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Consumers are turning to organic products as a guarantee of integrity after meat products were mislabelled
Reuters / Sales of organic products in Britain continued to decline last year in contrast to continental Europe but the horsemeat scandal has sparked a revival, the country’s main organic certification body, the Soil Association, said March 20. “In the worst economic downturn in living memory, it’s not surprising to find subdued sales of aTrio of leaders in beef sector gives first look at skeletal framework, gets input from summit attendees
The broad outlines of a plan to revitalize the Canadian beef industry received a welcome reception at a recent industry summit in Calgary. After stinging critique of their sector by the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute last fall, Kim McConnell, Dave Andrews and John Kolk were asked in November to consult with industry players and createIt’s the kind of non-tariff trade barrier Canadian exporters can expect to see more of in the future
Not long ago, tariffs were the key barriers to Canadian beef exports. Tariff barriers are still significant problems (Korea for example), but as tariff barriers fall, countries are getting more creative in building border barriers. In some ways, it makes me nostalgic for the good old days when our market access efforts primarily consisted of
