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In the 10 months since Canada’s 19th case of BSE was confirmed in Alberta, nearly 750 other cattle have had to be traced from the animal’s “birth cohort.”

CFIA wrapping up latest BSE probe

The Alberta beef cow was born two years after the enhanced feed ban took effect

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 18, 2015

Canada’s food safety agency is still tracking down herdmates of the country’s 19th domestic case of BSE, but will otherwise assume the Alberta cow most likely caught the disease from trace proteins in its early feed. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Nov. 30 submitted its final report on Case 19 — a 70-month-old purebred

Beef cattle, Livestock

Feed was ‘most plausible’ source of BSE in Case 19

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 3, 2015

Canada’s food safety agency is still tracking down the last herdmates of the country’s 19th domestic case of BSE, but will otherwise assume the Alberta cow most likely caught the disease from traces of proteins in its early feed. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Nov. 30 submitted its final report on Case 19 —

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

EU to resume beef exports to Canada

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 20, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union is to resume exports of beef to Canada from 19 of its member countries for the first time since 1996, when they were halted in the wake of the BSE scandal. The European Commission said Tuesday that Canada’s action was part of a growing trend to recognize the

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

BSE case’s traceout continues

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 7, 2015

Federal officials tracing out the herdmates of Canada’s 19th domestic case of BSE expect to have their final report on the case ready in late fall. Confirmed Feb. 11 as Canada’s first domestic case of the brain-wasting bovine disease since 2011, Case 19 was born in 2009 on the same northern Alberta farm as Case

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

OIE cuts six European countries’ BSE risk level

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 3, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has lowered to the safest level the official risk of six countries for BSE, a move expected to open international market access for their beef exports. These countries are France, Ireland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and Liechtenstein. OIE members in Paris last week eased

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

China lifts three-year embargo on Brazil beef imports

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 19, 2015

Brasilia | Reuters — China has ended an embargo on Brazilian beef imports, Brazil’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, lifting a three-year old ban and opening the door to half a billion dollars of new sales. Eight Brazilian beef processing plants and one poultry plant were approved to ship to China, the ministry said in

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. seen approving Brazil fresh beef imports

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 8, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s agriculture ministry said on Friday the U.S. is likely to approve imports of Brazilian fresh beef this year, after President Dilma Rousseff visits Washington in June. Brazil, the world’s top beef exporter, is already a steady exporter of cooked beef that appears in items such as canned corned beef

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Canadian beef again moving to China

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 1, 2015

Federal inspectors are again issuing certificates for exports of Canadian beef to China, as Beijing’s temporary ban on the Canadian product comes to an end. The Chinese government in late February announced a temporary ban on imports of Canadian beef, shortly after Canada confirmed its first case of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) in a domestic

Beef cattle, Livestock

Message to cattle producers: Don’t cut back on BSE testing

The latest BSE case only increases the need for Canada to test 30,000 animals yearly

By Alexis Kienlen March 9, 2015

Keep calm and carry on testing. That’s the message going out to producers following the latest case of BSE in an Alberta cow. “At times like this, it’s as important, if not more so, to continue with surveillance and be vigilant,” Canadian Food Inspection Agency official Craig Price told attendees at the recent Alberta Beef

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

China to block Canadian beef as BSE probe continues

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News 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

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Tag Archives BSE

CFIA wrapping up latest BSE probe

Feed was ‘most plausible’ source of BSE in Case 19

EU to resume beef exports to Canada

BSE case’s traceout continues

OIE cuts six European countries’ BSE risk level

China lifts three-year embargo on Brazil beef imports

U.S. seen approving Brazil fresh beef imports

Canadian beef again moving to China

Message to cattle producers: Don’t cut back on BSE testing

China to block Canadian beef as BSE probe continues

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