Public consultations on a revised Canadian code of practice for the care and handling of beef cattle, with updated guidance for ranchers on best practices, opened April 13.
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Public consultation open on national beef code of practice
New code would update guidance on branding calves, shelter from weather, euthanasia, more
Public opinion wanted on draft equine code of practice
Public consultations on a draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines opened on Jan. 12.
Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Sheep to be updated
The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) will be updating the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Sheep. The update was initiated by the Canadian Sheep Federation (CSF) and will be guided by NFACC’s Code development process. The NFACC said in a release the Code development process includes a survey, launched at […] Read more
Beef stakeholders invited to weigh in on code of practice
Canada’s Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle to be updated
The Canadian Cattle Association has initiated an update to the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle.
Animal care council won’t update livestock transport code of practice
NFACC says 'no further action' pending
After over four years’ publicly funded work to develop an updated national code of practice for livestock transport for Canada, the National Farm Animal Care Council has called a halt. In an information update dated May 1, NFACC said its board has now decided “no further action will be taken” by the council to update […] Read more
Draft update to the dairy cattle Code of Practice released for public comment
A draft update to the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle is now open for public comment. The public comment period allows all stakeholders to provide their input on the proposed updates to the 2009 Code. The draft Code and the online platform to submit comments are now accessible at: www.nfacc.ca/codes-of-practice/dairy-cattle. […] Read more