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Canadian Food Industry
EDMONTON - Edmonton-area farms are the epicentre of a new and devastating outbreak threatening Alberta's $3.2-billion canola industry, authorities say. Provincial and county governments are trying to contain the rapidly spreading and incurable soil-borne disease called clubroot. (Edmonton Journal)
TORONTO - Loblaws Inc. is recalling No name French Style Green Beans because they may contain a dangerous bacteria. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says toxins produced by the bacteria (Clostridium) may cause botulism. (CP) MORE: Lakeside foods recalls French Style Green Beans
OTTAWA - Health Canada will delay regulation of trans fats in Canadian food products for at least two years, calling instead for industry to voluntarily limit use of the heart-clogging compounds. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: CHR to take action on trans fats Trans fat lawsuit based on junk science 10 top junk science moments of 2006 CHR boss: Health care not in crisis
Police say recalled chocolate was stolen
TORONTO - Police have arrested two men they allege stole recalled Hershey's chocolates that were intended for disposal but ended up in stores. (CP) PREVIOUS: Arrest leads to warning about tainted Chocolates in stores Salmonella scare sparks Hershey recall Canadian food inspection agency hazard alert
BRANDON - Doctors from the Brandon Health Region said they have referred three suspected cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD, for further testing. (CP) RELATED: Japan confirms its 31st case of mad cow disease
OTTAWA - Yet another potential E. coli contamination stung North America's produce sector Monday morning, when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued an official public warning about Dole brand Hearts Delight lettuce salad. (CityNews)
A growing number of food companies are pumping nutrients into their packaged products to increase the health benefits to consumers, but Canadians aren't allowed to know what many of those advantages are. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Functional food
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning that some bottles of Stella Artois beer may have been tampered with. The agency says it knows of six bottles into which someone added concentrated alcohol. There are some reported cases of people being sickened after drinking the contaminated beer. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: CFIA warning on Chili Canned meat recall expanded Castleberry's Food Co. Salmonella alert Health Canada to crack down on fake pills
Anthrax confirmed in four Manitoba cattle herds
WINNIPEG - Anthrax has been detected in four cattle herds in southeastern Manitoba, the provincial government confirmed Wednesday in a press release. The outbreak has resulted in the death of 24 cattle and one horse. (Dow Jones)
Canned tuna exceeds guidelines on mercury
OTTAWA - Following a CBC investigation that found mercury levels above the allowed limit, Health Canada issued new consumption guidelines on Monday for canned albacore tuna for women and children. (CBC)
Milk raid compared to drug bust
TORONTO - Farmer Michael Schmidt, locked in a David and Goliath struggle with food regulators over his struggle to sell raw milk, received backing from a celebrated Toronto chef on Wednesday. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Hunger-striking farmer protests raw milk ban
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan's agriculture minister says plans to provide pork to the province's food banks from animals culled under a national cull breeding swine program is a clear example of turning a negative into a positive. (FarmScape)
Food banks benefit from pork cull
CAMPBELL RIVER - A second Vancouver Island fish farm is struggling to understand how fish it was exporting to the US could have become contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical malachite green. (Victoria Times Colonist)
Parasites driving wild salmon to extinction
Fishing money not misspent: DFO
Sustainable fish stocks in the NW Atlantic
Former judge slams Fisheries funding
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
City comes clean over river's toilet treatment
OTTAWA - If you live downtown and think every time you flush the toilet you're sending the waste to a treatment centre, think again. Lots of it is going directly into the Ottawa River. (Ottawa Citizen)
Cities fouling Great Lakes with raw sewage
Great Lakes chemical pollution
1 in 3 say water isn't safe to drink
Crisis feared as water supplies dry up
'Water fight' takes on new meaning in stores
Province won't release drinking-water report
Water still a problem on 76 reserves
Aboriginal Waters: A Slow Boil
Water bottlers still draining Ontario for free
Farmer wins case over tainted water
CTV study finds flame retardants in many foods
CTV and The Globe and Mail decided to find out just how bad the problem is and what it means for our health. The flame retardants are called PBDEs, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, a class of about 25 industrial chemicals that are sprayed on textiles, plastics and electronics to prevent or slow the rate at which they will ignite. (CTV)
CURITIBA, Brazil - On March 24, Canada's continued efforts to undermine and eventually eliminate the ban on so-called terminator seed technology suffered a severe setback. Terminator technology refers to seed genetically modified to produce sterile seeds, which cannot be planted. (The Tyee)
Ban on Terminator Seeds stands despite Canadian Government Stance
Experts warn spinach flare-up sign of bigger problem
OTTAWA - The spreading E. coli outbreak that prompted the federal government to warn Canadians not to eat US spinach is the symptom of widespread problems in the food system and raises serious questions about the increasing prevalence of fresh produce contaminated by bacteria, warn food experts. (CanWest)
Weak links in Canada's food supply chain
Canada widens spinach warnings
Lettuce link probed in e-coli outbreaks
Tainted eateries get many chances
E. coli exposes weakness in food chain
Food safety offences shut 48 city eateries
EDMONTON - A six-year-old dairy cow from Alberta was confirmed to have mad cow disease, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said. (Edmonton Journal)
USDA to investigate after 3rd mad cow found
Mad cow disease case confirmed
Confirmed mad cow in mature Alberta bull
Mad cow disease confirmed in BC
BC's first ever mad cow infection
Mad cow class action suit to continue
US group loses Canada beef ban bid
US judge grants temporary injunction to block Canadian cattle
Alberta government declares emergency
Slow BSE testing could keep borders closed
Harper successful where many have failed
Softwood deal 'good, not perfect'
Forestry & Forest Products Lobbying
American Forest & Paper Association
World Trade talks end in agreement
US producers buying cheap Canadian cattle
Meat packers to testify on high beef prices
Report on the Alberta government's BSE-related assistance programs
Mad Cow may be more widespread
R-CALF adds another to it's pile of blunders
US corn hit with tariff in trade war
The largest fleet of self-unloading vessels in the world.
REGINA - A lawsuit against the federal government for malicious prosecution has been filed by a group of farmers who spent the last ten years in court until some had their convictions of illegally exporting grain to the U.S. overturned last spring. (Leader Post) PREVIOUS: Farmers claim victory over wheat board Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
The meat Packers:
Cargill - is the world's largest privately owned corporation and it is also the worlds largest private grain company controlling over ¼ of the worlds grain production.
A subsidiary of Tyson Foods Inc
Agribusinesscenter: Tyson Foods Inc.
Tyson foods sued for race bias
Indictment to smuggle illegal aliens