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Cfia Gets New President

By Alex Binkley July 14, 2011

George Da Pont, a seasoned federal bureaucrat, has been named president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. He replaces Carol Swan who has retired. Da Pont became executive vice-president of the agency a year ago with the expectation that he would move into the top job eventually. With CFIA under repeated attack by its main

Livestock, Poultry

Feds Looking To Boost Small Meat Plants

By Alex Binkley May 19, 2011

Winnipeg Old Country Sausage is among 12 Canadian meat plants that may get help achieving federal- inspection status in a bid to create opportunities for livestock producers. Ontario, Saskatchewan and Quebec both have three plants under consideration while P.E.I. and Alberta have one each. Federal and provincial agriculture ministers want to encourage provincially inspected plants

Cereals, Crops

Party Agriculture Platforms For May 2 Election

April 28, 2011

CONSERVATIVE PARTY: A Conservative government would invest $100 million over five years into the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, extend accelerated writeoffs for new food-processing equipment and create a $50-million agriculture innovation fund. It would increase support for the Agriculture and Food Trade Commissioner Service and the Market Access Secretariat to find new markets for Canadian

Cereals, Crops, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 7, 2011

April 7, 2011

Japan to import 5.11 mln tonnes wheat:Japan plans to buy 5.11 million tonnes of foreign milling wheat in the year to March 2012 to supplement locally grown grain, the Ministry of Agriculture said last week. Japan, the world’s fourth-biggest wheat importer, buys wheat to supplement locally grown grain and keeps a tight grip on bulk

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Mar. 31, 2011

By Reuters March 31, 2011

Data collection:Rural community foundations will benefit from federal funds helping them collect annual data on how their communities are surviving. Vital Signs portraits measure the vitality of local communities using selected social and economic trends and evaluating areas having a significant impact on the quality of life, such as health, environment and education. A $200,000

Livestock

CFIA To Go Public With Companies’ Safety Violations

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 24, 2011

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is going online with the outcomes of its enforcement work on food safety. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on March 16 announced the CFIA will issue reports on such activities, including information such as: Food imports that have been refused entry into Canada; Federally registered food establishments whose licences have

News

Food Safety Offenders To Be Revealed

By Alex Binkley March 24, 2011

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will start posting the names of importers and domestic food companies that run afoul of food safety laws. “This is a fair and balanced way to protect consumers,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told a media briefing at a small community grocery store. “While consumers have a high degree of confidence

Beef cattle, Livestock

Canada Records 18th BSE Case

March 10, 2011

They’re still finding homegrown BSE cases in Canada nearly eight years after the first one occurred. Canada’s latest case of BSE involves a 77-month-old dairy cow in Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed. The case was detected Feb. 18. As of last week, CFIA had yet to post it on its website. The agency

News

Anaplasmosis Reappears In Southeastern Manitoba

By Ron Friesen March 3, 2011

More cases of anap lasmosis have been detected in southeastern Manitoba cattle after an outbreak in the region appeared to have died down last summer. Five new herds in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn have been identified with anaplasmosis-positive cattle since October 2010, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed. Eight positive animals in two of

News

Washington’s Tough New Food-Safety Law Could Affect Canada

By Alex Binkley January 20, 2011

While it’s too soon to tell for sure, the new U.S. food-safety law could become another big headache for Canadian food exporters. The law, to be implemented over the next 18 months, gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration powers similar to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, namely the authority to proactively protect the food

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Tag Archives Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Cfia Gets New President

Feds Looking To Boost Small Meat Plants

Party Agriculture Platforms For May 2 Election

In Brief… – for Apr. 7, 2011

In Brief… – for Mar. 31, 2011

CFIA To Go Public With Companies’ Safety Violations

Food Safety Offenders To Be Revealed

Canada Records 18th BSE Case

Anaplasmosis Reappears In Southeastern Manitoba

Washington’s Tough New Food-Safety Law Could Affect Canada

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