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* 1. Do you own cattle?

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* 2. Where is your primary farming operation located?

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* 3. What sectors listed below describe your operation? Choose all that apply.

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* 4. In your opinion, how important is traceability to the Canadian beef industry?

Not important at all Neutral High priority
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* 5. The following are some factors that make traceability in the Canadian beef industry important. Rate the following factors in terms of their significance to you from 1-5, with 1 being the most important and 5 being not at all important.

  1 (most important) 2 3 4 5 (not at all important)
Public trust in the Canadian beef industry
Access to export markets
Quickly and effectively tracing a disease outbreak
Food safety

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* 6. Overall, are you supportive of enhancing the Canadian beef industry's current traceability system?

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* 7. Please explain your answer to Question 6.

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* 8. Below are the proposed changes to the traceability regulations. Please rate how much value you see each element adding to the traceability system on a scale of 1-5, 1 being high value and 5 being no value.

  1 (high priority) 2 3 4 5 (unimportant)
Using a premises ID number
Reporting individual tag numbers of animals upon arrival to your operation
Reporting individual tag numbers of animals that have gone to cattle shows
Reporting groups of cattle (number of head) that go to and from community pastures
Reporting individual tag numbers of cattle that physically go to a vet clinic
Auction marts reporting groups of cattle (number of head) arriving
Retiring CCIA tags of animals that die on your farm

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* 9. Below are the proposed changes to the traceability regulations. Please rate how practical each element would be to implement for your farm operation on a scale of 1-5, 1 being little to no effort to implement and 5 being extremely difficult.

  1 (little to no effort) 2 3 4 5 (extremely difficult)
Using a premises ID number
Reporting individual tag numbers of animals upon arrival to your operation
Reporting individual tag numbers of animals that have gone to cattle shows
Reporting groups of cattle (number of head) that go to and from community pastures
Reporting individual tag numbers of cattle that physically go to a vet clinic
Auction marts reporting groups of cattle (number of head) arriving
Retiring CCIA tags of animals that die on your farm

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* 10. In your opinion, what is the right approach on each element of the proposed changes?

  Move ahead with no changes Move ahead with some changes Do not move forward
Using a premises ID number
Reporting individual tag numbers of animals upon arrival to your operation
Reporting individual tag numbers of animals that have gone to cattle shows
Reporting groups of cattle (number of head) that go to and from community pastures
Reporting individual tag numbers of cattle that physically go to a vet clinic
Auction marts reporting groups of cattle (number of head) arriving
Retiring CCIA tags of animals that die on your farm

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* 11. Are there any other changes you would suggest to the proposed traceability regulations?

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* 12. How much additional time per month would you estimate that implementing proposed traceability regulations would take?

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* 13. The following are some concerns we have heard from producers about the proposed changes to traceability regulations. Rate the following factors in terms of their significance to you from 1-5, with 1 being the most concerning and 5 being of no concern.

  1 (most concerning) 2 3 4 5 (no concern)
Distrust in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Data privacy (or data being accessed by government in the case of a reportable disease outbreak)
The time frame allowed to report movements (7 days) being too short
Cost to implement changes
Time and/or labour required to implement changes
Fear of culling animals in the case of a disease outbreak
Tag retention issues making changes infeasible
Confusion or lack of knowledge on how to input required data

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* 14. Are there any other concerns you have about the proposed regulation changes not listed above?

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* 15. What benefits do you see in Canada's beef cattle traceability system?

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