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U.S. may kill poultry with heat stress to stop bird flu

By Tom Polansek September 18, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. agriculture officials seeking ways to control deadly bird flu have approved the use of a method to kill poultry by turning up the heat in their barns and shutting off ventilation systems. The Agriculture Department will consider using the method, condemned by animal rights groups as cruel, if there are […] Read more

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McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

By Lisa Baertlein September 18, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder group is renewing its call for the fast-food chain to stop buying any meat from animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections. The move from the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas, comes amid growing concern from public health experts that the overuse […] Read more

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Study alleges U.S. fast food still mostly raised on antibiotics

By Lisa Baertlein September 16, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– Most large U.S. fast-food chains still serve meat from farm animals that have been routinely fed antibiotics, consumer groups said in a new report, which concluded that many companies have not yet laid out plans to curb the practice. Subway, Starbucks, KFC and Domino’s Pizza were among the industry leaders […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Sheep/Goats

Yukon to help cover livestock vets’ travel costs

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News September 16, 2015

The Yukon government has launched a pilot program to help cover veterinarians’ travel and service expenses for farm calls. The territory government on Tuesday announced it will accept up to 30 farmers for the pilot of the Veterinary Services Program, running from now to the end of March 2016. The program will reimburse participating veterinarians […] Read more

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Avian flu risk higher with fall migrations

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 15, 2015

Poultry farmers in Ontario are being warned to keep biosecurity top of mind as wild birds get ready to fly south this fall. “With the fall weather quickly approaching, resulting in colder temperatures and wild bird migrations, the threat of re-emergence of (highly pathogenic avian influenza) is real,” the Feather Board Command Centre, the emergency […] Read more

McDonald’s announced Wednesday it will now source five per cent of the eggs used in its breakfast menu items, such as these breakfast burritos, from “cage-free” sources, en route to 100 per cent over the next 10 years. (McDonalds.ca)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

McDonald’s en route to ‘cage-free’ eggs in Canada, U.S.

By Reuters September 9, 2015

Reuters/Staff –– McDonald’s Corp. said all eggs it uses in its 16,000 restaurants in Canada and the U.S. will, within the next 10 years, come from chickens not confined to cages. The decision to source “cage-free” eggs follows the company’s announcement in March that it would stop using chicken raised with certain kinds of antibiotics […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

CFIA clears more states for cross-border poultry traffic

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 3, 2015

Travellers entering Canada from the U.S. may now bring in uncooked poultry products, live poultry and eggs from seven of the 15 states that have had outbreaks of avian flu since December. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Tuesday confirmed it now considers the states of Washington, Idaho, California and Oregon free of highly […] Read more

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Canada lifts bans on three states’ poultry, eggs

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 31, 2015

Travellers entering Canada from the U.S. can now bring in uncooked poultry products and eggs from Indiana, Montana and/or Arkansas. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) during August declared each of those three states free of highly pathogenic (“high-path”) avian flu, following discoveries of infected poultry in those states this spring. Poultry from Indiana had […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Japan lifts block on B.C. poultry

By Reuters August 28, 2015

Tokyo | Reuters –– Japan’s farm ministry on Friday partially lifted a ban on imports of live poultry and poultry meat from Canada and the U.S. following an outbreak of bird flu. Imports from British Columbia and from eight U.S. states — Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Kansas, Arkansas, Montana and Indiana — will resume after […] Read more

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U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

By Reuters August 25, 2015

Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday lifted restrictions on imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario in the latest sign the farm sector is starting to recover from a severe outbreak of bird flu. USDA limited imports from Ontario in April after a highly pathogenic (“high-path”) strain of H5N2 avian flu was […] Read more

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Poultry/Eggs

U.S. may kill poultry with heat stress to stop bird flu

McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

Study alleges U.S. fast food still mostly raised on antibiotics

Yukon to help cover livestock vets’ travel costs

Avian flu risk higher with fall migrations

McDonald’s en route to ‘cage-free’ eggs in Canada, U.S.

CFIA clears more states for cross-border poultry traffic

Canada lifts bans on three states’ poultry, eggs

Japan lifts block on B.C. poultry

U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

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