Other responsibilities delegated to the position include developing, recommending and implementing national emergency contingency plans to deal with crises of a meat hygiene nature and representing the Meat Hygiene Division at national and international meetings with officials of the meat industry, other departments, provincial governments and the general public at which scientific and technical aspects of meat hygiene are discussed and negotiated. ###>E n outre, il faut évaluer les pratiques technologiques connexes à la lumière des nouvelles tendances et des nouvelles réalisations.