Certified Livestock Transport (CLT) training program
phone: 403-662-8053
email: info@livestocktransport.ca
The Certified Livestock Transport (CLT) Training Program is a comprehensive training course
and support service for livestock truckers, shippers and receivers.
The CLT training program offers core content for all species and
breakout modules for CATTLE, HOGS, HORSES, SHEEP and POULTRY.
UPDATES & NEWS
- June 2011 - Project Coordinator saught for the nationally based Canadian Livestock Transport (CLT) Certification program. Click here for more information.
- December 2010 - CLT is going National! This website (Livestocktransport.ca) will become the national CLT program’s home. Watch for more information coming soon.
After months of deliberations by industry, government and farm animal welfare groups, CLT is on the verge of becoming a truly national program. Even before CLT's Alberta launch in 2007, people behind the program knew that livestock transport doesn't stop at the border, and that the best long-term solution was a Canada-wide program that is also recognized in the US.
Now in December 2010, there is a unified resolve on the part of stakeholders to make this national program a reality. A national working group representing Canada's livestock and poultry industry organizations is coordinating the creation, funding and launch of the new program. Working with AFAC and other farm animal care organizations, this group has submitted a comprehensive project plan and funding proposal to AgriFlexibility (Agriculture Canada's funding program). This proposal is now in its final review stages.
Meanwhile, the need for livestock transport training and certification continues. In cooperation with the national working group, industry stakeholders are updating course modules for beef, dairy and poultry. These three modules are expected to set the standard and the format for the new program's course material.
- October 1, 2010 – "The Canadian Livestock Transport Certification Program." These PowerPoint slides provide some background and an update on the national CLT program initiative. The original presentation was part of the Canadian Meat Council's recent Technical Symposium on Animal Care and Handling.
- October 27, 2010 – "Federal fines boosted for livestock transport violations." Canada's major national livestock and poultry organizations issued statements in support of this move by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
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- June 24, 2010 - St. Helen's Packers in Ontario has become the first processing plant of its kind to require CLT certification. Read More.
- June 2, 2010 – the Globe and Mail reported on a study by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) that criticizes Canada's farm animal transport system. The article highlighted some of the negative events and problems but failed to show the good work done and progress achieved by Canada's livestock and poultry industry and farm animal welfare groups. View the WSPA study.
- Horse (performance and recreational) Hauling Course coming Spring of 2010
- Livestock Transport Conference January 2009 media releases & articles
- Livestock Identification & Commerce Act - Alberta Regulation
For more information on LICA visit Livestock Identification Services / Fact Sheet
- Livestock transport training takes off ... right across the country, Cattlemen magazine, Jan 09
- Promoting Humane Handling of Livestock during Transit
OFAC Hires Livestock Transportation Specialist
- National Cattle Feeders Association endorses CLT. Rick Paskal, chair of NCFA, reports “NCFA encourage all livestock haulers to complete the CLT Program to ensure we have continual improvement in the transportation of live animals”.
- Commercial livestock truckers hauling Canada Gold Beef (CGB) cattle must be certified under the CLT program. See the CGB Program Handbook for Beef Producers.
- Cor Van Raay Farms Ltd., in Alberta, has adopted the CLT as part of their standard operating procedures for shipping and receiving cattle into and out of their facilities. This is going to be enforced by May 2009 for all of our beef production. And is already enforced in their Verified Beef Production.
- Southern Alberta Feedlot Embraces Certified Livestock Transport Training, Farmscape (Jul 08)
- Marketing cull cows, factors when deciding whether or not to ship cull cows, R. Bergen, Alberta Beef (Sept 08)
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