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Salmonella Cuts Into Canola Crushing

By Rod Nickel October 22, 2009

Canada’s oilseed processors are crushing less canola, the first tangible sign that the rapidly expanding industry has run into a rut because of a dispute over salmonella with the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. Crushing has decreased even as processors are boosting capacity. If the trend continues, more seed could shift to export and

Cereals, News

Low Vomitoxin In Canadian Wheat

By Rod Nickel September 24, 2009

Canada’s wheat crop has only low levels of the toxin that has caused Brazil to impose strict testing on United States wheat shipments, the Canadian Wheat Board said Sept. 19. Brazil sanitary officials said Sept. 18 they will test incoming U. S. wheat shipments for traces of vomitoxin, a toxin that can sicken humans and

Crops, Oilseeds

U. S. Food Safety Worries Hit Canadian Canola Meal

By Rod Nickel August 20, 2009

Salmonella-tainted Canadian canola meal has run into a headwind of American food-safety concerns, a trend that threatens to pressure canola futures during a rapid expansion period for the industry. Since March, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration has refused one Canadian shipment of canola (a variant of rapeseed) and three shipments of canola meal.

Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 25, 2009

June 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

News, Oilseeds

Salmonella Found In Canola Meal

By Rod Nickel June 18, 2009

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

News

In Brief… – for May. 21, 2009

May 21, 2009

E-waste dumps:Manitobans can now recycle their old computer equipment, VCRs, stereos, microwaves and phones at new, e-waste depots with extended hours of operation throughout the province, the province says. Beginning May 15, Manitobans have access to 30 e-waste collection depots for residential disposal. Five of the 10 year-round sites are rural. More information is available

News

U. S. Making Little Progress On Food Safety

By Julie Steenhuysen April 16, 2009

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

News

FDA Tries To Get Ahead Of Food Recalls

By Maggie Fox April 16, 2009

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.

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Project Soy Creates New Products

By Jim Romahn April 2, 2009

Soybeans could begin cutting into the maple syrup market sometime soon. Anita Chung and Evelyn Yeh, winners of this year’s Project Soy competition among students at the University of Guelph, have developed a maple syrup knockoff product from a blend of soybean protein and fibre. Peter Hannam, who started the competition in 1996 when he

News

In Brief… – for Feb. 5, 2009

February 5, 2009

Smaller Alta. beet crop costs Rogers: Shrinking sugar beet acreage helped bite deep into Rogers Sugar’s bottom line for the company’s first quarter. The Montreal income trust posted profit of $73,000 on $138.4 million in revenues for Q1 ending Dec. 31, down from $18.5 million on $173 million in the year-earlier period. Its gross margin

Daily Network News

CFIA looks for feedback on proposed seed potato rule changes

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on active Chinese buying

GMO food labelling review opens questions on gene editing

Tag Archives U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Salmonella Cuts Into Canola Crushing

Low Vomitoxin In Canadian Wheat

U. S. Food Safety Worries Hit Canadian Canola Meal

Letters – for Jun. 25, 2009

Salmonella Found In Canola Meal

In Brief… – for May. 21, 2009

U. S. Making Little Progress On Food Safety

FDA Tries To Get Ahead Of Food Recalls

Project Soy Creates New Products

In Brief… – for Feb. 5, 2009

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