Transcript Slide 1

Canadian Quality Milk
Program
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DFO Perspective on CQM
 HACCP resonates well with consumers
 CQM implementation to ensure consumers’
opinion of farmers remains positive
 Brand milk as being of high quality and safe and
that dairy farmers are at the top in regard to quality
control
 Traceability of dairy beef through records
 Keep pace with developments in industrial and
agricultural sectors
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Why Implement CQM?
 Increasingly difficult to track each ingredient
from farm to table
 Simply tightening regulations and increasing
government inspections is not enough to
ensure the safety of our food supply
 The solution lies in prevention
 Suppliers must accept responsibility for safe
food production and invest in programs
designed to prevent food safety incidents
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Why Implement CQM?
 Consider the costs and consequences of a
food safety or quality mistake
 Implementing a food safety program is an
investment in protecting your market, your
reputation and your bottom line.
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Veterinarians and CQM
 What are the most serious risks we are
trying to prevent?
Drug and Chemical contaminations
 Who is most knowledgeable about drugs
and chemicals and their uses on a dairy
farm?
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Veterinarians and CQM
Long term relationships
Long term coaching
Local service
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National Perspective
 CQM is a Dairy Farmers of Canada initiative
 Producer driven program
 All provinces agreed to implement CQM in
by 2010
 Adjusted to 2012
 Likely completed by 2014
 Two largest provinces have set program
implementation deadlines
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CQM- National Status
 100% of NS and Alberta producers
registered
 Newfoundland, BC, Manitoba and PEI
have 52 to 87 per cent registered
 Quebec and NB have 17 and 27%
registered, respectively
 Saskatchewan has 3% registered
 Ontario has 0.5% registered
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Setting the stage in Ontario
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Livestock medicines courses (1999 to 2003)
Grant for development of SOPs (2002-2003)
On-line web tool for SOP development
Research, materials regarding potable water
(2002-2009)
 TTRs – development & installation – (2000 -2008)
 DHI calendar and log book
 Producer training materials developed 2010
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Ontario’s Implementation Plan
 DFO has offered a voluntary program for several
years ….. limited uptake
 DFO has asked FPMC to put a CQM penalty
program in place
 DFO hopeful that regulations can be in place by
July 2011
 DFO can start program rollout seven months
ahead of regulations being in place (if in place
July 2011, rollout starts Dec 10)
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Program Phases
 Training – prepare for validation
 On-Farm Validation – an audit of farm
procedures and records in comparison to
CQM requirements
 Registration – producers receive a
registration certificate if they pass the
validation
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Producer Training
 Producers will be provided with a list of about
120 DFO trained “CQM Advisors”
 Producers can select the Advisor of their
choice to take training
 DFO has allocated up to $300 per farm for
producer training from DFO trained Advisors
…..Advisors will bill directly for additional
services beyond $300 …. SOPs, CAPs, etc.
 Veterinarians and small number of non vets
signed on for training
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Your registration month
 DFO will randomly select 25 per cent of producers
from each field region for validation per year for
four years (~1,000 per year)
 Approximately 85 producers will be scheduled to
be registered each month
 Each farm will be advised of their registration
month when program rollout is announced (e.g.
December 2010)
 Producers will receive a reminder 3.5 months in
advance of registration month
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What you need to pass
 Do once – SOPs, Corrective Action Plans (CAPs),
Livestock medicines inventory, animal identification
 Daily – record drug treatments, record issues and
action taken to correct an issue(s), obtain
prescription (and/or protocol) if using a drug offlabel; record broken needle (if resident)
 Monthly – visual check of equipment cleanliness
 Annually - wash analysis, water test (info test will
be provided by DFO)
 ……….. three months of records and annual
requirements needed to pass first validation
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New Proposal
 Producers given seven months advance notice of
registration month
 Producers need to be trained and have a minimum
of three months or records and annual
requirements to pass validation
 Advisor and trainer to sign off on CQM validation
checklist before validation scheduled
 Producers will have two opportunities (validations)
to meet validation requirements
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Validation Process
 Farmer to schedule validation with validator (FSR)
…. scheduling needed throughout the month to
make best use of resources (first-come-first-serve)
 Farms will be inspected and must be Grade A for
the validation to follow the inspection
 Farms that receive notice in December will receive
their first validation (if scheduled) in June with a
scheduled follow up validation in July if necessary
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What if I don’t pass?
$2 per hl penalty on all milk shipped for failure to meet
requirements on first follow-up validation (second
validation)
Producer to schedule a second follow-up validation
(third validation)
A service fee of $250 for third and subsequent
validations
Penalties applied monthly if in non-compliance
Penalties increase by $2/hl in each quarter or threemonth period
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What happens after initial
registration?
 The program will alternate yearly between a
validation and a self-declaration
 Producers will be mailed self-declaration notice
about 10 days before the due month (due month is
11 to 13 months after the month the producer first
passed validation)
 If a producer does not complete and return selfdeclaration by end of due month, a reminder notice
(with a $50 service fee) will be sent
 If the self-declaration is not received by the end of
the month after the initial due month, producer
subject to CQM penalties ($2/hl per month, etc.)
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