Beef Value Chain Round Table

Purpose

Launched in January 2003 by the Government of Canada, the Beef Value Chain Roundtable (BVCRT) has become a key means in ensuring a coordinated response to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and a key facilitator for various other working groups to engage with representatives from the entire beef value chain.

The BVCRT has since emerged to now place more focus on long-term issues.

Visit Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s webpage on the BVCRT. 
 

Participants and members

Membership on the BVCRT includes ranchers, feedlot operators, processors, retail and food service representatives, feed suppliers and others.

The lead positions and their occupants are:

Industry Chair: Dennis Laycraft - Executive Vice President, Canadian Cattlemen's Association

Government Co-Chair: Blair Coomber - Director General, Bilateral Relations and Technical Trade Directorate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

AAFC Sector Liaison: John Ross, A/Director, Animal Industry Division

VCRT Secretariat Officer: Shane Campbell - Roundtable Liaison Officer