Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian poultry slaughterhouses will have to test carcasses for pathogens before chilling when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s new pre-chill policy comes into force Dec. 1, 2025.
CFIA raw poultry policy to tighten food safety
Bird flu in top chicken exporter Brazil triggers trade bans
Reading Time: 3 minutes Brazil, the world’s largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm on Friday, triggering a country-wide trade ban from China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers.
Trump administration aims to make faster meat processing permanent
Agency plans rulemaking to formalize speed increases
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago/Washington | Reuters – The Trump administration said on Mar. 17 that it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly, raising concerns among advocacy groups about worker health and food safety. The U.S. Department of Agriculture decision is a victory for meat companies and industry associations such as the National Chicken […] Read more
Tyson lifts 2025 sales forecast, prepares for tariff impacts
Strong demand for beef and chicken
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. meatpacker Tyson Foods raised its annual sales forecast on Monday as strong demand for beef and chicken helped it exceed first-quarter results estimates, lifting shares three per cent.
HPAI cases rise in B.C. amid birds migrating south for winter
Reading Time: 3 minutes British Columbia poultry farms are particularly vulnerable to highly pathenogenic avian influenza due to the annual migration of waterfowl through the Fraser Valley.
Tyson Foods shares sink on worries over consumer demand, third quarter
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters – Tyson Foods TSN.N shares were on track for their worst one-day decline in a year on Monday after the U.S. meatpacker warned that consumers are under pressure from persistent inflation and high commodity costs could weigh on upcoming results. The Arkansas-based meatpacker reported second-quarter sales that fell short of analysts’ estimates, though profits […] Read more
Philippines bans poultry imports from California, Ohio to prevent bird flu spread
The country recently halted imports from Belgium, France on disease concerns
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Philippines' farm ministry said on Wednesday it has banned poultry imports from California and Ohio in the United States because of several outbreaks there of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Sweden reports bird flu outbreak as disease spreads
The Philippines bans poultry imports from France, Belgium to protect poultry, workers, consumers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sweden has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus on a farm in the southern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday, as the disease spreads in Europe. The Philippines, meanwhile, has banned imports of French and Belgian poultry as a virus containment measure.
Olymel to consolidate Ontario, Quebec further-processing
Chicken plant at Paris, Ont., and pork plant at Princeville, Que. to close
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pork and poultry packer Olymel is preparing to permanently shut two further-processing facilities and shift their work to other plants in a new round of consolidation. Olymel, the meat packing arm of Quebec’s Sollio Cooperative, announced Wednesday it will permanently close its pork boning and packaging plant at Princeville, Que. effective Nov. 10, and its […] Read more
JBS posts quarterly loss on tight U.S. beef margins
'Greater balance' forecasted for global chicken supply
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian meat company JBS SA on Monday reported a second-quarter loss citing the negative effects of an oversupplied global chicken market and tighter margins for its beef business in the U.S., where it gets most of its sales. JBS reported a net loss of 263.6 million reais (C$73.8 million), the […] Read more
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