Insights and Stories on Livestock

Mar. 17, 2009 at 6:00 pm CDT

The death of a Quebec man in January due to listeriosis from an unknown source has been added to the official toll of deaths from last summer’s listeria outbreak. The Public Health Agency of Canada on Friday “determined that this case meets the criteria established for last year’s outbreak to […]

Mar. 17, 2009 at 5:12 pm CDT

Quebec pork processor Les Aliments Lucyporc has become Canada’s first integrated pork packer to earn registration and approval to export pork products to the European Union. According to the Canadian Pork Council in a release Monday, this approval opens “new market opportunities” for the company, based at Yamachiche, about 25 […]

Mar. 17, 2009 at 1:29 am CDT

The Maritime provinces’ first organic dairy processor is also its last, for now, as dairy firm Amalgamated Dairies Ltd. (ADL) has opted to stop making Prince Edward Island organic cheese, CBC reported Monday. ADL and Purity Dairy’s plans to get local P.E.I. organic cheese on store shelves, in co-operation with […]

Mar. 14, 2009 at 11:19 am CDT

Cleaning and disinfection work have been completed on the second of two poultry farms in the Abbotsford, B.C. area after birds at both sites were found infected with a strain of avian flu. The completed cleanup has been approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the CFIA said in a […]

Mar. 14, 2009 at 1:39 am CDT

Vancouver food processing firm Premium Brands has bought a $2.5 million minority stake in a new Saskatoon meat processing company. S.J. Irvine Fine Foods opened a facility in Saskatoon in January last year to make processed meats for the retail and foodservice sectors. Premium Brands’ investment, announced Thursday, includes a […]