

CFIA flubs food failure followup
Raw milk cheese: Another sterile debate
GRAINS-U.S. corn drops 1.7 percent on rainier Midwest forecast

CFIA beefs up food safety rules and sets minimum traceability standards
Food companies and farms selling products in other provinces or internationally will need detailed preventive control plans
Traceability will gain a more prominent place on the menu, and food companies will be required to develop preventive control plans under a new regulatory plan proposed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The proposals, which follow the passage of the Safe Food for Canadians Act last fall, still have to be put into theGRAINS-U.S. wheat hits 2-month low as Plains harvest advances
Ritz again vows to boost food safety inspections

Deadly new hog disease has officials on high alert
Mechanically tenderized meats will have to be labelled

Farmers, government spar over use of Portage Diversion
The channel ‘park-in’ demonstration by Lake Manitoba farmers and landowners was aimed at bringing attention to the government’s handling of 2011 flood
France tops EU for levels of horsemeat found in beef products
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