Maple Leaf - You are what you eat...but only 38 per cent of Canadians know what's in their food
Maple Leaf introduces Natural Selections, deli meats made with simple ingredients you can actually pronounce.
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MLA seeks three new Board Directors
Meat & Livestock Australia is seeking to appoint three independent Directors to the Board at this year’s Annual General Meeting, with applications now being accepted.
Maple Leaf launches sale process for Burlington, Ontario, pork processing business
Maple Leaf Foods today announced that it is launching a formal sale process for its Ontario pork processing business located in Burlington, Ontario, following renewed interest from potential purchasers and improved economic conditions and credit markets.
Novus International, Inc. Acquires IQF-ENAMEX
Novus International, Inc. announced today that it has acquired IQF-ENAMEX and its sister company, Operadora ENAMEX, both based in Córdoba, Mexico from Grupo Porres and other shareholders. IQF- ENAMEX produces feed carotenoid pigments, mineral and vitamin premixes, anti-caking agents and mold inhibitors.
United Kingdom - Coalition Government sets out farm policies
The coalition Government has outlined plans to cut red tape on farms, introduce a badger cull in TB hotspot and share the responsibility for animal disease policy.
Australia - Tasmania: Changes to pig farming proposed
A state government committee is pushing for a major overhaul of Tasmania's pig farming regulations.
The Animal Welfare Advisory Committee is urging the government to ban the use of sow stalls, or cages, due to concerns about animal welfare.
New mandate for Dr Bernard Vallat as Director General of the OIE
Dr Bernard Vallat has been appointed for a third mandate as Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
USA - USDA study shows gaps in livestock production, small slaughter plants
USDA unveiled a gap analysis study today that maps the locations of small livestock producers by county and compares production to the availability of small slaughter processing facilities as well as rendering plants.
United Kingdom - New Defra Ministers announced
James Paice MP has been appointed as Minister of State and Richard Benyon MP and Lord Henley have been appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State.
Ireland - Resumption of pork trade with China
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, confirmed that the Chinese market has been fully reopened to Irish pigmeat.
Canada - Ontario Ag Minister rewrites Ontario Pork mandate
Invoking her authority to change or erase some or all of a ruling by her own ministry's appeal tribunal, Ontario Ag Minister Carol Mitchell has laid out her own plan to have a dual-marketing system for hogs in the province by December.
Australia - Victoria to introduce pig levy
Victorian pig producers will pay 16 cents per carcass to fund a disease surveillance program through the state's Department of Primary Industry.
European Union - MEPs veto "meat glue" authorisation
The European Parliament has blocked the authorisation of "meat glue" thrombin as a food additive.
Appointment in SKOV Asia Ltd.
Peter Kristian Vind has been appointed Regional Service Technician of SKOV Asia Ltd on 1 Mai 2010 and will primarily take care of servicing SKOV installations in Asia.
Australia - South Australia’s: New division to enhance biosecurity
South Australia’s ability to strategically and effectively respond to animal, plant, and aquatic pests and diseases will be boosted through the setting up of Biosecurity SA within PIRSA.
Mexico – Construction of biggest slaughterhouse in Latin America
The complex, which covers 4,000 m2 and which for its type and capacity is unique in Mexico and all of Latin America, will have the capacity to process 1,000 head of cattle and 2,000 pigs per shift and represents a total investment of over 700 million pesos.