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Food safety for older adults

By Health Canada Release March 28, 2013

Health Canada is reminding Canadians of the importance of food safety for older adults. As we age, it becomes harder for our immune systems to fight off harmful bacteria. This means that older adults can come down with a serious illness if they eat contaminated food. For this reason, it is very important for older

Opinion

Commodifying the farm voice

By Laura Rance-Unger March 25, 2013

For some reason during this day and age, it seems that the things that make the most common sense are the most unlikely to happen. Take for example, Danny Penner’s pitch for farm commodity groups to unify under one research, market promotion and policy umbrella (page 5 of last week’s issue). It makes perfect sense,

Beef cattle, Opinion, Other livestock

Truth and trust hit the dirt

By Laura Rance-Unger March 7, 2013

The ongoing horsemeat scandal crippling the European food industry brings several rather awkward questions to mind. First of all, what’s wrong with horsemeat? On the surface, nothing, except many of us, if given the choice, would prefer not to eat it. The problem is that people weren’t given the choice. In fact, they were lied

Beef cattle, International news, Livestock, Other livestock

Britain’s food agency seeks stringent tests on beef products

February 23, 2013

reuters / Britain’s horsemeat scandal has prompted the Food Standards Agency to demand a more stringent meat-testing program from U.K.’s retailers. The agency has demanded that food retailers and suppliers test all beef products such as burgers, meatballs and lasagne and present their findings to the agency by February 15. Britain’s food industry has been

Hogs, Livestock

Needle-free injection urged for swine

By Shannon VanRaes February 15, 2013

Manitoba Pork Council and Maple Leaf Foods urge pork producers to switch to  needle-less injection system after needle fragments found at Brandon plant

Hog producers are being urged to consider needle-less injection systems following the discovery of needle fragments at Maple Leaf Foods’ Brandon pork plant. “I think we’re going to look at pushing that technology more and more, because the issue of food safety is very important,” said Mark Fynn, an animal care specialist with the Manitoba

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Independent panel named to review XL Foods recall

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 15, 2013

The federal government has named its panel for an independent review of last fall’s massive E. coli-related beef recall at Alberta’s XL Foods. The government on Friday named Dr. Ron Lewis, British Columbia’s former chief veterinary officer, to chair a three-member panel for “a review of events and circumstances related to the XL Foods Inc.

Crops, News

Washington demands better food safety practices

By Carey Gillam February 15, 2013

Reuters / U.S. regulators say proposed new food safety rules will make food processors and farms more accountable for reducing foodborne illnesses that kill or sicken thousands of Americans annually. “These proposed regulations are a sign of progress,” said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest and

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

‘Fiscal cliff’ fallout could shut down meat packers

By Charles Abbott February 15, 2013

The Obama administration warned Feb. 8 that across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect in March may result in furloughing every U.S. meat and poultry inspector for two weeks, causing the meat industry to shut down. By law, meat packers and processors are not allowed to ship beef, pork, lamb and poultry meat without the

Beef cattle, Livestock, Other livestock

Horsemeat found in British burgers

February 6, 2013

Burger King, one of the most popular fast-food chains in Britain and Ireland, said Jan. 24 it had stopped using one of the firms caught up in the scandal of supplying grocers with beef that contained horsemeat. The British food industry has been rocked by the revelation last week that retailers including market leader Tesco

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Beef Food Industry Summit brings key players together

By Victoria Paterson February 5, 2013

Representatives at a meeting on the state of the Canadian beef industry last November agreed that the status quo is not acceptable, but that more work is needed to bring the industry together. “The hard part is coming up next,” said Gordon Cove, CEO and president of the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency. ALMA organized

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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