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Grants available to help with traceability programs

Traceability technology helps to track animals or food products from farm to consumer

Traceability is a high priority for the livestock industry in Canada, and federal and provincial governments have been working in collaboration with the industry to develop a National Agriculture and Food Traceability System, primarily focusing on livestock and poultry. Traceability, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s website is the ability to follow an item or […] Read more

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COOL may be the right direction

Labelling of origin and other functional characteristics will become more important

The confirmed new case of BSE in Alberta on Feb. 13 has caused Chian, Peru, Belarus and Taiwan to place temporary restrictions on Canadian beef. South Korea temporarily suspended imports immediately after the confirmed case while Indonesia has placed temporary restrictions on some non-edible meat products. The ability to persuade or educate the consumer is […] Read more



Key players at the news conference announcing the new company to deliver BIXS include (from left) Larry Thomas, national co-ordinator of BIXS; Rob McNabb, general manager of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association; Hubert Lau of ViewTrak, CEO of the new company; and Ted Power, president of ViewTrak.

BIXS being rolled out to the launch pad

New private partnership to take over pasture-to-packer tracking

A service established by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) over the past four years to carry information back and forth along the entire beef production chain is about to shed its training wheels. The Beef Information Xchange System — commonly known as BIXS — is about to begin a new era following the December announcement […] Read more