Farewell to Carol anne Diguer Carol Anne Diguer has decided to embark on a new career and left the CARC Secretariat on April 16, 1999. We wish her every success in her new adventure. Carol Anne has been the Administrative Assistant-Receptionist since 1995. Internet and Codes of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals CARC through its Canada Committee on Animals, the Expert Committee on Farm Animal Welfare and Behaviour, Livestock Codes of Practice Steering Committee, and the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies are using the Internet to effectively and efficiently communicate the Codes of Practice and Factsheets with those around the world.
Information is now publicly available via the Internet as well as via more traditional means.
Four full Codes of Practice and ten factsheets are available on the CARC website free of charge. In April, a meeting was held to discuss Codex General Principles. The CARC Standing Committee on Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food provided input to Ron Burke of Health Canada. If Canada is to remain competitive internationally, we need to ensure that the international regulatory environment is science-based. The major challenge for the sector is to also ensure that Canada's current safety and quality levels are not jeopardized, as this could endanger the health of Canadians and erode the confidence in the food supply.