March 19, 2009
Canadian pork processor approved to export to EU
The Canadian Pork Council is applauding approval of a Quebec based hog slaughter and pork cutting facility as Canada's first integrated pork processing plant to be granted approval for the export of pork products to the EU.
Quebec based Les Aliments Lucyporc has become the first Canadian pork processor to have an integrated pork processing plant granted approval for the export of pork products to the EU under a veterinary protocol signed a couple of years ago which outlines conditions for the two to ship pork into each other's jurisdictions.
Canadian Pork Council executive director Martin Rice notes the EU represents a market of 500 million people.
