS, AAFC, Global Affairs, Trade Commissioners, and other countries. b.We will have an open discussion on what is working, what is not, and how we can improve supporting each others work on trade c.We will also have a roundtable discussion with a table focused on each region, where members will rotate and be able to ask questions of CFIA and other folks a t t he tables. d.We also aim to have USDA/APHIS attend e.This will happen May 14 th , with a RAAWG meeting May 13 th afternoon, in Ottawa. f.Details will follow. 10. Any Other issues to raise? 11. Member Submitted Issues Issue: Import permits – mixed materials (ruminant) •Could be specific to a single USDA official, but unsure at this time. •CFIA and USDA do not appear to be on the same page, not sure if this is US wide or specific to a particular USDA regional official. But also, CFIA national office is not responding a s expected (i.e. pushing back on a request from USDA). •Previously, ingredients from a supplier that makes products with non ruminant, and ruminant (Aust/NZ) materials all used a single import permit issued by the CFIA tha t o utlined all species. Their local USDA office is now requesting two separate import permit s b e issued – one for all materials without ruminant and one for materials with ruminant. And CFIA is pushing back on the requests, as previously it was a single permit •Are there any other member issues that people would like to raise? 12. Next meeting and meeting Adjournment