Insights and Stories on Poultry

Canada warns VCOOL would sabotage shared Canada-U.S. goals, supply chains

Jun. 19, 2023 at 3:33 am CDT

Proposed U.S. country of origin labelling rules run contrary to mutual Canada and U.S. goals to reduce inflation, improve food security and build resilient supply chains, according to a submission from the Canadian government to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “One of the great strengths of the U.S.-Canada bilateral relationship […]

Canada extends Ukraine tariff-free access

Jun. 12, 2023 at 1:11 am CDT

By Rod Nickel Steve Scherer

Animal care council won’t update livestock transport code of practice

Jun. 5, 2023 at 7:12 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Animal health body backs bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic

May. 22, 2023 at 2:57 am CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

Global chicken meat oversupply improving, Brazil’s BRF says

May. 16, 2023 at 1:10 pm CDT

By Ana Mano

New report shows poultry sector burdened by expectations

May. 12, 2023 at 10:14 am CDT

Updated, May 17 — The Simpson Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy has released a report detailing its findings on challenges now facing Canada’s poultry sector. The report, co-authored by research assistant Shawn Wiskar and centre director Guillaume Lhermie and released Thursday, used a focus group of six stakeholders in […]

By Jonah Grignon

JBS opens cleaning unit after outside firm fined for hiring kids

May. 4, 2023 at 6:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — JBS USA, one of the biggest U.S. meatpackers, is creating an internal company to clean some of its processing plants after a private sanitation firm it employed was accused of hiring children for dangerous work. The launch shows the complexities involved in replacing Packers Sanitation Services […]

By Reuters

Avian flu outbreaks climb in Quebec poultry

Apr. 26, 2023 at 9:56 am CDT

After a relatively quiet March with just one outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in domestic poultry, Quebec has turned up 13 outbreaks so far this month. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency in April has reported detections of high-path avian flu at 13 sites in that province, including: three commercial […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. begins testing bird flu vaccines for poultry after record outbreak

Apr. 14, 2023 at 7:30 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government is testing four potential bird flu vaccines for poultry, officials said on Friday, after more than 58 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have died in the nation’s worst outbreak ever. The trials, conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research […]

By Tom Polansek

Ontario domestic dog dies of avian flu

Apr. 5, 2023 at 4:06 pm CDT

Pet owners are being warned not to feed their animals raw meat from poultry or game birds or allow pets to consume or play with dead wild birds after the death of a dog from avian flu in southern Ontario. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday reported the results […]

By Dave Bedard

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