Insights and Stories on Livestock

Oct. 28, 2008 at 12:15 am CDT

Ontario’s Bioniche Life Sciences has picked up full licensing approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for its vaccine to reduce shedding of E. coli O157:H7 by cattle. The vaccine, to be marketed under the name Econiche, is thus now available for “unrestricted use” by Canadian cattle producers and their […]

Oct. 22, 2008 at 2:37 pm CDT

Alberta consumers will start paying a refundable recycling deposit on all milk containers as of June 1 next year. The province on Wednesday announced Canada’s first deposit-refund recycling program for milk cartons and other milk and dairy-based beverage containers, allowing residents to return all such containers to bottle depot locations […]

Oct. 22, 2008 at 1:48 pm CDT

Quebec dairy firm Saputo has permanently closed one of its U.S. cheesemaking facilities that was damaged in a fire last month. The plant at Hinesburg, Vermont, about 175 km south of Montreal, is officially closed as of Wednesday, putting 80 permanent staff out of work. The plant was damaged by […]

Oct. 22, 2008 at 10:57 am CDT

Officials from Canada and South Korea resume technical negotiations Nov. 3-4, focused on restoring Korean market access for Canadian beef, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz confirmed Wednesday. Korea’s ports have been closed to imports of Canadian beef since May 2003, after officials confirmed Canada’s first home-grown case of BSE in an […]

Oct. 22, 2008 at 10:36 am CDT

Quebec dairy giant Saputo has announced a cash deal to buy Neilson Dairy, Weston Foods’ dairy division, for $465 million. Neilson makes and markets fluid milk and dairy beverages, cream, non-dairy creamers, butter, yogurt, juices and drinks under the Neilson brand and others, primarily for the Ontario market. The deal, […]