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

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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.
Crops

Weather Conditions Key To Late Prairie Harvest – for Sep. 9, 2010

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The excess moisture that has slowed the development of the western Canadian crop might also help protect it from an early frost. Aston Chipanshi, the manager for Climate Monitoring and Forecasting with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said that the southern part of the Prairies has a good chance of avoiding an early frost because of
Livestock, Poultry

No More Runny Egg Yolks For U. S. Consumers – for Aug. 26, 2010

WASHINGTON/REUTERS The U. S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner said Aug. 23 there may be more recalls of eggs in the salmonella outbreak and the agency did not yet know how the eggs and chickens were contaminated. “We don’t know exactly how the contamination got into the chicken population, into the egg population, and we’re
Livestock, Oilseeds

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

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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
Cereals, Crops, Forages, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jul. 1, 2010

Out of time: Wet conditions limited planting by Western Canadian farmers this spring to only 82 per cent of the original planned acreage, the Canadian Wheat Board said June 21. The final crop insurance deadlines passed on June 20. Farmers are expected to plant their smallest acreage of wheat, durum and barley in decades and
Crops, Forages

Regulatory Oversight Inadequate

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Fourteen years after commercialization of the world’s first biotech crop, the U. S. regulatory agencies charged with overseeing biotech crops – USDA, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U. S. Food and Drug Administration – are under attack on several fronts. The USDA is most directly in the line of fire after a string of
Livestock

Glaxo’s Rotavirus Vaccine Use Suspended

U. S. doctors have been told to temporarily stop using GlaxoSmithKline Plc’sRotarix vaccine against a diarrhea-causing virus called rotavirus because it is contaminated with porcine circovirus Type 1, the company said March 22. The virus is not known to cause disease in humans or animals, but the U. S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending
Crops, Oilseeds

Ritz Wants U. S. To Ease Actions On Crushers

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“The tests that are done as they leave the facility are all good (but) we have no control over a lot of the shipment side of it.” – AGRICULTURE MINISTER GERRY RITZ Canada wants the U. S. to stop imposing restrictions against Canadian canola-crushing plants when their meal shipments pick up salmonella bacteria en route
Crops, Oilseeds

U. S. Stops More Canadian Canola Meal

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The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused 19 shipments of Canadian canola meal from Cargill in October after finding they contained the harmful bacteria salmonella. The shipments all came from Cargill’s Clavet, Sask. canolacrushing plant, according to reports posted on the FDA’s website. The plant was already under shipping restrictions from the FDA
Opinion

Defining “Natural” Is A Tricky Proposition

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Indirect or implied “natural” claims are everywhere already and the industry will continue to get bolder. With a public suffering from chemical paranoia, there is a growing consumer demand for more “natural” products. Growing doubts about the meaning of “organic” and the spotty regulatory efforts to limit the amount of misleading labelling led the food

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