Mr. John Menarry:

On the data side of things, there are processes. There are sales notes. When I sell my product to a buyer, within 48 hours of that sale taking place the buyer is supposed to submit the weight and species that was logged, and what was bought and what was paid for it. That is supposed to be submitted to SFPA within 48 hours of that sale. There seems to be an issue with those sales notes being submitted, be it at the buyer level or at SFPA level, but the data just seems to disappear. There were issues with that and when guys inquired about their sales notes, whether they came from buyers or whether they were stuck in the system, they seemed to come in dribs and drabs and lumps. We asked about this at a previous meeting with the SFPA office because this is supposed to be the regulation and the law.

A sales note is supposed to be in within 48 hours. We asked if a sales note then appears weeks or months later, and is submitted, then surely somebody has broken the law or the regulation or whatever. We asked if there are repercussions. We did not get an answer from the SFPA. There are processes there but they are not working.