1. Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition Annual Report for 2002/2003 Presented at the Annual Meeting 16 September 2003 Guelph

2. Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition zOur Vision: Canada’s agriculture, fisheries and food industry will have a world-class reputation for producing and selling safe food.

3. Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition zOur Mission: To facilitate, through dialogue within the food industry and with all levels of government, the development and implementation of a national, coordinated approach to food safety to ensure credibility in domestic and international marketplaces.

4. 2002/2003 Priorities zMember Communications & Services zIssue Management & Government Relations zCoalition Administration

5. Priority #1 - Member Communications & Services zPolicy Protocol zCode of Conduct zMembers’ Conference Calls zNewsletter zCoalition Website

6. Priority #1 - Member Communications & Services z2nd Symposium: Driving Food Safety - Industry Advancing the Agenda z1st Workshop: Communicating Supply Chain Food Safety Initiatives

7. Priority #2 - Issue Management & Government Relations zNew approaches to decision-making zRelations with Fed/Prov/Terr Committees zPolicy Input yIrradiation yAgriculture Policy Framework yStrategy for Consummer Food Safety Communications yCanada Health Protection Act

8. Priority #3 - Coalition Administration zNew Membership Structure zNew Fee Structure zServices zFinancial Support

9. Steering Committee 2002/2003 zBryan Walton zDanny Dempster zJennifer Higginson zJoyce Reynolds zKatherine Schmidt zAnne Fowlie zBob Armstrong zBob Anderson/ Wendell Joyce zJoy Shinn zDennis Stephens zSteve Thompson zPhil Boyd