Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency recommends that farmers do not take dairy or beef cattle to shows or agricultural exhibitions in the United States to reduce the risk of spreading avian influenza (bird flu) to Canadian herds.
CFIA cautions against taking cattle to U.S. shows as bird flu outbreak continues
Federal government opens bids for foot and mouth vaccine bank providers
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian government opens bids for foot and mouth vaccine bank providers.
CFIA won’t enforce some ritual slaughter requirements after appeal from Jewish organizations
Reading Time: 2 minutes The CFIA will no longer require three determinations of unconsciousness previously mandated for ritually slaughtered animals after a recent federal court ruling. Jewish organizations and companies had appealed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulations in court, claiming they made kosher slaughter difficult, which resulted in a disruption in supply of kosher meat in Canada.
CFIA launches consultation on labeling of plant-based egg alternatives
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has begun a 90-day consultation on how to label and represent plant-based egg alternatives.
New Canadian feed regulations released
Long-awaited feed regulation update offers more flexibility, risk-based approach, focus on food safety
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has released their long-promised update to national feed regulations. Formally referred to as the “Feeds Regulations, 2024,” the final version of the framework was registered June 17 and published for public view July 3 in part 2 of the Canada Gazette.
Bird flu found in Illinois, Florida wastewater
Reading Time: < 1 minute A U.S.-based wastewater detection dashboard has identified high levels of influenza A (a subtype of H5N1 bird flu) in Illinois and Florida—two states that have not yet reported positive cases of the disease in dairy herds.
Canadian milk samples test negative for bird flu
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s so far, so good when it comes to Canada’s milk testing efforts against bird flu as all samples have tested negative thus far.
Domestic birds confirmed as hosts for bovine influenza A virus
Epidemiologist says there is “still lots” to investigate about how virus jumped from from birds to dairy cattle
Reading Time: 4 minutes Domestic birds that live in and around barns have been confirmed as the avian hosts of an outbreak on dairy farms in the United States of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Dairy farmers urged to be on lookout for U.S. disease
Older, lactating cattle more likely to be severely impacted, effected farmers say
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. dairy producers are reporting high onset of and high morbidity from Texas Agalactiae Syndrome, with confirmed cases in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico. Lactating cows are considered particularly vulnerable.
MacAulay opens Indo-Pacific ag office
Moment 'pivotal' for the hog sector, Canadian Pork Council says
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Pork Council joined federal ag minister Lawrence MacAulay in Manila, Philippines, to open Canada's first Indo-Pacific agriculture office, it said today, calling the opening a "pivotal moment" for the Canadian pork sector.
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