http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. A nine-patty burger called the T-Rex that was a popular item among customers at a Canadian Wendy’s restaurant for almost a decade has been retired, after the chain’s corporate office told the store owners to stop selling it. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190613/canada___burger_talk_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Cattle have had to be sold at auction in Saskatchewan following the arrest of two farmers after Animal Rights officers discovered 300 animals in ‘distress’ on an Assiniboia farm. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110613/canada___police_seize__cattle_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Sobey’s chain of food stores, whose parent company counts former Walmart Canada head Dave Ferguson among its board members, has added new square footage to its retail portfolio with the acquisitions of Safeway’s Canadian stores. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190613/canada___the_sale_of_safeway_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced funding of C$1.25 million over five years for the creation of a forage research chair at the University of Saskatchewan. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170613/canada___funding_for_useless_research_but_not_for_meat_inspection_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The large beef processing plant in Brooks, Alberta that was at the centre of last fall's E.coli-related beef recall has just recently returned to operating at full capacity. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140613/canada___jbs_beef_plant_back_to_full_capacity.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Therte is no way it takes 10 bloody years to get rid of sow stalls, and all the rhetoric from Tim Horton is a massive confidence trick against the public and its clients. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/canada___tim_hortons_fooling_the_public_over_sow_stalls_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The large beef processing plant in Brooks, Alberta that was at the centre of last fall's E.coli-related beef recall has just recently returned to operating at full capacity. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170613/canada___jbs_beef_plant_running_at_full_capacity_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT A deadly swine virus that is new to North America has now spread to hog operations in seven U.S. states. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170613/canada___pig_industry_problems_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Following the decision by the US government to maintain mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) rules, the Canadian government last week released a statement outlining potential retaliatory measures. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170613/canada___trade_sanctions_on_the_usa_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The process to renew the Canadian Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle through the National Farm Animal Care Council is entering the final stages, with the final code on track to be released later this summer. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100613/canada___handling_cattle_rules_modified_.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT A new regime of surprise spot checks on food plants has been pledged following the review of last year's massive recall from one of Canada's biggest beef slaughterhouses -- a review that roasts the plant, and its inspectors, for a "weak food safety culture." http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100613/canada___meat_inspection_not_up_to_world_standards_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The contamination of beef at a Canadian processing plant last year that sickened 18 people was caused by a lax attitude toward food safety by government and plant staff, an independent report on the incident said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100613/canada___paying_the_price_for_sloppy_meat_inspection_.aspx drovers.com Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canadian beef producers will now benefit from full market access to Chile for beef exports, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has confirmed. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060613/canada___beef_exports_open_with_chile_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Longtime Cargill veteran Ruth Kimmelshue was named president and business unit leader for Cargill Value Added Meats Retail in on June 1. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/canada___cargill_new_boss_for_value_added_meat_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) welcomes the Government of Canada’s publication of a list of products which are potential targets for retaliation unless and until the US brings its Country of Origin (COOL ) regulations into conformity with its WTO obligations. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140613/canada___cool_retaliation__.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT An independent report has concluded the largest beef recall in Canada’s history could have been prevented, finding a “weak food safety culture” and “relaxed attitude” to safety protocol at the XL Foods plant where the tainted meat was processed. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120613/canada___counting_the_cost_of_government_meat_inspection_cuts_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canadian carnivores are being treated to an eating adventure of epic proportions on June 9th when KFC brings its hot and spicy Zinger Double Down sandwich back to Canada ... but only if you live in Winnipeg. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/canada___press_release_from_kfc_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were generally steady with week-ago levels, with auction barns experiencing lower volumes. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140613/canada___store_cattle_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, issued a statement on US Country of Origin Labelling (COOL)... http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/canada___dealing_with_the_us_cool_laws_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The latest draft of a revised Canadian code of practice for the care and handling of pigs will need "informed, rational and constructive input" from the hog farmers who'll be carrying out the code's recommendations. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100613/canada___pork_industry_paying_lip_service_to_sow_cruelty_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Foot safety improvement efforts from the government responding to XL Foods product recall have been supported by the Market Development organisation, Canadian Beef Inc. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120613/canada___food_safety_starts_with_meat_inspection_that_the_government_cut_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT An independent review of the E.coli outbreak at the XL Foods beef processing plant at Brooks found a weak food safety culture at the plant, shared by both plant management and Canadian Food Inspection Agency staff. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100613/canada___government_meat_inspection_cuts_cause_e_coli_recall_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Government has published a list of products imported from the US that could be targeted for retaliatory action because of the US failure to comply with the World Trade Organisations requirements of Country of Origin Labelling. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120613/canada___retaliation_on_cool_laws_.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Talks to complete a free-trade deal between Canada and the European Union are being handcuffed by a dispute over beef and pork imports to Europe, a person with knowledge of negotiations said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070613/canada___beef_and_pork_for_the_eu_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Wednesday received the report for the Independent Review of XL Foods Inc. Beef Recall that called out the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for having a “relaxed attitude” toward safety standards. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110613/canada___correct_meat_inspection__would_have_prevented_meat_recall_.aspx meatingplace Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canada’s biggest beef packer and third-biggest grain handler have a new hand at the wheel. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030613/canada___new_boss_at_cargill_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were generally steady to $2 per hundredweight (cwt) higher on average last week as Alberta fed cattle prices surged by $4/cwt, reaching $123.50. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060613/canada___store_cattle_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were generally steady to $2 per hundredweight (cwt) higher on average last week as Alberta fed cattle prices surged by $4/cwt, reaching $123.50. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100613/canada___store_cattle_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT It seems like the big topics at the World Pork Expo are going to be 1) gestation stalls; 2) trade; 3) trade; 4) porcine epidemic diarrhea virus; 5) Rain. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100613/canada___the_pork_industry_still_winging_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Industry representatives from Alberta and throughout Canada have told the federal and provincial agriculture ministers they've been having a successful mission in Kazakhstan. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300513/canada___meat_and_breeding_stock_for_russia_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Government is set to take retaliatory action against the US over its failure to meet the obligations required by the World Trade Organization over the implementation of Country of Origin Labelling. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290513/canada___canadian_government_retaliate_over_cool_laws.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The new bird flu strain that has killed 36 people in China has proved resistant to Tamiflu for the first time, a development scientists said was "concerning." http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030613/canada___concerns_over_bird_flu_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT A delegation representing Manitoba Pork Council will travel to Des Moines, Iowa next week to take part in the 25th anniversary edition of World Pork Expo. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030613/canada___pork_processors_and_the_cool_laws_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT After three years of intense negotiation, the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) has welcomed the release of the draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070613/canada___the_pork_industry_have_no_interest_in_animal_welfare_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Pork Council and the National Farm Animal Care Council have launched a public comment period on the draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060613/canada___the_canadian_pork_council_want__more_years_of_farm_cruelty_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The public comment period allows stakeholders - pig producers, consumers and others with an interest in the welfare of pigs - to view the draft Code and provide input to the final Code. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050613/canada___code_of_practice_handling_pigs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The measures were announced by Agriculture and Agri?Food Minister Gerry Ritz as one component of the “Safe Food For Canadians Action Plan.” http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280513/canada___e_coli_safeguards_should_come_after_good_meat_inspection.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The new Sunnymel poultry processing and cutting plant – part of the Olymel and Westco partnership has been officially opened in New Brunswick. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/310513/canada____million_poultry_plant_opened_.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The chair of the Provincial Animal Care Committee says it's important for livestock producers to become more involved in demonstrating to the public how they raise and care for farm animals, writes Bruce Cochrane. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/310513/canada___animal_welfare_and_pork_production_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The measures were announced by Agriculture and Agri?Food Minister Gerry Ritz as one component of the “Safe Food For Canadians Action Plan.” http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280513/china___bird_flu_losses_us_billion_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT With the recent long winter, on some farms and ranches hay supplies are short or completely used up. In some areas of the province, purchasing hay is not an option, so some producers are turning cows out on banked grass that was not grazed last fall because of the early snowfall. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280513/canada___quality_grass_shortage.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz concluded a successful agricultural trade mission to Russia and Kazakhstan where he strengthened the trade relationship with these growing markets and promoted Canada’s world-class livestock. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300513/canada___more_trade_with_russia_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canada and Mexico are likely to target imports of U.S. beef and pork in retaliation for the new country-of-origin labeling law enacted by Washington, experts said at last week’s spring meeting of the U.S. Meat Export Federation. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300513/canada___pork_men_retaliate_over_cool_laws_.aspx meatingplace Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Some producers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are having to put cattle out to pasture earlier than they should because they don't have enough feed supplies to nourish them. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/300513/canada___putting_cattle_out_to_grass_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The European Union’s ambassador to Canada said special access for agriculture goods is the last obstacle to a trade deal between Brussels and Ottawa, and drew a line in the sand over how much market access the EU could offer Canadian beef producers. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160513/canada____ton_eu_beef_quota.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Cattle tracing efforts, feed bans and testing programmes have led to confidence in Canadian beef, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) announced on Monday, the tenth anniversary since the bovine spongiform encephalopathy outbreak. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290513/canada___cattle_traceability_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canadian cattle on feed placements during April lifted 24% year-on-year, to 134,769 head, however, despite the increase, cattle on feed inventories (911,200 head) were 6% lower year-on-year (Steiner Consulting Group). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230513/canada___fewer_cattle_on_feed_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Trial is set to begin the case of a Canadian food company that says it's owed more than $600,000 from a North Dakota hog farming operation. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210513/canada___maple_leaf_in_court_again.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Federal food inspectors have allowed a beef slaughter and cutting plant in Ontario's Niagara region to resume operating after a temporary suspension. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090513/canada___meat_plant_to_open_again_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT What’s in a label? In the case of Canada’s export of cattle and hogs, constrained by the impact of U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL), about $1-billion in potential retaliation. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230513/canada___trade_war_looming_with_the_usa_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT