Rather than wait for the World Trade Organization or the U.S. Congress to fix mandatory country-of-origin labelling on meat sold in the U.S., Canada’s cattle and hog producer groups have signed on to take Washington’s rules to court. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and Canadian Pork Council (CPC) said Tuesday they’ve filed as co-plaintiffs seeking
Canadian, U.S. meat industry groups take COOL to court
High River to resume cattle slaughter Wednesday
Cargill plans to resume harvesting of cattle Wednesday (July 3) at its beef slaughter and processing plant — one of Canada’s largest — at flood-battered High River, Alta. The news comes as local and provincial authorities assess residential and commercial buildings and re-open parts of the community to public access. About 1,500 residences and 219
Sobeys to buy Canada Safeway
The Canadian owner of the Sobeys grocery store chain is poised to make itself Canada’s second-biggest grocer through a surprise takeover of Canada Safeway. Stellarton, N.S.-based Empire Co. announced Wednesday it has signed a deal with Safeway Inc. to buy all of Canada Safeway’s assets for $5.8 billion plus “certain liabilities” through its Sobeys food
Turkey to accept Canadian sheep, goat genetics
Exporters of embryos and semen from Canadian sheep and goats can expect to see up to $250,000 in added revenue over the next five years now that Turkey has again approved their products for import. Advancing trade with other countries in this region has been at the “forefront” for Canadian producers, the federal government said
Closure of MAFRI offices expected, but postponing school tax rebate upsets KAP leader
Manitoba producers hoping to get back all of the school tax they pay on farmland will have to wait until the province conquers its deficit. Last week’s provincial budget holds the farmland education tax rebate at 80 per cent, while introducing a new $5,000 cap to limit rebate expenditures, which came in at $34.5 million
Tim Hortons expects stall-free pork by 2022
Having reviewed its pork suppliers’ plans to phase out the use of gestation stalls for breeding sows, Canada’s iconic Tim Hortons chain now expects to have moved to stall-free pork by the year 2022. In the Oakville, Ont. company’s annual Sustainability and Responsibility report, released April 3, Tim Hortons said it has “consulted with our
Pulse crops eyed for fast-tracked registration
Lentil, field pea, field bean and faba bean growers are being asked to consider a proposal under which new varieties submitted for federal registration could skip one or two levels of assessment they now receive. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week released a draft discussion document as part of an overall review of the
Ex-CFIA researcher charged over stray brucellosis
A former federal researcher, lauded for his work toward a quicker and cheaper brucellosis test for cattle, has been arrested and charged after allegedly taking a trip carrying vials of the live bacteria in an “unsafe manner.” Dr. Klaus Nielsen, who had worked at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Fallowfield lab southwest of Ottawa, was
U.S. processor to rebuild flax plant
A U.S. grain-processing firm plans to set itself up in the Prairie flax ingredients business over the wreck of a previous player’s Manitoba plant, and will bring back the plant’s founding family to help run it. Minnesota-based Grain Millers, Inc. on Thursday announced the launch of SafeFlax, a new line of flaxseed products, to be
Streamlined approval process leads to expanded labels for horticulture products
Aslimmed-down federal approval process will allow Canadian fruit and vegetable growers some expanded uses of an insecticide and two fungicides this spring. Bayer CropScience credited recent “regulatory synchronization” between Canada and the U.S. for the expanded labels on Admire insecticide and Reason and Flint fungicides announced Feb. 19. The approval covers uses for which the
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