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Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Asian markets block Canadian poultry over bird flu

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Canada’s detection of avian influenza on two British Columbia farms has resulted in trade restrictions from several Asian markets, a government spokesman said Wednesday. South Korea has banned imports of Canadian chicks; Hong Kong and Taiwan have imposed trade restrictions on British Columbia poultry and poultry products; and Japan has imposed trade restrictions […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Two Fraser Valley farms quarantined with H5 avian flu

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Federal officials have quarantined a turkey farm and a broiler breeder farm in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley after both were confirmed with outbreaks of an H5 strain of avian influenza. The quarantines, announced Tuesday, follow death losses of “over half” of the 11,000 birds at the turkey farm near Abbotsford, and of about 1,000 of […] Read more
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

India orders culling after new bird flu outbreaks

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters –– India has found two outbreaks of a highly contagious bird flu virus in the southern state of Kerala, prompting the authorities to cull more than 200,000 birds, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. The virus itself killed about 15,000 infected ducks in Kottayam and another 500 in […] Read more
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Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

JBS to buy Australia’s Primo for $1.4B

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest beef exporter, has agreed to buy Australian processed foods producer Primo Smallgoods for A$1.45 billion (C$1.41 billion). The company will also buy food company Grupo Big Frango in Brazil for 430 million reais (C$192 million), stepping up the pace of acquisitions that have played […] Read more
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Britain confirms H5N8 in ducks on farm in north

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Reading Time: 2 minutes London | Reuters — Bird flu on a duck farm in northern England is the highly contagious H5N8 strain, the same form of the virus already discovered in Germany and the Netherlands, Britain’s farm ministry confirmed on Tuesday. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said that the risk to humans was minimal, […] Read more
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Olymel plans major expansion at Que. chicken plant

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Meat packing giant Olymel has announced plans for $10 million in expansions and upgrades at one of its poultry further-processing plants in Quebec’s Monteregie region. The company said Wednesday the planned expansions at its Ste-Rosalie facility will include 15,000 additional square feet of work space and storage, including a third cooking line, a spice warehouse, […] Read more
A+W Food Services CEO Paul Hollands, shown here in Kitchener last August, reported marked increases in same-store sales growth in 2014, crediting the company’s new marketing campaigns. (CNW Group/A+W Food Services of Canada Inc. photo)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

A+W pledges another ‘major ingredient change’ ahead

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s second-biggest burger chain plans to follow up its new sourcing policies for beef and eggs with a third “major ingredient change,” due out next week. While releasing their results for the third quarter ending Sept. 7, A+W Revenue Royalties Income Fund and A+W Food Services of Canada said the ingredient change is set to […] Read more
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

St. John’s chicken packer back in business

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Newfoundland chicken processor Country Ribbon Inc. has resumed operations after a brief suspension of its federal operating license. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Friday it had suspended the St. John’s company’s license over what the agency called failure to implement “corrective measures required by regulation” to ensure meat safety. [Related story] The company […] Read more

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