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Crops, Oilseeds

U. S. Food Safety Worries Hit Canadian Canola Meal

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Salmonella-tainted Canadian canola meal has run into a headwind of American food-safety concerns, a trend that threatens to pressure canola futures during a rapid expansion period for the industry. Since March, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration has refused one Canadian shipment of canola (a variant of rapeseed) and three shipments of canola meal.
Beef cattle, Hogs, Opinion

COOL — A Burdensome Reality

Testimony of J. Patrick Boyle, president and chief executive officer of the American Meat Institute, before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food June 18. American Meat Institute’s (AMI) 200 general members include some of the most well-known meat and poultry food manufacturers in the United States and Canada. Collectively, they produce
Livestock, Opinion

It’s More Than Rude To Intrude

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With spring, fields and land in rural areas are a wonderful mix of mud and green, and that can look very inviting to all-terrain vehicle riders and those with 4×4 vehicles. There are many people who drive responsibly and stay on designated trails and off of private property. And then there are others who choose
Opinion

Chemical Paranoia

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Basic scientific illiteracy is further compounded by our collective problem with innumeracy. On March 5, the front page of the Globe and Mail screamed the scary headline: “Tests find Bisphenol A in majority of soft drinks.” The story began in loaded and unqualified language: “The estrogen-mimicking chemical BPA, already banished from baby bottles and frowned
News

U. S. Making Little Progress On Food Safety

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Efforts to improve food safety in the United States have “plateaued,” exposing the need for an overhaul of the nation’s food safety system, government health officials said April 9. Despite work to improve food safety in recent years, the number of foodborne infections remained steady, with little change in the past few years, suggesting fundamental
Livestock

Grocer Calls For Heightened Food Inspections

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The U. S. Agriculture Department should expand its risk-based inspection system to focus on products neglected by the Food and Drug Administration to help stop a rash of massive food recalls, an official from a U. S. grocery chain said on April 2. The U. S. food supply system is under fire after a series
Livestock

Antibiotic Ban On Livestock May Hurt U. S. Food Safety

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A bill that would ban the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in animals would hurt the health of livestock and poultry while compromising efforts to protect the safety of the country’s food supply, the leader of the largest U. S. farm group said March 24. Bob Stallman, president of the six-million-member American Farm Bureau Federation, said
News, Poultry

U. S. Lawmaker Blasts China Food Safety

The United States has “serious issues” with food imports from China and needs to do more to prevent contaminated products from entering the U. S. food supply, an influential House lawmaker said March 18. At the same time, Washington needs to toughen up its own outdated food safety laws after a series of food recalls
Livestock

U. S. Finalizes Ban On Cattle Too Sick To Walk

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Cattle too sick or injured to walk will no longer be allowed to enter U. S. slaughterhouses, the Agriculture Department said in a rule finalized March 14, nearly a year after the largest meat recall in American history spurred the change. The USDA proposed a total ban on all “downer” cattle from being slaughtered in
Livestock, News

Stop Recycling Pathogens In Animal Feed

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“Something needs to be done to show reduced levels of these frequencies.” – RICHARD HOLLEY, U OF M Two recent high-profile cases of foodborne illness have once again raised concerns about the safety of North America’s food supply. Last year, 20 Canadians died and 36 more sickened after eating processed meat contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes

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