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Ottawa Broadens Food Discussions

By Alex Binkley January 20, 2011

The federal government is broadening its consultations on food policy by launching a discussion with eight consumer organizations. The consumer round table was proposed last year in Sheila Weatherill’s report on the deadly 2008 listeria outbreak. It also dovetails with the Connecting with Consumers theme of the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture

News, Other livestock

CFIA Testing For Scrapie

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 13, 2011

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is urging sheep and goat producers to submit suspicious cases for scrapie testing as the number of confirmed cases in Canada is up to a level not seen since 2003. Eleven sheep flocks were confirmed to have seen cases of the reportable disease as of Nov. 30, up from six

Opinion

Government Can’t Do Much More Against Scary Stories

By Ronald Doering January 6, 2011

Every time we get a recall of imported food we have another round of huffing and puffing that we’re not doing enough to protect Canadians; the media spend a day or two pushing scary stories about the awful dangers of imported food. The most recent alarm originated from the release of an internal Canadian Food

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Panel Of Experts To Keep Eye On CFIA

By Alex Binkley November 25, 2010

The man who helped create the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in the 1990s has been asked to ensure it is doing its job. Ron Doering, who also served as the agency’s president for four years, will head what’s called a “ministerial advisory board.” He will be joined by six other experts who will advise Agriculture

Crops

Potato Biosecurity Standards In Pipeline

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 18, 2010

An advisory group picked from the private and public sectors of Canada’s potato industry has been set up to develop a new voluntary, nationwide farm-level biosecurity standard. The group, set up by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency working with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Horticultural Council’s potato committee executive, other potato organizations and provincial

News

Federal Food Guide Puzzles Food Industry

By Alex Binkley November 18, 2010

A new guide that’s supposed to help companies navigate the food-safety system instead has the industry scratching its collective head about the purpose of the document. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has posted an updated Guide to Food Safety on its web-site. It’s a voluntary tool to provide generic guidance on how to design, develop

Livestock, News

In Brief… – for Nov. 11, 2010

November 11, 2010

Protecting biodiversity: Delegates from nearly 200 nations agreed Oct. 29 to a sweeping plan to put the brakes on loss of species by setting new 2020 targets to ensure greater protection of nature and enshrine the benefits it gives mankind. Environment ministers from around the globe also agreed on rules for sharing the benefits from

News

Food Safety Committee Will “Get The Job Done” Says Cattlemen’s Rep

By Alex Binkley November 11, 2010

Farm groups are participating in an industry-government food safety committee because they expect results, says Dennis Laycraft, executive vice-president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “A common thread to the committee is our efforts on food safety and pursuing a solution-based approach between the food industry and government,” said Laycraft. “What we have is a partnership

Livestock

CFIA Learned From Animal Disease Outbreaks

By Alex Binkley November 4, 2010

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is usually the target of complaints from farmers, consumers and the food industry but for once Auditor General Sheila Fraser has kind words for the agency. In her latest report on government spending, Fraser says CFIA has learned from its past experiences with animal disease outbreaks that threaten farmers and

Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Government Signals Crackdown On Livestock Transport Violators

By Ron Friesen November 4, 2010

The Harper government is coming down hard on people who mistreat livestock during transport, even though there’s no evidence the number of infractions is increasing. Ottawa is more than doubling fines for violating livestock transport rules under the federal Health of Animals Act. People who mistreat and improperly transport farm animals can now be hit

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat futures climb on Black Sea tensions

Pulse weekly: Record Australian pulse crop expected

National Farmers’ Union proposes guaranteed basic income for farmers

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