Update - Restrictions Removed From Ontario Cattle

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is removing movement restrictions recently placed
on approximately 7,700 cattle located on 83 farms in Ontario and four farms in Quebec
after determining that they were not exposed to potentially contaminated feed.
The Agency imposed the movement restrictions on November 18, 2006, after a load of
cattle feed ingredient suspected of containing a very 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.
An estimated 2,450 cattle on 26 farms in Quebec remain under movement restrictions. The
Agency 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 allows Canada to continue to meet
the technical certification requirements of certain trading partners.

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