Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is looking for public and industry input on proposed amendments to regulations around seed potatoes.
CFIA looks for feedback on proposed seed potato rule changes
No new traceability regulations implemented says Canadian Cattle Association
Reading Time: 2 minutes The national and provincial cattle organizations recently took to social media to reassure producers concerned about proposed traceability regulations.
Canada, Philippines make African swine fever zoning agreement
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada and the Philippines have signed an African swine fever (ASF) zoning arrangement, a measure that should ensure trade can continue between the countries during outbreak of the disease.
Canada, U.K. agree to cooperate on veterinary medicine, vaccine approvals
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada and the UK have agreed to work together to streamline the regulation of veterinary medicines and vaccines.
CFIA adds controls for imports of Spanish feed ingredients after African swine fever outbreak
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added Spain to a list of countries subject to feed import controls due to an outbreak of African swine fever in that country.
CFIA updates plant protection regulations
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says updated plant protection regulations will allow it to be more agile.
CFIA suspends U.S. imports after Vesicular Stomatitis Virus outbreaks in Arizona
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) temporarily suspended U.S. imports from regions with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV)outbreaks, impacting cross-border horse, swine, and ruminant movement.
B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ostriches on an embattled Edgewood, B.C. farm have been culled after a prolonged legal battle, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed.
B.C. ostriches now to be culled after ruling: CFIA
Farm has been at the centre of protests since CFIA first ordered the cull of over 300 birds
Reading Time: < 1 minute Birds are now to be culled from a British Columbia ostrich operation that sought to bypass standard federal practice in on-farm outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and has been denied an appeal at Canada’s highest court.
African swine fever risk tightens feed ingredient trade rules with Taiwan
Reading Time: < 1 minute Plant-based ingredients bound for Canadian livestock feed will have stricter trade rules if the shipments come from Taiwan, following Canadian Food Inspection Agency changes
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