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Mexico clears U. S. meat plants

USDA confirmed Dec. 30 that Mexico has approved 20 of 30 suspended U. S. meat plants to resume shipments to that country. The 30 meat plants, which produce beef, pork, and poultry, were suspended from shipping to Mexico the previous week due to sanitary issues like packaging, labelling, and transport conditions, USDA and Mexican officials
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Wily McCain settles class-action suits

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Michael H. McCain is a wily strategist. First, as president and chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., he made a big deal of dismissing advice from the company’s lawyers and accountants to not admit any liability for Canada’s most notorious case of food poisoning last summer. He won praise from business reporters and
Hogs, Other

Smithfield workers vote for union

Meat cutters at the world’s largest pork plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, have voted to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers union, a decision that should end more than 10 years of bitter fighting between the union and the plant’s owner, Smithfield Foods Inc. The tally was 2,041 in favour of
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CFIA, union butt heads on food safety

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ottawa The Canadian Food Inspection Union and one of its main unions are again butting heads over food safety. The quarrel started back in the summer when the two sides were in contract negotiations and the disagreement escalated during the Maple Leaf listeria outbreak. The Agriculture Union of the Public Service Alliance of Canada wants
Beef cattle, News

Bin maker posts record quarter

Vicwest Income Fund, owners of Winnipeg grain bin maker Westeel, reported a record quarter based partly on “record output” from its agricultural storage business. The Oakville, Ont. income trust last week posted $16.3 million in net income on revenues of $126.38 million for its quarter ending Sept. 30, up from $11 million on $101.05 million
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Recall drives Maple Leaf to Q3 loss

Maple Leaf Foods reported a third-quarter net loss on Oct. 29 as charges mounted from a costly recall of tainted meat that the company said was now complete. The company, one of Canada’s largest food processors, posted a loss of $12.9 million compared with a year-earlier profit of $220.4 million. The company said the 2008
Beef cattle, News

Mexico bans six U. S. meat plants

Mexico said Oct. 13 it had banned imports from six U. S. meat-processing plants, just weeks after U. S. Department of Agriculture officials shut down exports from some Mexican meat producers. Mexican sanitary officials from the Agriculture Ministry conducted inspections in the United States and at the end of last week said six plants were
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Listeria inquiry may become CFIA review

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“It will be hard to do anything of substance that fast.” – FOOD LAWYER RONALD DOERING As concerns about listeria and other food safety issues percolated through the Oct. 14 election campaign, federal officials tried to find candidates to head an inquiry promised by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The appointment i sn’t expected until after
Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

U. S. plants start rejecting Canadian cattle

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“It’s a very significant disruption. – John Masswohl, CCA Canada’s cattle shipments to the United States are plummeting as the new country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rule takes effect. Some U. S. packers are taking a hands-off approach to Canadian cattle as uncertainty reigns over how to handle slaughter animals from another country. The impact became noticeable

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