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Manitoba’s chief public health inspector says community suppers have a good food safety track record and new guidelines will help make the standards clear to organizers.

New guidelines for community suppers published

Manitoba’s chief public health inspector hopes to silence the critics  who say food safety rules are too prohibitive

By Lorraine Stevenson September 2, 2016

A new provincial guideline for safe food preparation at community dinners should help their hosts know what the public health inspector expects, says the province’s chief public health inspector. He also hopes the Community Dinner Guidelines now posted on Manitoba Health’s website, helps allay concerns that public health inspectors’ food safety requirements are making it

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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

CFIA Launches Review Of Imported Food Safety – for Sep. 16, 2010

By Alex Binkley September 16, 2010

Along-delayed bid to level the playing field and better protect Canadians from unsafe imported foods is being revived. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has launched a consultation with industry players and the general public to develop a set of principles that will be the foundation of new regulations for some imported foods. The government has

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Ottawa Slow On Listeria Response Proposals

By Alex Binkley February 4, 2010

“It’s not a question of hiring people off the street. We need competent, qualified people in food safety. And we have to provide them with training on our procedures.” Aconsumers’ group and the union that represents federal meat inspectors says Ottawa is starving the Canadian Food Inspection Agency of funds rather than getting on with

Country Crossroads

Rules Change Governing Farmers’ Markets

By Lorraine Stevenson June 18, 2009

Farmers’ markets have the green light to open more often under new rules that now expand the number of days they can operate. The province has ditched its old 14-day limit to the days of operation, and will now permit farmers’ markets to open as often as two days a week – every week all

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Poultry

China Warns Of WTO Challenge On Poultry

By Jason Subler March 19, 2009

“Frankly, we’re not opposed to China seeking relief from the WTO, and we wish them success” – JIM SUMNER, USA POULTRY AND EGG EXPORT COUNCIL China said March 11 that it plans to file a complaint at the World Trade Organization about a U. S. law, renewed this month, that blocks imports of Chinese poultry

Daily Network News

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U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

Tag Archives food safety requirements

New guidelines for community suppers published

CFIA applies new rules to food importers

CFIA Launches Review Of Imported Food Safety – for Sep. 16, 2010

Ottawa Slow On Listeria Response Proposals

Rules Change Governing Farmers’ Markets

China Warns Of WTO Challenge On Poultry

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