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Pandemic H1N1 Hits Commercial U. S. Herd

November 12, 2009

The pandemic H1N1 influenza virus has been found for the first time in a commercial swine herd, the U. S. Agriculture Department said Nov. 2. The sick herd was found in Indiana, the USDA said, noting both the pigs and their caretakers have fully recovered from the virus, commonly called swine flu. USDA said the

Country Crossroads

Neogen Sees Food Contamination Fears Driving Growth

By Jennifer Robin Raj November 5, 2009

“It’s not just at the processing plant. It goes all the way back inside the farm gate.” – LON BOHANNON The growing risk of food contamination resulting from large production facilities and rapid distribution is putting Neogen Corp. on track to reach its objective of annual sales of more than $200 million by 2013, a

Opinion

Stop The Blame Game

By Laura Rance-Unger October 29, 2009

It goes without saying tensions are running high in the agricultural community right now. Early reports from the fall calf run indicate prices this year could actually be worse than when the border closed in 2003. The main culprits appear to be the languishing U. S. dollar, which is bringing the loonie closer to par,

Opinion

The Precautionary Principle Is Not The Answer – for Oct. 8, 2009

By Ronald Doering October 8, 2009

Food safety regulators cope every day with applying science-based standards to complex fact situations. The task is tough enough when the science is relatively certain but when the science is not so clear – and this is far more common than is generally recognized – then the regulator faces a truly daunting challenge. In recent

Crops, Pulses

Pea Starch Project Improves Food Safety – for Oct. 8, 2009

By Western Grains Research Foundation October 8, 2009

Researchers at the University of Manitoba have produced bioactive edible films and coatings from yellow field pea starch to improve food quality and safety. Jung Han with the university’s department of food science says his main goal was to make a bioactive material delivery matrix – a neutral food-grade material – that could contain or

Livestock

National Approach To Traceability Urged

By Ron Friesen October 8, 2009

“Right now it’s everybody’s and nobody’s responsibility.” – Ed Tyrchniewicz Anew report for a federal advisory committee strongly urges a coordinated national approach to implementing food traceability in Canada. The report recommends establishing a national institute for research and development in food traceability. It also calls for a Canada-wide value chain approach to sharing the

Crops

U. S. Court Rules Against GM Sugar Beets

October 1, 2009

Afederal U. S. court has ruled in favour of critics of Monsanto Co.’s genetically engineered sugar beets, saying the U. S. government failed to adequately evaluate their environmental and economic risks. The U. S. District Court for the northern district of California ruled that the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Beef cattle, Livestock

New Listeria Policy Claims A Success

By Alex Binkley September 17, 2009

While it was nothing on the scale of last year’s incident with Maple Leaf deli meats, a recall of sliced meat products from a Montreal company suggests new federal listeria rules help. The recall involved Delstar Foods of Montreal that distributes ready-to-eat products under its own and Compliments brands. It recalled all its sliced meats

Hogs, Livestock

USDA Tries To Speed New H1N1 Flu Vaccine For Hogs

September 17, 2009

The U. S. Agriculture Department is trying to speed the development of an H1N1 flu vaccine for hogs by providing two master seed viruses to five veterinary vaccine makers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Sept. 10. The new pandemic flu strain, a mix of human, avian and swine vi ruses of ten referred to as

News

Funds To Implement Food Safety

By Alex Binkley September 17, 2009

The federal government will spend $75 million during the next few years to implement the 57 recommendations from special investigator Sheila Weatherill for preventing listeria and improving food safety. “We are making significant investments to hire more inspectors, update technologies and protocols and improve communication so that Canadians have the information they need to protect

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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