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Irritated trade partners push back on China’s coronavirus food tests

Canada rips testing as 'unjustified trade restrictions'

By Dominique Patton, Emma Farge, GFM Network News November 18, 2020

Beijing/Geneva | Reuters — Major food-producing countries are growing increasingly frustrated with China’s scrutiny of imported products and are calling on it to stop aggressive testing for the coronavirus, which some say is tantamount to a trade restriction. China says it has found the virus on the packaging of products from 20 countries including German

(Photo courtesy Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan)

Crops, Markets

Canary seed holds steady despite food adoption hopes

By GFM Network News March 7, 2019

MarketsFarm — Expectations for canary seed to break beyond birdseed into the food market haven’t yet translated to substantially higher prices for the crop. Canary seed was designated safe for human consumption in 2016, after which Saskatchewan’s then-agriculture minister Lyle Stewart predicted acreage dedicated to the crop would increase as it was incorporated into more

Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: Canada’s strategic trade war

Ottawa appears to have a not-so-hidden agenda with its targeted retaliatory tariffs

By Sylvain Charlebois June 18, 2018

We are now officially at war with the United States – in a trade war that is. In response to U.S.-imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, Canada intends to do the same on our side. Like any trade war, it could unfortunately escalate. Read more: As U.S., Canada spar, farm hopes ride on two men in

Comment/Feedback, Opinion, Other

Health Canada’s suggested new food labelling has limitations

The labels would help consumers know what’s in their food but there are some gaps in the system

By Sylvain Charlebois February 27, 2018

When it comes to food, the current federal government is big on consultations. Health Canada recently launched online public discussions and consumer-oriented research to find the best front-of-package labelling formula. Four models have been presented – Health Canada appears to want to keep its options open (although all the logos look the same). Saturated fats,

Crops, Pulses

Pea processing attracting wide interest

The Prairies has become a hotbed for ingredient manufacturing based on the crop

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm November 8, 2017

The French company Roquette may have kicked off the pea party when it announced a protein-processing facility at Portage la Prairie earlier this year — but it’s no longer the only guest. In September Academy Award-winning film director James Cameron announced he would be investing in a new multimillion-dollar pea-processing plant in Vanscoy, Sask. As

Closeup of the flags of the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA members on textile texture. NAFTA is the world's largest trade bloc and the member countries are Canada, United States and Mexico.

Comment/Feedback, Opinion, Other

NAFTA’s potential end is Canada’s greatly needed wake-up call

Now more than ever the nation must expand its portfolio of allies and partners and take a strategic approach to trade 

By Sylvain Charlebois October 31, 2017

Despite Canada’s optimism, NAFTA talks seem to be heading nowhere. Wanting to push back on Mexico’s influence over the American economy, Washington now is indicating that the bilateral option with Canada is more appealing. In Trump’s playbook, multilateral deals are highly complex and can only benefit smaller markets to a greater degree. Bilateral deals are

Crops

Cargill expands food starch line-up in ‘clean label’ push

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News October 10, 2017

New York | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill said on Tuesday it will increase its offerings of starch product options, seeking to capture rising demand for simpler ingredients and to meet changing consumer tastes. The Minneapolis-based agribusiness will now sell new “native starches” produced from plants such as corn and wheat, as an alternative

Comment

Weeding out what is missing

Ontario’s approach to marijuana distribution is full of unknowns and ambiguity

By Sylvain Charlebois September 26, 2017

Ontario has become the first province to define how it intends to sell non-medicinal marijuana to the public. Around 150 stores across the province will open and will be operated by a division of the province’s liquor board, the LCBO. Marijuana won’t be sold alongside wine or liquor, but in separate, independent stores, as was

Local news

New guide explains rules for direct marketing food

Plain language guide lays out regulations for production, processing and selling

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 12, 2017

Manitoba Agriculture has released a new guide that explains in clear language provincial regulations for producing, processing and selling food direct to consumers. The eight-page guide Direct Marketing Your Food Product covers allowable production levels, grading requirements, and processing standards. Safe food-handling practices and labelling requirements are also explained. The release of the document fulfills

Tyson Foods beefs up prepared foods with AdvancePierre buy

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 25, 2017

Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc, the No. 1 U.S. meat processor, said on Tuesday it would buy packaged sandwich supplier AdvancePierre Foods Holdings Inc for about $3.2 billion in cash, to expand its fast-growing portfolio of prepared food brands. Demand for meat-based snacks has been growing as Americans shun candy and overly processed foods. This

Daily Network News

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

OPINION: Draining wetlands produces substantial emissions in the Canadian Prairies

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