Livestock
Deli meats produced at Maple Leaf’s Bartor Road processing plant in Toronto are cleared to leave the plant if they came off another processing line besides the one that turned up further contamination with listeria. The Bartor Road plant had been shut for deep cleaning after its production was linked to cases of listeriosis poisoning […] Read more
Some meats cleared to leave Maple Leaf plant
Feed grains seen “ample” for domestic market
Feed grain supplies in Western Canada should be more than adequate to meet the demand in the coming year, according to market sources who thought the ample domestic feed grain supplies should limit imports of U.S. corn. Canada produced 27.266 million tonnes of wheat in 2008-09, up from 20.054 million the previous year, according to […] Read more
Ont. raw milk advocate in contempt: reports
An Ontario organic dairy producer has been found in contempt of court over charges that he defied a court order to stop selling raw milk, the Canadian Press news agency reported Monday. A sentencing decision was reserved Monday in the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket in the case of Michael Schmidt of Owen Sound, […] Read more
Former N.B. ag minister now Tory leader
Former New Brunswick agriculture minister David Alward has been elected leader of the province’s Progressive Conservatives. Alward, 48, a provincial MLA since 1999 and the Tory minister for agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture from 2003 to 2006, was elected at the party’s leadership convention Saturday in Fredericton. Born in Massachussets, Alward worked for the Canadian federal […] Read more
Manitoba pledges funds for ag show venue
One of Manitoba’s best-known venues for agricultural shows and events may soon pick up a longer-term funding agreement from the provincial government. The Keystone Centre in Brandon would get provincial grant assistance of up to $250,000 per year for five years under a proposal announced Friday in Brandon by Agriculture Minister Rosann Wowchuk. The proposal, […] Read more
Tyson to tighten meat labelling: Reuters
Tyson Foods’ plan to follow new U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws on meat by using one “Product of U.S., Canada, Mexico” label has been derailed, according to the Reuters news service. Reuters reported Wednesday that Tyson, the leading beef producer and second-biggest pork producer in the U.S., has reconsidered its plan after getting feedback from […] Read more
Maple Leaf reaches double shift at Brandon
(Resource News International) — Maple Leaf Foods has achieved its goal of a full double shift at its hog processing facility at Brandon, Man., an official with the company confirmed Friday. “The facility is now licensed to slaughter 86,000 hogs per week,” said Jeanette Jones, director of communications for Maple Leaf Foods. The facility achieved […] Read more
CFIA orders testing on Chinese feed ingredients
Dairy ingredients and soybean meal coming from China for use in Canadian livestock feed now must be tested for melamine. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, working with the Canada Border Services Agency, ordered the new testing regime for such products on Friday, “effective immediately,” looking both for melamine and for cyanuric acid, often found along […] Read more
Ont. sees uptake in manure biogas funding
Financial support for Ontario farmers to make fuel from the gases in their manure and crop residues has resulted in 12 such projects being approved in the province so far. The provincial government on Friday reported 12 projects had been approved for construction with funding through its Ontario Biogas Financial Assistance Program, which has also […] Read more
Canada, U.S. claim WTO win over EU on beef
It won’t mean more exports of Canadian beef to Europe, but a World Trade Organization appeal body has upheld measures that Canada and the U.S. took to retaliate against the European Union’s ban on beef from hormone-treated cattle. The ruling, released Thursday, “confirmed that Canada is not in violation of any of its WTO obligations,” […] Read more
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