The agency imposed movement restrictions in November, after a shipment of cattle feed ingredient suspected of containing a small amount of meat and bone meal was reportedly distributed to a feed mill in Ontario and one in Quebec. Feed from these mills was then distributed to 113 farms.

As a precaution, all potentially exposed animals were placed under movement control, however, it has since been determined that the portion of feed ingredient delivered to the mill in Ontario did not contain any of the potentially contaminated material, although an estimated 2,450 cattle on 26 farms in Quebec remain under movement restrictions whilst the agency conducts further analyses.