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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is toughening up it’s avian influenza rules dealing with domestic poultry. It’s added low pathogenicity H5 and H7 avian influenza viruses to the list of reportable diseases. Those viruses typically cause few or no visible signs of illness in infected birds. But they do have the potential to mutate...
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PigTrace Canada is looking for some ‘early adopters’. PigTrace is working on a system to report information and movement data nationally. They’re hoping to get some industry stakeholders involved to trial the PigTrace system while it’s still voluntary. The goal has been to build a simple and easy to use system. The thinking is...
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The U-S has a case of BSE. It’s been confirmed in a dairy cow from central California. U-S-D-A Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford says it’s their fourth case of BSE. Clifford says the animal was never presented for slaughter for human consumption. And he points out milk does not transmit BSE. U-S tests confirmed...
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It’s a move the government says will better protect consumers from unsafe imported foods. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is working on new regulations which would include requiring food importers to be licensed. The regulations are being developed in consultation with industry. The government says that should ensure food safety objectives can continue to...
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CFFO Interim Manager Nathan Stevens A University of Guelph professor recently provided an outline of the potential downsides of trying to connect agri-food policy and healthy policy. John Cranfield says ideas like thin subsidies and fat taxes have a lot of potential unintended consequences – and some of those are not very good. Nathan...
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Rob Gordon calls it a natural evolution for the University of Guelph. Gordon is dean of the Ontario Agricultural College. He’s talking about the new Food Institute. It’s described as the first such group covering global issues in all aspects of food. University of Guelph President Alastair Summerlee says food raises issues in environmental...
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Industrial Wind Turbine projects affect surrounding landowners, whether or not they agree with the construction of turbines on neighbouring properties, or their own. Patrick Jilesen, second vice-president of the Bruce County Federation of Agriculture says proximity of a wind power project can affect a non-participating landowner’s ability to build or expand buildings on their...
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One Canadian group says the Manitoba government is basing a decision about pesticides on fear and misinformation. The group is the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers. The Manitoba government is considering a ban on cosmetic pesticides. The agri-retailers group argues those pesticides are proven safe and effective tools to maintain green space and crops. They...
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A major project to battle PRRS on Quebec hog farms is getting fresh funding. The province’s pork producers group, the Quebec government and the federal government are putting about 820 thousand dollars into the project. A spokesperson for Quebec’s hog producer group says that virus costs producers over 30 million dollars a year. The...
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Ontario Goat is getting funding for a project to track a major production-limiting disease in goats. The disease is Caprine Arthritis and Encephalitis – or CAE. It affects the health, longevity and production of goats. It’s also hard to detect. The 110 thousand dollars Ontario Goat is getting from the Agricultural Adaptation Council will...
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