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Voluntary HACCP In Place For Grain Industry

The Canadian Grain Commission has launched two voluntary programs for Canadian grain companies who wish to enhance their grain safety and identity-preserved quality management systems. The CGC HACCP and CIPRS plus HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) will help to ensure the safety and dependability of Canadian grains internationally. Through the two programs, the Canadian
Country Crossroads

U. S. Nutritionists Urge New, Not-As-Sweet Drinks

Soft drink makers should invent and market a new category of semisweet beverages that will help wean Americans off their reliance on sugary drinks, nutrition experts say. They proposed a new class of reduced-calorie beverages with no more than one gram of sugar per ounce, which with about 50 calories is about 70 per cent
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FDA Tries To Get Ahead Of Food Recalls

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Not a single person was diagnosed with food poisoning, but the U. S. Food and Drug Administration made the move anyway – on March 31 it announced a nationwide recall of pistachios after salmonella was found in one producer’s 2008 crop. Since then, recall announcements have come daily, for a total of 290 so far.
Livestock

Grocer Calls For Heightened Food Inspections

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The U. S. Agriculture Department should expand its risk-based inspection system to focus on products neglected by the Food and Drug Administration to help stop a rash of massive food recalls, an official from a U. S. grocery chain said on April 2. The U. S. food supply system is under fire after a series
Opinion

Feed millers go above and beyond safety regs

The March 12 Manitoba Co-operator features an article in which Richard Holley of the University of Manitoba suggests that there are insufficient regulatory and manufacturing controls in Canada to prevent the widespread inclusion of pathogens in animal feed (“Stop recycling pathogens in animal feed,” March 12, page 27). He is quoted as saying that “there’s
Livestock

U. S. To Delay Stricter BSE Feed Ban For 60 Days

The Food and Drug Administration will delay for 60 days a stricter rule on livestock feed ingredients aimed at preventing BSE, an agency spokeswoman said March 18. The rule was scheduled to take effect on April 27. The spokeswoman said the delay would allow “a little more time” for compliance. When the rule was unveiled
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Industry Mulls New Approach To Food Safety

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Dealing with actual threats to food safety rather than perceived ones is the goal of the Canadian dairy industry following a special conference that brought together processors and producers. While dairy products have an enviable safety record, the industry wants to make risk assessment a bigger part of the internationally recognized HACCP approach it employs
Livestock

Horticulture Implements Food Safety Measures

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Fruit and vegetable growers have a new certified food safety program that the Canadian Horticultural Council hopes will lead to an increase in exports. CHC has offered an on-farm food safety program for several years and has decided to rename it CanadaGAP to highlight the certified feature for the production, storage and packing of fresh
News, Poultry

U. S. Lawmaker Blasts China Food Safety

The United States has “serious issues” with food imports from China and needs to do more to prevent contaminated products from entering the U. S. food supply, an influential House lawmaker said March 18. At the same time, Washington needs to toughen up its own outdated food safety laws after a series of food recalls
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Iā€™d Laugh If I Could Stop Crying

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It is widely known that the Canadian public has a low opinion of politicians. The best evidence of this comes not from surveys or coffee shops, but from the low turnout in Canadian elections. Of course, politicians always try to spin this to suit their purposes. The winning party claims it is because people are

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