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No One In Charge Of Antibiotic Issue

By Alex Binkley March 24, 2011

A2002 Health Canada report mapped out a plan for veterinary medicines that would have solved many of the current controversies about antibiotic resistance in meat products, says John Prescott, a professor at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph. “This was an absolutely outstanding report which involved considerable work and effort from many people across the

News

Pilot Projects Set For Interprovincial Meat Trade

By Ron Friesen February 17, 2011

Aseries of test projects allowing provincial abattoirs to sell meat to other provinces could soon go into effect. Nineteen pilot projects to permit interprovincial trading of meat products will soon be launched across Canada, federal and provincial agriculture ministers said last week. The move comes seven months after ministers at their last meeting promised to

Hogs, Livestock

Chef Trumpets Need To Promote Pork

February 3, 2011

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Edmonton chef Brad Smoliak is passionate about food and especially pork, but he says barriers need to be overcome in order to increase consumption. “Pork has

Beef cattle, Livestock

Goal Shifts Away From Hooks, Slaughter Capacity

By Daniel Winters December 23, 2010

AWinnipeg beef-processing plant being retrofitted to supply premium-paying markets at home and abroad reflects the new reality for beef processing in Canada, the executive director of the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council says. Canada’s shrinking beef herd means that simply expanding slaughter capacity is no longer the priority it once was, Kate Butler told a producer

Hogs, Opinion

Industry Fails To Deliver Traceability Promise – for Sep. 23, 2010

By Les Mcewan September 23, 2010

Years ago, I was invited to a conference designed to look at long-term strategies for Canada’s ag sector. Representatives were there from most major farm groups, as well as stakeholders in the agribusiness and processing sectors. One break-out session in particular that stuck in my mind was on the meat sector. I listened rather intently

Livestock

Squashing The E. Coli Bug – for Sep. 2, 2010

By Daniel Winters September 2, 2010

Ranchers worry about their cattle getting sick. For packers, the risk of making their customers ill is a major concern. “Nothing weighs on my mind more than the battle with E. coli,” said Entz, vice-president/general manager of Cargill’s beef business unit in High River, Alberta. An agriculture engineer by training, he has worked for Cargill

Beef cattle, Hogs, News

Fda Advises Against Drugs In Livestock Feed

By Ron Friesen July 8, 2010

An American health regulator has moved a step closer toward recommending a ban on the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in livestock feed. The U. S. Food and Drug Agency last week issued a “draft guidance” to reduce the risk of antimicrobial resistance in veterinary drugs used in raising food-producing animals. The document, released for public

Hogs, Livestock

Northwestern Ont. Packer Honoured

July 1, 2010

An abattoir in Ontario’s Lake of the Woods region has been named to receive one of that province’s Premier’s Awards for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence. The Rainy River District Regional Abattoir at Emo, Ont., about 150 km east of Sprague, Man., is one of 55 regional award winners named this year, each receiving a $5,000 prize.

Livestock

EU Lawmakers Vote To Ban Food From Cloned Animals

May 13, 2010

The environment committee of the European Parliament voted May 4 to exclude from the EU market food obtained from cloned animals because of health and safety concerns. The lawmakers rejected a proposal by the European Commission, and backed by member states, to include food produced from cloned animals in a list of approved food stuffs

Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

Consumers Have A Role In Beef Safety

By Lori Weddle-schott April 15, 2010

The safety of our beef supply starts in the pasture and ends at the dinner table. That means that consumers have a role to play, as do producers, packers, retailers and food service vendors. The vast majority of food-borne illness occurs at the consumer level due to inadequate handling, cross-contamination of raw meat products and

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