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Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls

May. 9, 2016 at 7:23 pm CDT

Food safety officials in Canada and the U.S. have formally recognized each other’s respective food safety controls under a cross-border co-operation pact. The two countries last week announced their new food safety systems recognition arrangement, reached during meetings of the Canada-U.S. Regulatory Co-operation Council (RCC) held Wednesday and Thursday in […]

Dole under U.S. probe after deadly listeria outbreak

Apr. 30, 2016 at 2:37 pm CDT

By Lisa Baertlein

U.S. to revoke pig drug approval over cancer risk concern

Apr. 8, 2016 at 2:15 pm CDT

By toni-clarke

Mastitis preventive gets joint Canada/U.S. approval

Mar. 24, 2016 at 5:20 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. blocks Hamilton crush plant’s canola meal

Jan. 8, 2016 at 9:51 am CST

By Rod Nickel

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

Jul. 2, 2015 at 9:34 pm CDT

Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure. The order, announced in a statement by President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and […]

By Carey Gillam

U.S. trans fat ban creates opportunities for canola

Jun. 16, 2015 at 7:27 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A move by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban artificial trans fats in processed foods within three years will create opportunities for Canada’s canola sector, especially high oleic varieties such as Nexera. Partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), which are the primary source of artificial trans fat […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. FDA to cut trans fats from foods

Jun. 16, 2015 at 5:55 pm CDT

Washington/New York | Reuters –– The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday made good on its proposal to effectively ban artificial trans fats from a wide range of foods, from microwave popcorn to frozen pizza, saying they raise the risk of heart disease. Under new FDA regulations, partially hydrogenated […]

By Ransdell Pierson toni-clarke

U.S. meat industry bought more human antibiotics to 2013, FDA says

Apr. 10, 2015 at 8:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Sales of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. for use in livestock jumped by 20 per cent between 2009 and 2013, federal regulators said on Friday, although recent statements by producers suggest those figures could be dropping. Between 2012 and 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Zilmax cleared for component feeding in Canada

Feb. 16, 2015 at 2:53 pm CST

Canada has granted the makers of cattle feed additive Zilmax an expanded product label that allows for component feeding at the lower end of its dosage range — and draws the line for a maximum rate in complete feed. Merck Animal Health on Friday announced approval from Health Canada’s Veterinary […]

By Staff

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