American Meat Institute (AMI) and the Canadian Meat Council (CMC)

The American Meat Institute (AMI) and the Canadian Meat Council (CMC) submit this letter in response to an invitation for comments from the U.S. and Canadian Governments in the above-referenced notice to hear public views on progress to-date with the Regulatory Cooperation Council and how best to address regulatory divergence between our two governments moving forward. In particular, the notice invited comments on certain issues/sectors that should be considered for future cooperation, including proposals to align regulatory systems, streamline bilateral cooperation, and improve stakeholder engagement.

This has been excerpted from a 3 March 2014 release by the Canada-U.S. Regulatory Cooperation Council, and is available in its entirety at:
http://actionplan.gc.ca/en/page/rcc-ccr/american-meat-institute-ami-and-canadian-meat