http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. The chair of the Banff Pork Seminar organizing committee suggests the Canadian pork industry needs to be more proactive in communicating to the public what's happening on farms and the good work being done in terms of animal welfare, writes Bruce Cochrane. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160113/canada___banff_pork_seminar_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ended its investigation into Cardinal Meat Specialists Ltd., saying the agency could not find the source of E. coli that contaminated hamburger products. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/canada___incpmteance_or_cover_up_by__food_inspection_agency_.aspx meatpoultry.com Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT JBS SA (“Company”) communicates to its shareholders and to the market in general that pursuant to the Communication to the Market dated October 17, 2012, a Canadian subsidiary of JBS USA anticipates the completion of the purchase of certain Canadian operations of XL Foods on January 14, 2013. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090113/canada___jbs_buy_the_nations_largest_beef_plantfeedlots_and_farms_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The world's biggest meat packing company has made its marriage intentions official for beleaguered Alberta beef packer XL Foods. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160113/canada___jbs_new_kids_on_the_block_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT JBS USA announced Wednesday that it anticipates the completion of the purchase of certain Canadian operations of XL Foods on Jan. 14. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160113/canada___jbs_place_a_firm_foothold_in_beef_industry_.aspx meatingplace Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Animal welfare, Country of Origin Labelling and issues related to the number of Canadian weanlings exported into the US are expected to be among the topics discussed later this month when a delegation from Manitoba Pork Council travels to Minneapolis and Des Moines, writes Bruce Cochrane. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160113/canada___pork_men_visit_usa_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brazilian meat processor JBS SA said on Wednesday it plans to buy the Western Canadian plant that last year produced beef that was tainted with E.coli bacteria, leading to one of Canada's largest ever meat recalls. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150113/canada___jbs_buy_tainted_beef_plant_.aspx reuters Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canada’s Cardinal Meat Specialists is expanding its Brampton, Ontario, plant to add new cooking capabilities through a unique combination of processing line technologies. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070113/canada___valu_adding_meat_.aspx meatingplace Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is planning a survey of Western Canada PRRS-Free Herd Certification Pilot Project participants to assess the value PRRS-Free certification, writes Bruce Cochrane. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140113/canada___all_rhetoric_and_no_action_from_the_pork_trade_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) would be creating 16 targeted “Centres of Expertise” across Canada to provide industry and CFIA inspectors with better, more consistent access to information and advice. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140113/canada___broken_down_meat_inspection_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Alberta slaughterhouse at the centre of a widespread E. coli outbreak last year was flagged for serious sanitation, maintenance and training problems in the months leading up to the largest-ever meat recall in Canada, newly released inspection reports reveal. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140113/canada___government_meat_inspection_service_guily_of_causing_largest_meat_recall_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT A Japanese trading firm aiming to sell Canadian pork into Asian markets has bought a third of a major Manitoba producer and packer. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140113/canada___japanese_pork_investment_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Focusing on establishing good grass coverage in the spring and thinking about a 365 day grazing system is important for cattle enterprises, Jim Gerrish has told Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140113/canada___spring_grazing_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $2 per hundredweight (cwt) higher on average last week on seasonally light volumes and many auction barns in holiday mode. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140113/canada___store_cattle_market_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canada's food inspection agency has failed to find a link between Australian or New Zealand beef and E.coli in frozen hamburgers that caused illness in five people. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040113/canada___passing_the_buck_on_sloppy_meat_inspection_.aspx radionz Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT In a letter to Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control (Rosselhosnadzor), the industry group said that all Canadian pork exports destined for Russia are being tested to ensure they are free of ractopamine. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080113/canada___the_customer_is_always_right_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT A veterinarian with Greenbelt Swine Veterinary Services says a new system developed to allow swine veterinarians across Canada to share information on developing swine health issues is attracting international interest, writes Bruce Cochrane. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090113/canada___can_we_trust_paid_servants_of_the_drug_lobby.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT A new poll released earlier this month by the Canadian Food Safety Alliance shows Canadians' concern for food safety — and specifically E. coli — has persisted months after the XL Food recall and is a top concern on par with concerns over the deficit. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/canada___concerns_over_food_safety_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Starting Jan. 2, Canadian livestock producers stand to benefit from new export opportunities in the Americas. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080113/canada___beef_and_pork_for_nicartagua_.aspx meatpoultry.com Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT In Geneva, a WTO arbitrator issued a decision award regarding the “reasonable period of time” for the implementation of the Dispute Settlement Body recommendations and rulings in the dispute “United States-Certain Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements”. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070113/canada___the_us_cool_laws_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Government of Canada is helping producers and agri-food exporters penetrate new markets by increasing the visibility of Canadian premium products internationally. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/canada___government_help_on_meat_exports_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The National Farmers Union and more than 40 farming, rural and agricultural organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice last week asking for an expanded investigation into the possibility of JBS USA buying two U.S.-based beef packing plants owned by Canadian-based XL Four Star Beef. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/canada___jbs_back_in_the_firing_line_.aspx meatingplace Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The food industry research firm Technomic has identified the following five trends as growing in importance in 2013. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/canada___poultry_sales_on_the_rise_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Feeder cattle weighing over 700 pounds were a solid $2-$3 per hundredweight (cwt) higher last week; calf prices were steady but also advanced by $2/cwt in certain regions of Western Canada. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/canada___store_cattle_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Veteran cattleman George Graham has a common-sense solution for how to prevent a repeat of an E. coli outbreak and extensive product recall in the fall that made 18 people sick, threw thousands out of work and smeared the Canadian beef brand: Officials who regulate and work in the industry must simply do their jobs properly. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/canada___all_meat_should_be_well_cooked_we_have_been_eating_sh_t_for_years.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it hasn’t been able to find the source of E.coli contamination which led to the recall of burgers made by an Ontario company. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/canada___another_meat_inspection_white_wash.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canada's federal food inspectors on Monday called off their search for the source of bacteria found on some frozen retail beef burgers tied to E. coli-related illnesses in two provinces. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/canada___burger_e_coli_quotcover_up_quot.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Meat-packing giant JBS-USA is one step closer to purchasing the Brooks facility that was the centre of a tainted meat scandal earlier this year. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030113/canada___jbs_may_buy_meat_packer_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canadian pork shippers will comply with Russia’s new zero-tolerance requirement for the feed additive ractopamine in meat shipments, Canada Pork International said Wednesday. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281212/canada___settin_an_example_to_us_pork_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Have a very happy, charitable New Year, if you can http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/311212/canada___this_democracy.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canadian pork shippers will comply with Russia's new zero tolerance requirements for the feed additive, ractopamine, in meat shipments, Canada Pork International said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281212/canada___pig_men_keeping_ahead_of_americans_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Alberta government has waived its foreign-ownership land rules to allow JBS to exercise its option to purchase the XL Foods plant it took over managing in October, according to the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040113/canada___christmas_bonus_for_jbs_.aspx meatingplace Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed a link between Butcher's Choice burgers and a small cluster of illnesses in Ontario and Alberta. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271212/canada___cooking_burgers_correctly_saves_all_these_problems_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Canada's second-biggest hog farm, Big Sky Farms, remains up for sale to the highest bidder, with several parties interested although the country's Competition Bureau cleared the way this week for a sale to Quebec meat processor Olymel LP. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281212/canada___buying_a_pig_in_a_poke_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Eighth generation Prince Edward Island hog farmer Scott Dingwell says he has always known that Islanders had an appetite to support local. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/211212/canada___hometown_pork_brand_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The western Manitoba town of Neepawa is expected to nearly double in size over the next few years, thanks to the expansion of a nearby pork processing plant. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281212/canada___pork_plant_boost_to_the_economy_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT A handful of people sickened by E. coli O157 bacteria in Ontario and Alberta has led to expanded recalls of retail frozen beef burgers coming from a Toronto-area processor. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/211212/canada___burger_recall_expanded_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT In July the World Trade Organization upheld a November 2011 Dispute Settlement Panel ruling that US Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling discriminates against imported livestock and is inconsistent with US trade obligations. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271212/canada___cool_labelling_saga_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horrific abuse of pigs has once again been exposed by Mercy for Animals Canada in an undercover investigation of a Puratone Corp. farm in Alborg, Manitoba, which was chosen at random. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271212/canada___do_not_believe_this_until_you_know_who_paid_for_it_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The statement summarises the approach taken by the Competition Bureau in its review of two proposed vertical mergers in the pork industry. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281212/canada___statement_on_green_light_for_pork_mergers_.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Bacteria found during the slaughtering of cows alerted national veterinary authorities who later confirmed that there was a salmonella infection at the Skovde dairy, Swedish Milk have announced. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271212/canada___salmonella_in_fat_cows_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed links between Butcher’s Choice Garlic Peppercorn from the Cardinal Meat Specialists Ltd. facility in Brampton, Ontario, and a cluster of five E. coli O157:H7-related illnesses in Alberta and Ontario. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261212/canada___a_pack_of_lies_from_canadian_food_inspection_agency__.aspx meatingplace Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT An investigation into an E. coli outbreak that's sickened five people in two provinces, tracked back to a Toronto-area frozen burger plant, has now shifted its focus to that plant's suppliers. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261212/canada___e_coli_cover_up_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Canada's Competition Bureau has approved two mergers in the domestic hog industry, where producers are struggling to cope with heavy losses caused by higher feed prices. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261212/canada___green_light_for_pork_takeover_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $119 to $120 per hundredweight (cwt) last week, which caused feeder cattle to advance by $2-$3/cwt on average across Western Canada. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261212/canada___the_store_cattle_market_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed that five E. coli O157:H7 infections are linked to the specific strain found in frozen beef burgers under recall. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261212/canada___wise_after_the_event_on_burger_recall_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT A veterinarian with Greenbelt Swine Veterinary Services says an event detection system, being developed as part of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network, will provide earlier indications of developing disease issues. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/251212/canada___vets_make_great_drug_salesmen_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Two out of every five Canadians say they have reduced their consumption of beef in the wake of a massive recall linked to an Alberta packer, according to a new survey. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/211212/canada___damage_to_the_beef_industry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) Minister Ron Kostyshyn have announced the appointment of Dr. Allan Preston to help coordinate enhanced bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication efforts in and around Manitoba's Riding Mountain National Park. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/241212/canada___dealing_with_bovine_tb_.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Food Safety Inspection Agency is conducting a food safety investigation at Cardinal Meat Specialists Ltd., which produced the beef burgers currently under recall on concerns the products are contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/241212/canada___government_guilty_of_cutting_back_meat_inspection_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT