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Listeria Warning Signs Missed

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Maple Leaf Foods president Michael McCain put his finger on the weak link in his company’s efforts to prevent contamination of its ready-to-eat meats during his testimony before the Commons food safety subcommittee April 20. He said the company was properly testing its products and sanitizing its plant. What it missed was analyzing the results
Hogs, Livestock

Smithfield’s Outlook Improves

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Smithfield Foods Inc. said May 13 it should meet its fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter debt covenants and appears to be on track to comply with fiscal 2010 covenants. It also said pork exports are recovering after being disrupted recently when countries banned the meat as a precaution against the H1N1 strain of flu. Speaking at the
Livestock

Ranchers Can Access To CRP Lands

The U. S. Agriculture Department says it will extend emergency use of Conservation Reserve land for North Dakota livestock producers facing losses from recent flooding. USDA said the emergency use of reserve land would be extended from April 30 to May 15. Conservation Reserve land is usually off-limits to livestock, but the department said extending
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Listeria Committee Back In Gear

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Government and opposition MPs on a special Commons subcommittee investigating last summer’s listeria outbreak have ironed out their differences and will begin questioning witnesses in late April. The first meeting of the subcommittee turned into a two-hour quarrel when NDP MP Malcolm Allen proposed an extension of the committee’s investigation to the end of the
Beef cattle, News

National Beef To Go It Alone As JBS Bid Abandoned

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National Beef Packing Co. intends to operate as an independent company now that Brazilian beef company JBS SA has abandoned its attempt to buy the No. 4 U. S. beef producer, National Beef’s chairman told Reuters Feb. 20. While disappointed the deal was cancelled, National Beef chairman Steve Hunt said the company would move forward
Hogs, News

Smithfield To Shut Plants, Cut Jobs

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Smithfield Foods said Feb. 17 it would close six processed meat plants and eliminate 1,800 jobs while retaining its current hog slaughter capacity as it restructures its pork group. Smithfield, the largest U. S. hog and pork producer, makes more than 50 brands of pork and turkey products including John Morrell, Eckrich and Armour. None
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Brazil’s JBS Drops U. S. National Beef Bid

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Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest beef producer and owner of JBS-Swift, has abandoned its attempt to take over U. S. meat company National Beef Packing Co., saying it could not work out an agreement with U. S. authorities over terms of the deal. JBS became the No. 3 U. S. beef producer in 2008 when
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Listeria investigator announced

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It took almost four months but Prime Minister Stephen Harper has got someone to investigate the Maple Leaf Foods listeria outbreak of last summer. Just how Sheila Weatherill, former president and CEO of Capital Health in Edmonton, will investigate the outbreak that killed 20 and sickened at least 50 more may be a secret until
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Niverville hog firm buys Winkler Meats

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The new owners of slaughter and packing company Winkler Meats hope to build on its product lines with a more consistent supply of cull sows. The Progressive Group, a Niverville hog company with a production base of about 35,000 sows, has bought the federally inspected meat packing company from Winkler’s Dyck family and other local

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