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On March 9, 2012, two new regulatory proposals under the Animal Health Act, 2009 were posted on the Environmental Registry and the Regulatory Registry for public input. These proposals relate to hazard reporting and compensation. If approved by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the proposed reporting regulation will strengthen our agri-food industry and our agri-food businesses by helping the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) respond more quickly and effectively to reduce the impact of animal disease outbreaks. The regulations will determine the hazards that animal health laboratories and veterinarians will be required to report to the ministry. There are no proposed reporting requirements for individual producers. The proposed reporting regulations will support Ontario’s ongoing relationship with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which works to help protect animal health in the province. This proposal has been intended to minimize burden for animal health laboratories and veterinarians and minimize overlap with reporting requirements to the CFIA.

The compensation regulation proposal, if approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, would provide a framework for the Minister, to issue payments in accordance with the act and the regulation for certain losses incurred as a result of action ordered under the act. The compensation under this framework will assist the industry in the event that such losses are incurred. If approved, these will be the first regulations made under the Animal Health Act, 2009, which came into force in 2010. For more details about the proposed regulations, visit this site: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/inspection/ahw/aha-regs.htm

The regulatory proposals will remain on the Registries until April 27, 2012.

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