USDA and CFIA to Host Regulatory Cooperation Council Stakeholder Teleconference on January 14, 2016

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USDA and CFIA to Host Regulatory Cooperation Council Stakeholder Teleconference on January 14, 2016

 

The Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) was established to enhance cooperation between the United States’ and Canada’s national authorities, and benefits stakeholders and consumers by aligning approaches to public health, animal health and plant health programs in both countries, while maintaining the existing high level of protection in these areas.

As you might recall, the first meeting of the RCC Regulatory Partnership Committee (RPC) between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was held on June 30, 2015. This meeting allowed the RPC to provide a broad overview of the RCC Joint Forward Plan; inform Canadian and U.S. stakeholders of the bilaterally agreed work plans in the areas of meat inspection and certification, plant health, and animal health; and offer you the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback on these joint initiatives.

 

Stakeholders and consumers are the key beneficiaries of existing work undertaken in RCC and you play a critical role in shaping future activities between regulators. CFIA and USDA would like to invite you to a Joint RCC conference call on January 14, 2016 at 3:00 pm EST. The main objectives of this discussion will be (1) to provide an update on the implementation of the joint work plans since the last meeting in June and, (2) introduce the 2016-2017 work plan process, and (3) to provide an opportunity for you to ask questions and provide feedback to CFIA and USDA regulators.

 

U.S. RCC website  

Canada RCC website

 

Participant Information

Conference Call Preregistration is required: Participants need to preregister for this teleconference at:

http://ems7.intellor.com?do=register&t=1&p=701612

Once you have registered, you will receive an email containing dial-in numbers and a personalized access code. To avoid problems connecting to the call, please do not share your personalized access code.