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Canada reducing number of meat inspections, union says

By Rod Nickel March 31, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters –– The Canadian government, under pressure to eliminate its budget deficit, has reduced the frequency of inspections at certain Alberta meat-packing plants and plans to cut spending on food safety, the food inspectors’ union said on Tuesday. The cutbacks follow two major meat recalls over foodborne illness in recent years. Ottawa had […] Read more

Slices of OSF’s Arctic Granny Smith apples (top) are compared to their conventional counterparts. (ArcticApples.com)

Apples, Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

Health Canada clears Canadian firm’s ‘non-browning’ apples

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 21, 2015

A Canadian company’s genetically modified “non-browning” apples have picked up federal approval for commercial sale after review from Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The Arctic apple, developed by Okanagan Specialty Fruits and submitted for federal approval in 2011, “is safe for consumption, still has all its nutritional value and therefore does not […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

All but one avian flu quarantine lifted in B.C.

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 19, 2015

A table egg layer operation near Langley is now the only farm still under quarantine for avian flu in British Columbia. All 13 properties in B.C.’s Fraser Valley that had been quarantined for highly-pathogenic H5N2 or H5N1 avian flu since the beginning of December have since been culled of birds, cleaned and disinfected. A subsequent […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets

China to block Canadian beef as BSE probe continues

By Dave Bedard February 27, 2015

China has set up “temporary trade restrictions” on Canadian beef and beef products in the wake of Canada’s first case of BSE in a domestic cow since 2011, federal officials report. Born in 2009 and confirmed with BSE Feb. 11, the latest case — Canada’s 19th since its first such finding in 2003 — has […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets

BSE case born after tightened feed ban imposed

By Dave Bedard February 18, 2015

The beef cow that became Canada’s 19th case of BSE is now confirmed as Canada’s first-ever case to be born after tighter limits were imposed on use of cattle parts in livestock feed. Without specifying a home municipality, spokesmen for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said on a conference call Wednesday that Case 19 […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Officials chasing down unknowns in new BSE case

By Dave Bedard February 13, 2015

The cow confirmed Thursday as Canada’s 19th domestic case of BSE, and just its third case in the past five years, is still somewhat of a stranger to federal officials. Representatives with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), on a conference call Friday, said they haven’t yet confirmed the cow’s age, its past travels or […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets

New BSE case halts progress on ‘negligible risk’

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 13, 2015

Anyone hoping Canada had shut the book on BSE in its cattle herd and could someday soon regain “negligible risk” status has been dealt a new setback. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed late Thursday that a beef cow in Alberta is Canada’s 19th home-grown case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the country’s first such case […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Hens near Chilliwack catch H5N1 avian flu

By Dave Bedard February 7, 2015

About 95 layer hens on a “non-commercial” farm near Chilliwack are the Fraser Valley’s latest cases of avian influenza, but not of the same strain seen at 12 other farms in December. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Saturday announced a quarantine on the Chilliwack farm after confirming, effective Feb. 2, that table egg-laying birds […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Potatoes

New conditions placed on P.E.I. potato exports to U.S.

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 29, 2015

Potato wart’s appearance in another Prince Edward Island potato field in August has led to a new round of rules for the province’s potato exports to the U.S. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Monday announced new requirements effective “immediately” for such exports, citing the detection of potato wart in 23 fields in the […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Canada expands blocks on U.S. poultry, eggs

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 28, 2015

Canada’s avian flu-related ban on imports of poultry, birds and eggs from Washington and Oregon has been expanded to include the same products from California and Idaho. The ban was expanded after outbreaks of avian flu in poultry in the past week in both states, including a backyard flock of chickens in Idaho infected with […] Read more

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Ukraine 2025 wheat crop seen at 21.8 million tons, corn at 28 million-29 million says farm union

Prairie forecast: Warm and dry for the long weekend

U.S. grains: Corn futures lower as farmers sell, soy choppy

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Canada reducing number of meat inspections, union says

Health Canada clears Canadian firm’s ‘non-browning’ apples

All but one avian flu quarantine lifted in B.C.

China to block Canadian beef as BSE probe continues

BSE case born after tightened feed ban imposed

Officials chasing down unknowns in new BSE case

New BSE case halts progress on ‘negligible risk’

Hens near Chilliwack catch H5N1 avian flu

New conditions placed on P.E.I. potato exports to U.S.

Canada expands blocks on U.S. poultry, eggs

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