Reading Time: 2 minutes A World Health Organization official on Thursday called for stronger surveillance in animals for evidence of infection with H5N1 bird flu in order to curb its spread.
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WHO calls for stronger surveillance of H5N1 bird flu among animals
US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation
Reading Time: 4 minutes U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.
French farmers back on the streets as Mercosur talks fuel discontent
Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers will protest across France on Monday as the prospect of a trade deal between European and Mercosur countries sharpens discontent over foreign competition that fuelled a farming crisis earlier this year.
Federal government pledges funds to bird flu research
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government has pledged $5.2 million in for 35 projects researching bird flu.
Virus in B.C. human bird flu case genetically related to farm strain
Reading Time: 2 minutes Health officials have confirmed that the strain of bird flu that hospitalized a B.C. teenager in critical condition is related to the same virus causing outbreaks in the province’s poultry.
Brazil’s JBS sees strong demand for meat in US
Reading Time: < 1 minute Brazil's JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, sees "very strong" demand for beef, pork and chicken in the U.S., said the president of JBS USA, Wesley Batista Filho on Thursday during the firm's third quarter earnings call.
Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first presumptive human case of bird flu
Reading Time: 2 minutes A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children's hospital, sick with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza.
World food prices reach 18-month high in October, UN says
Reading Time: 2 minutes World food prices rose in October to an 18-month high as vegetable oils led increases seen in most food staples, United Nations' data showed on Friday.
Senate amendment to Bill C-282 could render it useless
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Senate committee amendment to supply management protection bill Bill C-282 means it will be vulnerable to an opposition filibuster if it makes it back to the House of Commons.
US expands bird flu testing after finding symptom-free infections in people
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm workers who have been exposed to animals with bird flu should be tested for the virus even if they do not have symptoms, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.