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Maple Leaf Steps Up Its Battle With Listeria

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“If one of our facilities doesn’t find it during regular testing, we would audit them to make sure their testing was thorough enough.” – MAPLE LEAF FOOD SAFETY OFFICER RANDY HUFFMAN Maple Leaf Foods is tackling listeria on several fronts in its 27 Canadian food plants to try to keep the wily bacteria out of
Cereals, Crops

Registering Wheats A Detailed Process

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The chairman joked about hosting “Canadian Idol” as he called a meeting of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (WRT) to order here last month. It’s an apt comparison in some ways. “Canadian Idol” is a contest where judges pick the best singer from a large group of contestants; members of the
Cereals, Crops, News

High-Yielding Wheat Remains Elusive

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“Canada’s grain quality reputation is being put at risk, we’re spending a crapload on testing and it’s costing farmers money. Someone should be held accountable.” – EARL GEDDES Kernel visual distinguishability was pushed into an early grave last August to clear the way for new developments in high-yielding wheat suitable for livestock feed and ethanol.
Opinion

The Law Of Tea

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Tea is the world’s most popular prepared drink. Canadians drink more than nine billion cups of it a year. Currently the tea industry is experiencing real growth: in 2007, the Canadian tea market grew to over $388 million in annual sales. Technically, tea in Canadian law is defined to be the beverage made from the
Crops

Court Rules In Favour Of Spud Farmers

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The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled the federal government must provide a financial settlement to 180 New Brunswick potato farmers who were hurt by the federal government’s mishandling of a potato disease outbreak in the early 1990s. The decision, released Feb. 19 in Ottawa, is a victory for farmers who have been fighting for
News

Cleanup For Bird Flu Done On B. C. Farm

Cleaning and disinfection work on an Abbotsford, B. C. turkey farm has been completed to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s approval after the farm’s stock was culled for avian flu. About 60,000 birds were gassed and composted in the farm’s barns after some birds in the flock were confirmed Jan. 24 to have what turned
Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 26, 2009

Farmers prefer cheques from the marketplace In response to the editorial “Give us the tax break and no one gets hurt” which appeared in the Feb. 12, 2009 edition of the Manitoba Co-operator, I would like to note that Dave Bedard carried forward some good discussion on why farmers should get “tax credits” for doing
Livestock

New Strategy Could Protect Industry

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Li ves tock groups and government officials are drafting a National Farmed Animal Health Strategy to protect both humans and animals from new diseases and viruses and encourage a more sustainable approach to livestock production. Norm Willis, a former chief veterinary officer for Canada and one of the architects of the strategy, outlined its progress
Beef cattle, Livestock

Second Flock Confirmed With A. I.

CFIA RELEASE The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of H5 avian influenza virus in a second commercial poultry operation in southern British Columbia. The flock was tested as part of the surveillance activities within three kilometres of the commercial poultry operation where low-pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza was detected on Jan. 24.

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