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Grocer Calls For Heightened Food Inspections

By Christopher Doering April 9, 2009

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

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Industry Mulls New Approach To Food Safety

By Alex Binkley March 26, 2009

Dealing with actual threats to food safety rather than perceived ones is the goal of the Canadian dairy industry following a special conference that brought together processors and producers. While dairy products have an enviable safety record, the industry wants to make risk assessment a bigger part of the internationally recognized HACCP approach it employs

Livestock

Horticulture Implements Food Safety Measures

By Alex Binkley March 26, 2009

Fruit and vegetable growers have a new certified food safety program that the Canadian Horticultural Council hopes will lead to an increase in exports. CHC has offered an on-farm food safety program for several years and has decided to rename it CanadaGAP to highlight the certified feature for the production, storage and packing of fresh

Country Crossroads

Springtime House Maintenance

By Richard Stone March 26, 2009

Even better news is that many of the projects can be done inexpensively during evenings or weekends. One bit of good news as we weather the current economic change is that homeowners can still do many things to maintain or increase the equity that they have in their own home. Even better news is that

News, Other livestock

China Introduces New Food Safety Law

By Lucy Horn March 12, 2009

China said March 2 that food security remains “grim” after a series of health scandals, the most recent being last year’s tainted milk formula that killed at least six toddlers and made almost 300,000 sick. A new food safety law, approved Feb. 28 in an accelerated process after the milk scandal came to light in

News

CFIA under fire over plant and meat inspection

By Ron Friesen February 12, 2009

“The agency lacks an effective, integrated risk-management approach to plant and plant product imports.” – Sheila Fraser, Auditor General Last week was a rough one for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency with the auditor general criticizing it and a group of veterinarians suing it. Auditor General Sheila Fraser released a report faulting the way CFIA

Country Crossroads

Follow directions when cooking frozen food

By Suzanne Driessen February 5, 2009

Determine if the product is fully cooked, raw or partially cooked. Buying and eating frozen food is a quick way to satisfy your hunger. However, recalls and foodborne illness outbreaks suggest that consumers must take the time to read and follow cooking directions on packages. Manufacturers of convenience frozen foods research and test products for

Other

USDA needs to improve slaughter inspection: report

By Christopher Doering December 18, 2008

The U. S. meat inspection system has flaws that may create food safety risks, although the problems that forced a California packer to conduct the largest meat recall ever are not widespread, according to a federal review. The audit by USDA’s inspector general came after a videotape released Jan. 30 showed Hallmark/Westland Meat Co. workers

Livestock, News

New Food Safety Act introduced

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 11, 2008

The Manitoba government is expanding its inspection regime to include inspecting facilities of food processors and distributors, including food warehouses. The new Food Safety Act, introduced last week, would give agriculture department inspectors new powers to enter these facilities and, if necessary, immediately seize and dispose of food or any else posing a food safety

Other, Poultry

China detains suspect

November 13, 2008

The owner of a Chinese feed factory suspected of adding melamine to its product which turned up in tainted eggs has been detained, state media said Nov. 5. Chinese products ranging from milk powder to chocolate and yogurt have been recalled throughout the world due to contamination fears. Melamine, used in making plastic chairs among

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on supply numbers, year-end positioning

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds fall as Black Sea, China headlines assessed

Soy trading firms to abandon Amazon protection pact in Brazil

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