1. OFFS Alberta: Provincial Update Alberta Milk & Alberta Pork / Alberta Quality Pork

2. Provincial Delivery Agents Bill Laing, Canadian Quality Milk Coordinator Jim Eisen, Assistant CQM Coordinator Jelle-Pier ( JP) Brouwer, Assistant CQM Coordinator

3. Provincial Delivery Agent Cara Dary, Manager Quality Assurance & Technical Services

4. Provincial Up-date 598 107 (18%) 14 (2%) 654 M 460 (70%) 78 (12%) NB: 242 220 (91%) 21 (9%)M NS: 270 268 (99%) 47 (17%)M PE: 222 200 (90%) 96 (43%)M 6874 2200 (32%) 4550 M 2600 (57%) 235 130 (55%) 425 M 392 (92%) 35 (8%) 40 M 40 (100%) 17 (43%) Overall: 47% trained 2% registered August 23, 2007

5. CQA ® National Enrollment 68% of all hogs born in Canada (2006 – 8.8 million hogs were exported) 95% of all hogs processed in Canada 250 Recognized program validators Alberta – 39 Active Validators

6. Alberta CQA Enrollment Stats * The animal numbers reported by Alberta Quality Pork are producers' project marketings for their upcoming annual production cycle. ** Using Stats Canada numbers for 2006 marketings from the province of Alberta at a value of 3,578,450 head. August 1, 2007 EnrolledRecognizedExpiredNot RecognizedWithdrawn Production Units 641 584 36 21 311 Sows 180,907 175,098 3,703 2,106 21,758 Market Hogs 3,640,347 3,517,587 102,276 20,484 Weaners 457,283 452,233 5,000 50 Roasters 58,275 - - - Breeding Stock 24,425 24,420 5 - - Boars 3,843 3,724 40 79 % of Production **101.73% 98.30%2.86%0.57% N/A

7. CQA ® Enrollment Stats

8. CQM Alberta Stats YearEnrolled Workshops Recognized 2003 23 6 0 2004 130 45/3 18 2005 196 68/327 2006 280 7318 2007 459 + 246 15

9. CQA ® Validation Cycle 3 year cycle 1 Full Validation 2 partial Validations Some validators refuse to do partial validations, that’s ok

10. Alberta Producer Notification

12. CQM Steps to Implementation 1.Complete CQM Enrollment Form 2.On -Farm workshop scheduled 3.Begin implementation on-farm 4. Audit F S P S F 1.Self Declaration and Partials moveable F P S S F or F S S P F

13. CQM Validation Cost in Alberta Full / Initial Audit $450.00 Partial Audit $ 350.00 Self Declaration $00.00

14. CQA ® Steps to Implementation Enroll with provincial delivery agent Receive CQA ® producer manual Complete On-farm assessment form Collect 3 months worth of records Contact recognized CQA Validator Successful CQA on-farm audit (recommendation by Validator)

15. CQA ® Validation Cost (Alberta) Full Validation: Range $450 – 700 Partial Validation: Range $150 - 300 Fees: - veterinary fee (~ $200/hour) - charge per distance (mileage)

16. CQM Funding April 1 2008 On-Farm Implementation Funding ends.($750.00) April 1 2008 ALIDF funding ends. Workshops on cost recovery bases April 1 February 1 2008 CDC Funding $300 for audit costs reduction begins.

17. Challenges – Alberta CQM Audit continuity -National and Provincial Self Declarations Supplier Quality Government program is base – no manpower - programs are built on the Fed/ Prov regs

18. Challenges – Alberta CQA ® Withdrawing producers Decline in number of pork producers

19. QUESTIONS? Cara Dary Bill Laing