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New Eight-Gene, Insect-, Herbicide-Tolerant Corn Approved U. S., Canada

By Allan Dawson July 30, 2009

Manitoba corn growers have to wait awhile to get Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences’ new eight-gene (trait) SmartStax corn that requires only a five per cent refuge and boasts multiple “modes of action” against insect and weed pests. “We’re definitely going to look at it (for Western Canada), but the priority for the launch in 2010

Crops, Hogs

Flu Crossed Back From Hogs To Inspectors: Reports

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 30, 2009

Two Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers may be the first known cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza crossing from hogs to humans. The CFIA employees, who both have tested positive for the flu strain recently elevated to pandemic status, were working in late April on a quarantined Rocky Mountain House, Alta.-area farm which, at the time,

Livestock

No Escape For Government Bodies In Listeria Report

By Alex Binkley July 30, 2009

Health Canada, the Public Health Agency and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have all been cited for contributing to a breakdown in the food inspection system during last summer’s deadly listeria outbreak. To prevent a repeat of it, special investigator Sheila Weatherill proposed 57 recommendations to improve food safety. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said they

Hogs, Livestock

Swine Flu Vaccine Not Tested On New H1N1

July 23, 2009

A new swine flu vaccine available to protect herds against traditional H1N1 and H3N2 subtypes, has no data available to demonstrate FluSure XP’s efficacy against the newly emerged A H1N1 global virus, Pfizer Animal Health says in a release. FluSure XP is the first swine vaccine to be licensed under new Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Hogs, News

Nonpandemic Flu Strain Found In Saskatchewan

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 16, 2009

Federal health officials are working with the Saskatchewan government to assess and monitor the public health risk posed by a new strain of influenza that has been detected in that province. The new strain was detected in two workers on a hog farm in Saskatchewan. The workers suffered only mild illness and have recovered fully,

Livestock

Bluetongue To Be Downgraded To “Notifiable”

July 16, 2009

Regulations requiring suspected cases of bluetongue in livestock to be reported to federal veterinary inspectors, even though Canada has lifted its bluetongue control measures on U. S. imports, are set to change by as early as next month. Amendments to the federal Health of Animals Regulations will downgrade the five common U. S. serotypes of

Oilseeds, Opinion

Beneficial Plant Sterols Not Available To Canadians

By Ronald Doering July 9, 2009

Health Canada’s minister should listen to her provincial colleagues, all overwhelmed by the costs of health care, not the least from the public cost of drugs to treat CHD. The recently released report by Food and Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) titled Food Regulatory Systems: Canada’s Performance in the Global Marketplace is yet another study

Country Crossroads

Does Canada Need A National Food Standard?

By Alex Binkley July 9, 2009

One re commenda -tion flowing from a Commons subcommittee report that resonates with the food industry is the need for a national food inspection standard. Michael McCain, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods and the face of food safety these days, says, “All food for sale in Canada, whether it is produced in federally

Hogs, Livestock

Sask. Crop Insurance Changes Welcome

By Pfizer Animal Health Release July 2, 2009

Saskatchewan Stock Growers president Calvin Knoss welcomed changes to that province’s crop insurance program in response to drought conditions in northwest and west-central Saskatchewan. “We appreciate the efforts of federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and our Saskatchewan minister, Bob Bjornerud, in moving these changes forward so quickly,” said Knoss. “The three measures announced today stand

News

Canada And U. S. Agree On Organic Standards

By Lorraine Stevenson June 25, 2009

Canada can now export certified organic products to U. S. markets without getting American certification, now that both countries have agreed to accept each other’s national standards for organic food. The long-awaited equivalency agreement, announced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) June 17, means organic farmers

Daily Network News

Prairie wheat bids mixed to start December

More U.S. soybean shipments to China due to load through mid-December

Prairie forecast: Northwest flow ushers in a wintery pattern across the Prairies

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