Add Sanitizing To Spring Kitchen Cleanup

As soon as I heard someone open the door to our patio, I knew a cleanup was in our future. Our three dachshunds rushed into the house, leaving muddy paw prints in their wake. Our youngest dog, not quite one year old, ran around the living room, hopped on the couch, grabbed a shoe and

Vet College Rethinks Practice Surgeries – for Sep. 16, 2010

Students at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College will find a change of plans starting this semester in how they’re taught basic surgical skills and anesthesia. Instead of performing procedures on anesthetized animals, which are then euthanized while still anesthetized, more surgical-skills models and cadavers will be used, the OVC said Friday. Experience will


U. S. Egg Contamination Unlikely In Canada: Industry – for Sep. 9, 2010

Arecent massive recall of contaminated eggs in the United States probably wouldn’t happen in Canada because conditions are different here, industry officials say. Strict biosecurity and food safety protocols for Canadian egg farmers guard against salmonella outbreaks which occurred last month in the U. S., said Laurent Souligny, Egg Farmers of Canada chairman. The U.

Bunge Plant Cleared Of Restrictions – for Jul. 29, 2010

The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted restrictions against imports of Canadian canola meal from a Bunge Ltd. plant in Hamilton, Ontario, easing barriers that have sharply cut Canadian exports to the United States. The FDA had placed the Hamilton plant on its online list of plants on import-alert status due to concerns

Hutterite Colony Commits Egg Offence

AManitoba Hutterite colony has been fined for selling improperly graded eggs to a Winnipeg grocery store. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency recently reported that the Evergreen Colony Ltd., operating as Evergreen Poultry Farms, sold Canada C grade eggs numerous times between Jan. 10, 2005 and Jan. 29, 2006. C grade eggs are cracked eggs and


Letters – for Jun. 25, 2009

Proof is in the canola meal The proof is in the pudding. So goes an old expression and sometimes old expressions prove to be so true. Earlier this spring, there was an interesting discussion on the Comment page wherein a learned professor intimated that the problem of salmonella in the Canadian food chain had its

Salmonella Found In Canola Meal

Two rail car shipments of canola meal from Bunge’s Canadian crushing plants tested positive for salmonella after inspection by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration at the border in May, Bunge Ltd. said on June 12. One shipment that tested positive in early May traces back to the Bunge plant in Hamilton, Ontario, said

U. S. Making Little Progress On Food Safety

Efforts to improve food safety in the United States have “plateaued,” exposing the need for an overhaul of the nation’s food safety system, government health officials said April 9. Despite work to improve food safety in recent years, the number of foodborne infections remained steady, with little change in the past few years, suggesting fundamental


FDA Tries To Get Ahead Of Food Recalls

Not a single person was diagnosed with food poisoning, but the U. S. Food and Drug Administration made the move anyway – on March 31 it announced a nationwide recall of pistachios after salmonella was found in one producer’s 2008 crop. Since then, recall announcements have come daily, for a total of 290 so far.

Wetlands vital to nutrient management

The Government of Manitoba’s March 25 throne speech includes a statement identifying more research being undertaken to reduce nutrient loading into Lake Winnipeg. This comes at the right time as Ducks Unlimited Canada’s (DUC) new water quality research in the Broughton’s Creek watershed in southwest Manitoba shows the need to assist landowners as a critical