Restrictions removed from Ontario cattle

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has decided that the 83 Ontario farms and
four Quebec farms were not exposed to potentially contaminated feed. The agency
imposed the movement restrictions in November last year, after a
load of cattle feed ingredient suspected of containing a small amount of meat
and bone meal was reportedly distributed to two feed mills in Ontario and
Quebec. Feed from these mills was then distributed to 113 farms.

As a precaution, all potentially exposed animals were
placed under movement control pending a full assessment of the situation. Information subsequently collected

and validated
has determined that the portion of the feed ingredient delivered to the mill in
Ontario did not contain any of the potentially contaminated material. About
2,450 cattle on 26 farms in Quebec remain under movement restrictions.

Further analysis
The CFIA
is currently conducting further analysis at the feed mill and on farms to
determine if any of these animals did not consume the feed of concern and can be
excluded from movement controls.

Animals remaining under restriction have been determined to pose
no food safety or animal health risks. Their identification and monitoring allow
Canada to continue to meet the technical certification requirements of certain
trading partners.