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CFIA to tighten net on Japanese produce

Mar. 24, 2011 at 12:10 am CDT

Any produce and dairy goods imported to Canada from parts of Japan at risk in that country’s current nuclear power plant crisis will face added restrictions on the way in. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday announced “enhanced import controls” on milk products, fruits and vegetables from the northeastern […]

Federal ag R+D funding booked in lame-duck budget

Mar. 22, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Northern nutrition subsidy to cover “country foods”

Mar. 18, 2011 at 4:00 pm CDT

Full enforcement looming for federal organic rules

Mar. 18, 2011 at 10:00 am CDT

CFIA to go public with companies’ safety violations

Mar. 18, 2011 at 3:49 am CDT

Following the funding, March 1-15

Mar. 16, 2011 at 12:34 pm CDT

AGCanada.com here delivers a quick wrapup of a dozen federal and federal/provincial ag-related funding announcements across Canada during the first half of March. March 15 Functional foods, Manitoba: The Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network, a brain trust made up of several research centres meant to “link the health benefits of Prairie-grown […]

By Dave Bedard

Former federal ag minister Strahl won’t run again

Mar. 14, 2011 at 3:04 am CDT

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s first agriculture minister has announced he won’t seek re-election. Chuck Strahl, the MP for the Chilliwack area in B.C. since 1993 and Harper’s agriculture minister from February 2006 to August 2007, is one of three B.C. Conservative MPs who announced Saturday they won’t run in the […]

UPA, WRAP chiefs named CFA vice-presidents

Feb. 27, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST

The presidents of the general farm organizations in Quebec and Alberta are now the first and second vice-presidents of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Christian Lacasse, a dairyman from St-Vallier, Que. and president of Quebec’s Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), was elected last week in Ottawa as the CFA’s first […]

Meat, grain sectors hail trade proposal with Japan

Feb. 23, 2011 at 9:41 pm CST

Plans for a joint study of the potential for a “economic partnership” deal between Canada and Japan find Canadian meat and grain producer groups already well aware of the potential of the Japanese market. International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan on Wednesday announced the launch of the study to “examine […]

EU experts approve trace GM in feed imports

Feb. 23, 2011 at 5:00 pm CST

A European Union committee voted Tuesday to allow traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) material in animal feed imports, the European Commission said, in a bid to secure grain supplies to the import-dependent bloc. EU governments and lawmakers now have three months to either approve or reject the committee’s decision, […]

By charlie-dunmore