1. By way of derogation from Article 29(2)(c) and Article 30, and except in the case described in Article 43(2), the competent authority may decide to suspend the status of an equine animal as intended for slaughter for human consumption for a period of 6 months where:

(ii) identified each animal to be slaughtered with a distinct identification code, and

(2) No person shall import into Canada any animal product or animal by-product that is to be used as animal food or as an ingredient in animal food unless the country of origin, or the part of that country, is designated under section 7 as being free of, or as posing a negligible risk for, any reportable disease, any disease referred to in Schedule VII and any serious epizootic disease to which the species from which the product or by-product was derived is susceptible and that can be transmitted by the product or by-product, and the person produces a certificate of origin signed by an official of the government of that country attesting ...[+++] to that origin.

To my knowledge, it would not be a good idea to give antibiotics to an animal before slaughtering it to ensure that the blood is not contaminated, because the presence of antibiotic residues, either in blood or in meat, automatically require that the carcass be condemned.

Currently, dentition aging of carcasses or animals prior to slaughter is the only internationally recognized norm, and that was largely put in place and developed through the early system in the United Kingdom to deal with the problem when it was at its maximum circumstance in their country

I am assuming that we now only have traceability from the time the animal is born to the time the animal is slaughtered because of the complications in your industry, particularly with beef cattle moving back and forth across the border many times before final slaughter and processing.