Quarterly Stocks Survey Frozen and Chilled Meats

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GENERAL INFORMATION

This information is collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S-19.

COMPLETION OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT UNDER THIS ACT.

Survey purpose
The survey collects the data needed to produce statistics on the stocks of frozen and chilled meat held at establishments registered with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. These data will be aggregated with data from other sources to produce estimates of national and provincial stocks. These estimates are used by government and the private sector to make policy and investment decisions. Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Confidentiality
Your answers are confidential.
The Statistics Act protects the confidentiality of information collected by Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes.

Record linkages
To enhance the data from this survey, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.

Data-sharing agreements
To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes.

Information on data-sharing agreements can be found on the last page of this questionnaire.

Fax or e-mail transmission disclosure
Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure during the transmission of information by facsimile or e-mail. However, upon receipt, Statistics Canada will provide the guaranteed level of protection afforded all information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act.

Your participation is important
Your participation is vital to ensuring that the information collected in this survey is accurate and comprehensive.

Please return the completed questionnaire to Statistics Canada before the 10th of the month of receipt by mail using the return envelope.

You can also fax it to us at 1-888-883-7999.

Lost the return envelope or need help? Call us at 1-800-565-1685 or mail to:

Statistics Canada, Operations and Integration Division, Distribution Center � SC-0505
150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6

First name of person responsible for this report
First name of person responsible for this report
Location of stocks (City or town)
Telephone number (+extension)
Date

  1. INCLUDE stocks held at this site only, regardless of ownership (do not report stocks held at another site).
  2. DO NOT INCLUDE meat that has been further processed (i.e. sausages, meat in soups or prepared dinners).
  3. DO NOT INCLUDE back fat or rendered fat.
  4. Inventory reported should be for the opening of the first business day of the month (or the last business day of the previous month).

Please use the following unit of measure for each question: Kilograms

UNIT OF MEASURE

1 Kilogram = 2.2046 Pounds
1 Pound = 0.4536 Kilograms

FROZEN AND CHILLED MEAT IN COLD STORAGE

Please report in Kilograms

PORK (Domestic and imported - include smoked pork products)

  1. Hams
  2. Loins
  3. Bellies
  4. Butts
  5. Picnics
  6. Ribs
  7. Backs and shoulders
  8. Trimmings
  9. Unclassified - and all other pork cuts and sundries not elsewhere listed

BEEF

  1. Bone-in domestic
  2. Bone-in imported
  3. Boneless domestic
  4. Boneless imported

VEAL

  1. Bone-in domestic
  2. Bone-in imported
  3. Boneless domestic
  4. Boneless imported

MUTTON AND LAMB

  1. Domestic
  2. Mutton - Imported
  3. Lamb - Imported

FANCY MEATS

  1. Pork
  2. Beef
  3. Veal
  4. Lamb

NOTE - FANCY MEATS

All items - Include brains, livers, sweetbreads, tongues, stomachs, kidneys, lungs, other glands for pharmaceuticals etc.

Item 1 - Pork: Do not include headmeat, weasand meat, include these under PORK - Unclassified.

Items 2,3,4 - Beef, Veal, Lamb: Include tails, headmeat, weasand meat, gullets, neck trim and blood plasma.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Data-sharing agreements
To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

Section 12 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with federal, provincial or territorial government organizations. Under Section 12, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician and returning it with the completed questionnaire. Please specify the organizations with which you do not want to share your data.

For this survey, there are Section 12 agreements with the statistical agency of Prince Edward Island as well as with the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Manitoba Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.

For agreements with provincial and territorial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province or territory.

COMMENTS

For more information on this survey, please access Information for survey participants (ISP)

Thank you for completing this questionnaire.

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