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Ontario cities ban cage eggs

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Orillia and Pickering have bowed to pressure from the Humane Society of Canada to ban the sale of eggs from caged hens in all municipal facilities. The Humane Society calls it a landmark decision. It follows similar bans in university cafeterias, including the University of Guelph. The Humane Society says the councils are also encouraging
Dairy cattle, News

EU milk farmers to absorb quota rise, price is key

“It’s very much a political deal… without maybe looking at what the best solution would be for the entire region.” – MARK VOORBERGEN, RABOBANK ANALYSIS BY JEREMY SMITH BRUSSELS/REUTERS Europe’s dairy farmers should gain more production flexibility after farm ministers agreed to a series of quota increases from 2009 but are unlikely to churn out
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EU plan may increase global food problem

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The challenge of meeting soaring global food demand may be made more difficult by European Union proposals which could ban some fungicides, Britain’s chief scientist said Nov. 12. The European Union may change to a hazard rather than risk-based approach, which effectively means crop chemicals could be banned if they are dangerous at any dosage.
Beef cattle, Hogs, News

Britain tightens beef exports from N. Ireland

Britain has restricted beef exports coming from farms in Northern Ireland that received contaminated animal feed from Ireland, and confirmed that no pigs were affected, European Union officials said Dec. 10. British authorities had blocked beef shipments from nine pig and cattle farms and were carrying out extra tests to see if any Northern Irish
Beef cattle, Hogs, News

Minimal risk seen from Irish pork dioxins

Consumers eating average amounts of Irish pork with 10 per cent contamination by cancer-causing dioxins should not have concerns for their health, the EU’s leading food safety agency said Dec. 10. In response to a request by the European Commission, the Italy-based European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said it had examined several exposure scenarios for
Hogs, Livestock Markets

Tainted Irish pork shipped to Canada

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Ireland’s pork producers sought emergency aid on Monday to help foot a bill of at least 100 million euros (C$163 million) after dioxin contamination caused meat to be pulled from shop shelves in more than 20 countries. “We’re facing a major financial crisis, a major liquidity problem,” said Cormac Healy, director of the Irish Association
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EU to scrutinize competition in food retail sector

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EU regulators warned Nov. 26 of a risk that consolidation in the food retail sector might act against the interests of consumers and producers, saying a close watch should be kept on uncompetitive behaviour. A draft paper authored by the European Commission called for case-by-case screening of a string of retail practices that could be
Cereals, Crops, News

Black Sea exports continue to grow

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The Black Sea region, with its vast tracts of uncultivated land, is poised to benefit from any rise in grain consumption in developing countries where higher incomes are changing food habits, especially demand for meat. Around 35 million to 40 million hectares of extra land that can be cultivated in Russia, Ukraine or Kazakhstan and
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Hungarians wash it all down with fiery Palinka

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What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger or, in the case of Hungarian Palinka, leaves you feeling scorched on the inside and craving more. From the hard labour of picking the ripe fruit when autumn sets in to the explosion of flavours upon taking the first sip of this feisty fruit brandy, Palinka is a
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Volatile farm prices a worry

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EU regulators should discuss with United States authorities ways to curb volatility in agricultural commodity markets so as to avoid unwanted buildups in speculative positions, a draft paper showed Nov. 26. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm and author of the document, said it would examine the possibility of taking regulatory initiatives in this

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