About the Canadian Pork Excellence platform
In order to ensure that on-farm programs continue to reflect the remarkable work of producers and meet the domestic and global consumer demand, Canadian producers and stakeholders follow PigSAFE and PigCARE. Both are integrated under the Canadian Pork Excellence platform.
Canadian Pork Excellence is the national platform that covers the three on-farm programs: Traceability, Food Safety and Animal Care.
Food Safety component – the new name for the updated Canadian Quality Assurance (CQA) program. It includes biosecurity.
Animal Care component – The new name for the updated Animal Care Assessment (ACA) program. It reflects the introduction of the 2014 Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of pigs.
Traceability component – It meets federal legislation