Canadian Food Inspection Agency Archives - Page 3 of 3

Flour recall widened to products from 11 loads of wheat

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 27, 2017

The maker of Robin Hood and other brands of flour is further widening a major product recall to cover products made from 11 loads of Canadian wheat. Ardent Mills and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Saturday announced an expanded nationwide recall to include more varieties and sizes of Robin Hood, Golden Temple, Purity, […] Read more

Camelina oil, seed and feed pellets. Photo: Alberta Agriculture

Crops, Livestock

CFIA approves camelina oil for use in Atlantic salmon feed

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 24, 2017

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has approved mechanically-extracted camelina oil as a feed ingredient for farmed salmon and trout, Genome Atlantic says in a release. That paves the way for the oilseed to serve as a new rotation option for Maritime potato farmers. Camelina sativa, or false flax, is a hardy oilseed plant that […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Six quarantines lifted in bovine TB probe

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 16, 2016

Six premises deemed to be “low-risk” have been released from federal quarantine as officials continue their hunt for Alberta and Saskatchewan cattle exposed to bovine tuberculosis. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday reported it had lifted movement controls on six premises where “appropriate testing” has been completed on cattle so far in the agency’s […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Alberta Beef Producers call for TB financial support

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 4, 2016

With cattle under quarantine in parts of Alberta after a TB case was discovered in an animal from that province at a U.S. slaughter facility, the bills are starting to stack up. Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) recently said in an online publication that a significant number of herds have been quarantined and the producers notified. […] Read more

Crops, Features

Plant breeder’s rights info online

The new CSTA database will create transparency for new variety information

By Julienne Isaacs November 2, 2015

In August, the Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA) launched a new web database to help everyone in the seed sector easily access information about plant breeders’ rights protection for new crop varieties. The database is a joint initiative of CSTA, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Variety Registration Office (VRO) and the Plant Breeders Rights Office […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Canada now avian flu-free

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 9, 2015

With no new cases in poultry since April and no farms in quarantine since July, Canada has officially declared itself free of avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday it has informed the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) that Ontario is free of notifiable avian flu. No new outbreaks of highly pathogenic […] Read more

Beef Cattle

Drought, high temperatures create prime conditions for anthrax

Two bison deaths in North Battleford confirmed as anthrax

By Beef Cattle Research Council July 16, 2015

With high temperatures and drought, cattle and bison are at a higher risk of anthrax. Two bison deaths northwest of North Battleford, Saskatchewan have recently been confirmed as caused by anthrax, and seven others are suspected. Producers are encouraged to keep a watchful eye and to refresh their memories on what to do when anthrax […] Read more

Crops, News

Biosecurity and visitors on the farm

Biosecurity is something we usually connect to livestock.  These days grain farmers should be knowledgeable too

By Shanyn Silinski March 19, 2015

Anyone involved in animal agriculture is familiar with bio-security, especially in businesses involving confined livestock like birds (eggs and broilers) and swine. Beef and dairy have in the past few decades moved towards having stronger biosecurity measures in the face of FMD’s (foreign animal diseases) and increasing traceability for livestock movements. Farm visitors can be […] Read more

Crops

Certified seed can save you from harvest headaches

By Dave Harwood March 2, 2015

Canada’s certified seed system has a hard-won reputation for being among the safest in the world. Our growers have a long history of demonstrating a strong system that has become an integral part of our brand as a trusted major exporter of grain. But with that power comes the responsibility of keeping it clean, for […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Hens near Chilliwack catch H5N1 avian flu

By GFM Network News February 7, 2015

About 95 layer hens on a “non-commercial” farm near Chilliwack are the Fraser Valley’s latest cases of avian influenza, but not of the same strain seen at 12 other farms in December. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Saturday announced a quarantine on the Chilliwack farm after confirming, effective Feb. 2, that table egg-laying birds […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

GFM Network News