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(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canada, China meet to solve canola spat as deadline looms

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 10, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian officials are in Beijing this week to try to convince China to back off a plan to toughen its standard for Canada’s canola shipments, which has stalled $2 billion in trade, government and industry officials said on Wednesday. China’s quarantine authority AQSIQ told Ottawa in February that it would impose a […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Last avian flu-related block on U.S. poultry lifted

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 12, 2016

The last of Canada’s temporary avian flu-related rules against cross-border travellers bringing in poultry and/or eggs from the U.S. has been lifted. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, live birds, raw poultry, eggs and certain other raw or less-than-cooked poultry products originating in Indiana may again be brought into Canada. Lifted effective June 27, […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Bird flu control zone set up around Ontario duck farm

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 8, 2016

About 14,000 commercial ducks at a farm west of St. Catharines, Ont. are being euthanized following confirmation of a low-pathogenic strain of H5N2 avian flu in the flock. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday confirmed the influenza subtype, the day after announcing the low-path H5 flu outbreak, the resulting quarantine and the plans for […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Ontario duck farm catches low-path avian flu

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 7, 2016

All the birds on a commercial duck farm in southern Ontario’s Niagara region are about to be euthanized after some were confirmed with a less severe form of avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Thursday said the strain of avian influenza found in the birds on the farm is a low-pathogenic (“low-path”) […] Read more

(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)

Hogs, Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

Canada’s hog farmers suspect U.S. truck washes in PED fight

By GFM Network News June 9, 2016

Reuters — Canadian farm groups are blasting U.S. truck washes for being too dirty to prevent the spread of a virus that has killed millions of piglets in recent years, exposing a dispute over the effectiveness of such facilities in North American agriculture. The brewing battle over trucks comes as Manitoba, which slaughters more swine […] Read more

Atlantic salmon is one of the major species grown in aquaculture. (Troutlodge, Inc. photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Reuters

Canada says GMO salmon safe for consumption

By GFM Network News May 19, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada approved a type of genetically modified salmon for sale, health officials said on Thursday, the first such animal to be cleared as safe for consumption in the country. The salmon was approved in the U.S. to be farmed for human consumption last year but has since been a source of […] Read more

(Todd Rosenberg photo via KraftFoodsGroup.com)

Crops, Markets

Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 9, 2016

Food safety officials in Canada and the U.S. have formally recognized each other’s respective food safety controls under a cross-border co-operation pact. The two countries last week announced their new food safety systems recognition arrangement, reached during meetings of the Canada-U.S. Regulatory Co-operation Council (RCC) held Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, D.C. The two countries […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Dole under U.S. probe after deadly listeria outbreak

By GFM Network News April 30, 2016

Los Angeles | Reuters — Dole Food Co. Inc. said on Friday the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating a deadly listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to packaged salad products from its processing plant in Springfield, Ohio. Dole, the world’s largest fruit and vegetable producer, said in a statement the agency recently contacted the company and […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Poultry at risk for avian flu during migration

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 29, 2016

Cases of avian flu in commercial poultry in the U.S. and Mexico earlier this year are believed to have come from wild birds, which are now migrating north for the season, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned Friday. Avian influenza spreads when wild birds come into contact with commercial/small flocks, the agency said, urging producers […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Machinery

West’s hog farmers urged to insist trailers cleaned in Canada

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 29, 2016

Hog industry officials in Western Canada want hog producers to insist that livestock trailers coming to their farms be washed at certified Canadian cleaning facilities — even if the trailers were just cleaned on the U.S. side of the border. The recommendation comes as a federally-approved trailer-wash pilot project, credited with helping to keep porcine epidemic diarrhea […] Read more

GFM Network News

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Tag Archives CFIA

Canada, China meet to solve canola spat as deadline looms

Last avian flu-related block on U.S. poultry lifted

Bird flu control zone set up around Ontario duck farm

Ontario duck farm catches low-path avian flu

Canada’s hog farmers suspect U.S. truck washes in PED fight

Canada says GMO salmon safe for consumption

Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls

Dole under U.S. probe after deadly listeria outbreak

Poultry at risk for avian flu during migration

West’s hog farmers urged to insist trailers cleaned in Canada

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