CANADA - The Executive Director of the Canadian Pork Council says Canada's ability to verify the steps taken on the farm to ensure the quality and safety of Canadian pork and the care given to the animals that produce that pork is an import component of Canada's ability to compete in Japan.In early July representatives of Canada Pork International and the Canadian Pork Council introduced the Canadian Pork Excellence Program, Canada's new on farm food safety and animal welfare assurance program, to Japanese government officials and meat trade participants in Tokyo.Canadian Pork Council Executive Director John Ross says Japan is a very competitive market and, while the usual world exporters are trying to get into that market, Canada's primary competitor is the United States.

　　加拿大猪肉委员会(Canadian Pork Council)的执行董事称，加拿大对农场采取核查手段的能力确保了肉质、猪肉的安全性以及动物在生产中的照顾福利，猪肉成为加拿大在日本具有竞争力的一项进口组成。加拿大国际猪肉组织与加拿大猪肉委员会的代表们在七月早些时候向日本的政府官员和肉类贸易参与者们介绍了加拿大卓越猪肉计划，即一项关于加拿大农场食品安全与动物福利保障的项目。加拿大猪肉委员会执行董事约翰·罗斯(John Ross)说：“当普通出口国正试图进入日本市场时，日本市场的竞争变得非常激烈，加拿大的主要竞争对手是美国。”