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FDA ordered to take a harder line on antibiotics in animal feed

By P.J. Huffstutter June 16, 2012

Reuters / A federal judge said the Food and Drug Administration had done “shockingly little” to address the human health risks of antibiotic use in animal feed and ordered the agency to reconsider two petitions seeking restrictions on the practice. The ruling, filed on June 2 in a lawsuit brought by environmental and public-health groups,

Hogs, Livestock, News

U.S. livestock antibiotic move under scrutiny in Canada

By Alex Binkley April 30, 2012

Amove by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to clamp down on the use of human antibiotics in veterinary drugs is being closely watched in Canada, but no immediate action is being planned. The final shape of the FDA’s plan has yet to be determined but it’s aimed at eliminating so-called non-therapeutic antibiotic use within

Livestock, News

Superbug controversy spurs USDA to seek voluntary antibiotic limits in livestock

By Anna Yukhananov April 20, 2012

Reuters / U.S. regulators are urging food producers to voluntarily stop using antibiotics in livestock for non-medical uses as part of a broad effort to prevent the rise of drug-resistant “superbugs.” Antibiotics should only be used under the supervision of a veterinarian to prevent or treat illnesses in animals, said the USDA, which is asking

Hogs, Livestock, News

Judge orders FDA to remove antibiotics from feed

By Jessica Dye March 29, 2012

Reuters / A federal judge ordered U.S. regulators March 22 to start proceedings to withdraw approval for the use of common antibiotics in animal feed, citing concerns that overuse is endangering human health by creating antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.” U.S. Magistrate Judge Theodore Katz ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin proceedings unless makers of

Crops, International news, News

No to more fungicide in orange juice: FDA

March 5, 2012

Reuters / The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to change the levels it will accept of an illegal fungicide commonly used in the Brazilian orange juice industry, the agency said Feb. 16. The Brazilian and U.S. juice industry groups had asked the FDA to allow higher levels of the fungicide, carbendazim, until June 2013

Opinion

Lessons For Canada From The Food Safety Modernization Act

By Ronald Doering November 17, 2011

FOOD LAWYER / OTTAWA The new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) signed into law by President Barack Obama on Jan. 4 is a model of how not to make food safety law. The Americans laboured long and hard and delivered a mouse. Under the FSMA, some powers of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are

News

U.S. To Work Globally To Keep Imports Safe

June 30, 2011

U.S. health regulators said they would work with their counterparts worldwide to share information and better safeguard drugs and food consumed in the United States. The move represents a change in strategy for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a recognition of an increasingly complex global supply chain and tight budgets at home. “The border

Crops

Canada Tightens Controls On Japanese Food, Animal Feed

April 7, 2011

Canada has tightened its controls on Japanese imports to include all food and animal feed products from areas affected by Japan’s ongoing nuclear crisis. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said April 1 that it requires documentation proving the safety of food and feed products before it will allow them into Canada. The federal agency has

Crops, Dairy cattle

U.S. FDA Will Step Up Food Inspections From Japan

March 31, 2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said March 17 it was working on new steps to ensure food imports from Japan were safe as that country works to contain radiation from stricken nuclear power facilities. “As FDA assesses whether there is a potential health risk associated with FDA-regulated food products imported from Japan, the agency

Beef cattle, Livestock

BIXS Data System Gets Millions In Federal Funding

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 17, 2011

The information side of the beef business is getting nearly $8 million from the federal government. The largest chunk of cash, $5.3 million, will be used to help farms, feedlots and packing plants update their information technology systems to ensure they remain compatible with the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS). BIXS is a beef information exchange

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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