On-Farm Food Safety Is Crucial, MPs Say

They quarrelled on many issues, but the MPs on the Commons food safety subcommittee agreed an effective food safety system has to begin on the farm. The committee reported to Parliament in mid-June with the Conservative MPs offering 22 recommendations and the opposition parties 14 proposals. The only idea that was immediately rejected by Agriculture

Direction Of Government Programs Perplexes Cattlemen

“It could become a prerequisite for trade, as animal care has become. So do we take the lead, or leave it to the provinces?” – CCA’S ROB MCNABB ON DEVELOPING A NATIONAL BIOSECURITY STANDARD Whether it’s cattle price insurance, dis-a ster recovery or biosecurity, figuring out what direction government programs might take has proven a


Air filters can help contain disease

Air filters are working to keep pigs safe from porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS), Dr. Scott Dee of the University of Minnesota told a recent industry day organized by the Ontario Pork Industry Council (OPIC). The lab and research farm results are confirmed by farm experience, said veterinarian Darwin Reicks of the nine-veterinarian Swine