Food Inspection Agency Archives - Page 9 of 37

Processors fear added costs with meat inspection

By Shannon VanRaes June 8, 2012

A pending change to meat inspection in the province is raising concerns. The current agreement between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the province officially expires June 15, although the CFIA has agreed to continue to oversee inspections until the end of 2013 when the province will take over. (The change doesn’t affect federally registered

News

Federal food laws face overhaul

By Alex Binkley June 5, 2012

The Harper government is putting the finishing touches to a major revamp of federal food laws to make processors and manufacturers more responsible for food safety while inspectors focus on the risky segments of the business. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is expected to present the legislation, known unofficially as the Food Act, to Parliament sometime

Crops, News

Oversights on seeds and fertilizers chopped

By Alex Binkley May 30, 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is cutting back its oversight on laws governing seeds, fertilizers and other sectors that impact farmers. While it has yet to announce the measures, changes in the administration of the Seeds Act and the Fertilizers Act are already under development. The agency wants to introduce plans, some of which have

Opinion

On rural romanticism and “natural” foods

By Ronald Doering May 30, 2012

The proliferation on our grocery shelves of foods with “natural” claims shows no sign of abating. With the growing recognition that organic food is not any safer, tastier, more nutritious or more sustainable, in spite of the higher price, consumers now want foods that are produced the old-fashioned way on the small family farm. Not

Livestock, News, Other livestock

Concerns raised about CWD entering Manitoba

By Shannon VanRaes May 17, 2012

Changes are coming to the way the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) handles chronic wasting disease (CWD) in farmed elk populations, but what those changes are is up for debate. “While we don’t have all the details yet — the federal government has signalled that they are giving up on the idea of eradicating the

News

CFIA applies new rules to food importers

By Alex Binkley May 17, 2012

Two years after admitting that it didn’t have a registry of food importers, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is finally proposing to introduce a licensing regime for the estimated 25,000 businesses, which bring foreign-made food or beverages into Canada. The government announced a Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan in 2007, which was to include measures

Livestock, News, Other livestock

Scrapie confirmed at same Ontario farm as missing herd

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 14, 2012

One of the sheep remaining at a quarantined southeastern Ontario farm where 31 sheep disappeared last month has been confirmed positive for scrapie. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed in a release April 27 that a sheep that had died on the farm operated by Linda Montana Jones near Hastings, Ont., had the fatal nerve disease. The farm

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Marginal effect on trade as U.S. finds another mad cow case

By Rod Nickel May 3, 2012

Reuters / Canada, the third-biggest beef exporter in the world, is unlikely to face any trade backlash from a U.S. mad cow case, even though its beef market is highly integrated with the United States, industry and agriculture officials said April 25. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said April 24 it had detected mad cow

News

Union charges Ritz kept in the dark about impact of CFIA cuts

By Alex Binkley May 3, 2012

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is misinformed and passing on incorrect information to consumers about the impact of cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, according to the head of the union that represents some CFIA employees. Bob Kingston said he believes Ritz is sincere when he says the 10 per cent cut to CFIA’s funding

News

Some federal budget cuts don’t add up for farmers: CFA

By Alex Binkley April 30, 2012

Some program cuts at Agriculture Canada resulting from the 2012 budget aren’t in the best interest of farmers and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is going to press for changes. “Some of the cuts do make sense because they get rid of duplication,” president Ron Bonnett said in an interview. But terminating regional adaptation councils

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

Tag Archives Food Inspection Agency

Processors fear added costs with meat inspection

Federal food laws face overhaul

Oversights on seeds and fertilizers chopped

On rural romanticism and “natural” foods

Concerns raised about CWD entering Manitoba

CFIA applies new rules to food importers

Scrapie confirmed at same Ontario farm as missing herd

Marginal effect on trade as U.S. finds another mad cow case

Union charges Ritz kept in the dark about impact of CFIA cuts

Some federal budget cuts don’t add up for farmers: CFA

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Nov. 28, 2025

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Latest Market News