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Flour recall widened to products from 11 loads of wheat

The maker of Robin Hood and other brands of flour is further widening a major product recall to cover products made from 11 loads of Canadian wheat. Ardent Mills and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Saturday announced an expanded nationwide recall to include more varieties and sizes of Robin Hood, Golden Temple, Purity,

Crops, News

Organic industry pushes back on regulatory changes

Sector spokespersons say moving rules governing organic production under a  larger regulatory framework will limit market opportunities and create  needless new certification requirements

By Lorraine Stevenson May 9, 2017

A spokesperson with Canadian Organic Growers (COG) says the organic industry is confident it’s made a strong case against having its rules shifted into a larger regulatory framework. At issue is the migration of the Organic Products Regulation (OPR) into the Safe Foods for Canadians regulation. In 2012, the passage of the Safe Foods for

There’s no simple or accurate test for ergot levels in cattle pellets.

Livestock

Ergot continues to cause concerns

Feed manufacturers must sell a safe product, but are under no obligation to test for ergot alkaloids

By Shannon VanRaes May 9, 2017

As more Manitoba producers link cases of ergotism to pellet feed, farmers are being urged to use caution and test for ergot alkaloids. “It’s very sad,” said Wayne Tomlinson, an extension veterinarian with the province. “You’re doing the right thing, you’re feeding your animals what you think is good-quality feed and they are not thriving,

A tuber infected with Dickeya dianthicola can have a mushy consistency similar to tapioca.

Crops

Dickeya diagnostics available, but could add costs

Growers exporting seed to the U.S. are increasingly being asked for the test

By Julienne Isaacs May 8, 2017

Laboratory testing can detect Dickeya — but is there enough of it present to justify the higher costs? It’s a relatively new threat to North American potato production. The invasive pathogen Dickeya dianthicola — not to be confused with blackleg causing Dickeya solani — was first spotted in Canada in Ontario fields, having come in

Camelina oil, seed and feed pellets. Photo: Alberta Agriculture

Crops, Livestock

CFIA approves camelina oil for use in Atlantic salmon feed

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 24, 2017

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has approved mechanically-extracted camelina oil as a feed ingredient for farmed salmon and trout, Genome Atlantic says in a release. That paves the way for the oilseed to serve as a new rotation option for Maritime potato farmers. Camelina sativa, or false flax, is a hardy oilseed plant that

Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale chair Curtis Pozniak led the committee through a number of motions during the committee’s annual meeting Mar. 2 in Winnipeg modifying its operating procedures.

Crops, News

CFIA frets PRCWRT overstepping mandate

The federal regulator takes issue with keeping references to germplasm sharing in the  committee’s operating procedures and has concerns about data confidentiality

By Allan Dawson March 21, 2017

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) isn’t comfortable with having germplasm sharing as a prerequisite for participation in certain registration trials. Those comments came from Mark Forham, a senior specialist with CFIA, at the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale’s (PRCWRT) annual meeting in Winnipeg Mar. 2. Forhan stressed the PRCWRT’s mandate is

News

Food safety regulations proposed once again

Revamping these regulations began under the last government and have dragged on at some length

By Alex Binkley February 8, 2017

Proposals to modernize Canada’s food safety inspection rules will once again be the subject of cross-country public consultations by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. CFIA will hold a consultation running to April 21 to gather food industry and consumer reaction to the draft regulations it posted in the Canada Gazette Jan. 21. Then it will

Livestock

Livestock industry must prepare for just about anything

Threats can appear from any direction and most aren’t even on the radar

By Alex Binkley January 16, 2017

While the livestock industry and governments have improved their ability to respond to disease outbreaks, they need to broaden their preparations. They must include new diseases and challenges, says a report from the National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council. Rob McNabb, general manager of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, says the report is aimed at

CFIA expects the livestock industry won’t find any surprises in proposed amendments to humane livestock transportation regulations.

Livestock, News

CFIA proposes new humane livestock transport regulations

The proposed regulations cover everything from assessment of livestock’s fitness for transport to dealing with unfit and compromised animals and hot and cold weather

By Alex Binkley December 20, 2016

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has released proposed amendments to its humane livestock transportation regulations, the first significant update of rules that date back to 1997. The regulations are available for comments from farm and other organizations until Feb. 15. Livestock groups say they’re studying the lengthy documentation and would offer any suggestions by the

Beef cattle, Livestock

Six quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 16, 2016

Six premises deemed to be “low-risk” have been released from federal quarantine as officials continue their hunt for Alberta and Saskatchewan cattle exposed to bovine tuberculosis. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday reported it had lifted movement controls on six premises where “appropriate testing” has been completed on cattle so far in the agency’s

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

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