Beekeepers say the Canadian Food Inspection Agency should restore packaged U.S. bee shipments, claiming the agency isn’t following evidence.
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Canadian beekeepers call for regulatory accountability
Some groups in the sector are frustrated with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s ban on U.S. packaged bees
Canada, Philippines make African swine fever zoning agreement
Canada and the Philippines have signed an African swine fever (ASF) zoning arrangement, a measure that should ensure trade can continue between the countries during outbreak of the disease.
Canada, U.K. agree to cooperate on veterinary medicine, vaccine approvals
Canada and the UK have agreed to work together to streamline the regulation of veterinary medicines and vaccines.
Canada too cold for New World screwworm
Cattle producers still need to be mindful of the tropical pathogen as Texas braces for outbreak
New World screwworm is closing in on the U.S. from Mexico, but the deadly livestock parasite isn’t likely to dig a surviving population in Canada, even if the fly species sneaks over the border.
CFIA adds controls for imports of Spanish feed ingredients after African swine fever outbreak
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added Spain to a list of countries subject to feed import controls due to an outbreak of African swine fever in that country.
CFIA updates plant protection regulations
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says updated plant protection regulations will allow it to be more agile.
CFIA suspends U.S. imports after Vesicular Stomatitis Virus outbreaks in Arizona
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) temporarily suspended U.S. imports from regions with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV)outbreaks, impacting cross-border horse, swine, and ruminant movement.
B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms
Ostriches on an embattled Edgewood, B.C. farm have been culled after a prolonged legal battle, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed.
Fertilizer label changes called costly, unnecessary
Canada’s bulk fertilizer makers now have until July 2026 to update their labels, but industry says the rules will be expensive to implement and won’t actually provide safety gains
Canada’s bulk fertilizer makers now have until July 2026 to update their labels, but industry says rules will be expensive, slow shipments to farmers and won’t actually make the system safer.
B.C. ostriches now to be culled after ruling: CFIA
Farm has been at the centre of protests since CFIA first ordered the cull of over 300 birds
Birds are now to be culled from a British Columbia ostrich operation that sought to bypass standard federal practice in on-farm outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and has been denied an appeal at Canada’s highest court.
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