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Beef cattle, Opinion

Is beef traceability being used to its full potential?

Other countries extend traceability right to the packaging of meat so customers can 
find out what individual animal and farm it came from

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As I’ve been travelling this past year, I’ve been astonished by the level of traceability in processing plants abroad. I was welcomed into two plants, on two different continents, with open arms and fantastic hospitality with the only request being I leave my camera outside. Geographically these two businesses couldn’t be further apart but their
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Obama proposes creation of stand-alone U.S. food safety agency

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Reuters — U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed bringing together the country’s food safety operations into one agency to better monitor food quality in a move that would reshape the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The proposal was put forward as part of the President’s 2016 budget plan. The new agency would combine the food
Farmers like Karen Friesen, who are engaged in small-scale food processing and direct marketing, are encouraged that the province has committed to helping their sector prosper. Friesen and her husband Jonathan operate Valleyfield Acres near Morden, selling farm-raised vegetables and preserves.
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Province promises new supports for smaller farmers and processors

The report says support to grow food-processing sector 
must extend to all sizes of players

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A new report aimed at supporting local producers and small-scale pro-cessors is being praised as an important step towards fostering a better working environment for new entrants to farming and food processing. Advancing the small scale, local food sector in Manitoba, a path forward, a 65-page report that includes 21 recommendations, was released last week
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Country Crossroads

Food safety tips

Keep these tips in mind as you celebrate the holidays

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Food is an important part of many celebrations. However, many of the foods found at holiday parties, such as baked goods, eggnog, cider, seafood and turkey, can carry viruses, bacteria or parasites that could cause foodborne illness. Health Canada would like to remind all Canadians of some basic steps they can take to help reduce
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Livestock, Oilseeds, Opinion, Other livestock

Regaining access to China markets

Tainted food scandals have convinced Chinese buyers that imports are safer

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Cervid (elk and other deer) products have been used and prized in China for at least 2,700 years. That makes China a very valuable marketplace for cervid products. Indeed, it was a good market until Canada and the U.S. took action to contain and eradicate BSE in early 2003. China immediately closed its markets to
Mandatory swine-tracking rules now in place for Canada
Hogs, Livestock, News

Mandatory swine-tracking rules now in place for Canada

There are a lot of new procedures for farmers moving pigs

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A new law to track Canada’s pigs took effect July 1. It’s designed to keep herds healthy, improve food safety and promote exports, Manitoba Pork Council chair Karl Kynoch said in a telephone broadcast June 25. “Traceability has become mandatory and is extremely important for both tracking diseases here in Manitoba and to eliminate them
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Processors consulted on food safety regulation

The new regulation’s intent is to allow innovation and flexibility for business 
while ensuring they follow safe food practices, government officials say

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Garth Jarvis of Jarvis Meats in Gladstone knows business must follow food safety rules and regulations, but those who make the rules need to understand their impact on business, he says. “A small business has to be able to afford to do it. That’s probably the biggest issue,” said Jarvis, who does custom slaughter for
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Province sets up roundtable group for small farmers and processors

Needs and issues of Manitoba’s emerging ‘small-farm sector’ will be raised

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Small-scale producers are welcoming the formation of a new working group headed by the province’s former chief veterinarian to help develop local food-marketing chains. “This is the venue that we hoped for,” said Leanne Anderson, a Cypress River-area farmer and chair of the Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative, which last month ran into a snag
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MLA wants red tape removed from farm group

Blaine Pedersen says the rules deter rural businesses

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A Manitoba Conservative MLA says it’s time to inject “some common sense” into the rules that govern direct-to-consumer sales by farmers. Blaine Pedersen, (PC-Midland) has gone to bat for a small group of farmers recently outed for using a web-based ordering system and delivering uninspected chicken and ungraded eggs to customers in Winnipeg and other
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New deputy minister appointed to federal Agriculture Department

Andrea Lyon steps in as deputy minister as Suzanne Vinet retires

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Andrea Lyon will have a hard act to follow when she takes over as deputy minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada succeeding Suzanne Vinet, who held the post for nearly two hectic years. Vinet is retiring after 28 years in the federal civil service including several stints in agriculture as well as senior executive posts

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