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New rules call for more timely and detailed reporting of problems and labels to let consumers know when meat has been mechanically tenderized
Almost a year after announcing its intention to overhaul national food safety rules, the federal government has unveiled the first of many measures it plans to implement through 2014. Among the new measures going into effect on July 2 is mandatory labelling of steaks and roasts that have been mechanically tenderized — a process thatThe food safety system has changed dramatically since the so-called mad cow crisis grabbed headlines and closed the border a decade ago
Ten years have passed since Canadians learned that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as mad cow disease, had been discovered in an Alberta dairy cow. It was a bombshell that closed the border to beef exports, and caused painful financial losses to cattle producers even though Canadians kept buying domestic beef. While BSE didn’tBrian Evans retires from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Fruit flies raised on diets based on organic foods performed better on a variety of health tests, including fertility and longevity
Researchers aren’t sure why, but fruit flies fed organic fruits and vegetables in a laboratory study lived longer and produced more offspring than flies fed a non-organic diet. The study from the lab of SMU biologist Johannes H. Bauer, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, found that fruit flies raised on diets of organic foods performed betterBut safety measures may make its use in animal feed too expensive and retailers fear a consumer backlash
The European Union hopes to ease the cost of protein used to make pig and poultry feed by lifting a ban on byproducts imposed during the mad cow disease outbreak over a decade ago. The change would come at a time of heightened consumer concern about food safety in Europe after it was discovered that
