Insights and Stories on Livestock

Jan. 25, 2009 at 6:07 am CST

An H5 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed on a commercial poultry farm in southern British Columbia, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Saturday. “Tests to date indicate that the strain of AI in this case is low-pathogenic,” the agency said in a release. “Further testing is underway to […]

Jan. 25, 2009 at 4:55 am CST

Cash-crunched cattle and hog producers now have until Sept. 30, 2010 to repay cash advances made to them under the federal Advance Payment Program (APP). Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Friday announced the extension of the repayment deadline for livestock advances. The first $100,000 of each producer’s advance will also […]

Jan. 25, 2009 at 4:23 am CST

The federal government now wants added certification on imports of live horses from the U.S., in the wake of an equine venereal disease turning up south of the border. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) found before Christmas that farms in Ontario and Alberta received semen last spring taken from […]

Jan. 25, 2009 at 3:46 am CST

A “routine” detection of listeria at one of Maple Leaf Foods’ processing facilities in Toronto shows its overhauled food safety protocols are working as they should, the company said. Ordinarily, other than a quick recall announcement, findings of listeria at food plants rarely linger in the national news. The Canadian […]

Jan. 25, 2009 at 12:00 am CST

Staff from Nova Scotia’s labour and workforce development department have gone to Kentville to start meeting with about 300 workers facing layoffs from two major poultry processing plants. ACA Co-operative plans to permanently close its money-losing Eastern Protein Foods, putting almost 190 people out of work by early March, the […]