REGINA — The owners of the farm at the centre of Canada’s most recent bovine tuberculosis outbreak said the Canadian Food Inspection Agency can’t manage its own protocols and requires a new process for such situations.

Erin Sawley, who operates East Point Cattle Co. near Melville, with her husband, Shane, said they followed proper procedures after a positive case was discovered, but she understands why others might not want to.

She told the House of Commons agriculture committee earlier this month that Canada’s disease control system relies on producers to do the right thing to ensure food safety and maintain market confidence, but producers are left on their own “facing rigid procedures, limited opportunities for discretion from CFIA staff and an entirely insufficient level of communica

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