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traveled to Ottawa, Vancouver,
Edmonton and Washington for
important face-to-face meetings.
Representatives of the Canada Beef
Export Federation have traveled to
Mexico for discussions on re -opening
that market. We have also been in
constant contact with Federal
Government representatives during
their negotiations with Japan.
In Washington we met with senior
staff of the House and Senate
Agriculture Committees, the
Canadian Embassy and Australia and
New Zealand cattle industry
representatives. We also met with the
official organizations representing
U.S. cattle producers, meat
processors and renderers. A joint
letter from CCA and the National
Cattlemen's Beef Association to the
Federal Governments of both Canada
and the U.S. resulted. The letter
strongly urges that the steps needed
to re-establish trade in cattle and beef
while protecting public and animal
health be rapidly determined based
on science. It calls for
communication with global trading
partners, consumers and others to
gain acceptance of these measures by
the end of July at the latest. And it
calls for an opening of the U.S. and
Canadian border based on the most
current risk assessment. Having the
U.S. beef industry sign this letter was
a major step as it shows U.S.
politicians that their own industry is
anxious for trade to resume.
On the domestic front, the Beef
Information Centre, CCA's
promotion and marketing division,
has been equally busy. The retail and
food service teams have been
working directly with grocery store
chains and restaurants to provide
them with information and convince
them to feature the cuts of beef that
are in oversupply in Canada (chucks
and hips). Ads were run coinciding
with Canada Day to encourage
Canadians to buy these other cuts.
CCA and provincial cattle
associations also sent out news
releases thanking Canadians for their
support and asking them to help even
more by increasing purchases of beef
from the wide variety of cuts
available.
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