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Meat &Poultry
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Prairie meat plants get federal funding for worker safety
Twenty-four meat processing plants across the Prairies are receiving $7.8 million through the Emergency Processing Fund to keep employees safe and the regional food supply chain running strong. Recipients are using this funding to make adjustments to enable social distancing,…
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Investment to expand Ontario’s meat processing sector
The governments of Canada and Ontario are expanding Ontario’s meat processing sector by investing $127,000 to support a research initiative by Meat and Poultry Ontario (MPO). The project will identify opportunities to increase meat processing capacity in order to address…
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Olymel announces the temporary closing of its Red Deer plant in Alberta
Olymel has temporarily closed its hog slaughtering, cutting and deboning plant in Red Deer, Alberta. Despite the testing protocols and sanitary measures already in place, as well as the close collaboration of Alberta Health Services to deal with a resurgence…
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Tim Hortons extends the ‘Egg Quality Assurance’ certification program
Egg Farmers of Canada applauds Tim Hortons for featuring the Egg Quality Assurance (EQA) certification mark on Tim Hortons advertisements for its freshly-cracked eggs menu offerings, now available at restaurants across Canada. These efforts by Canada’s largest restaurant chain showcase…
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Webinar – Supply Chains and Food CPG: Readiness for a Post-Pandemic Future
As a result of COVID-19, a spotlight has been placed on the risks and real impacts on supply-chains in the food consumer goods space. From meat processing plant closures, to 300 per cent increases in demand for ginger, or surge…
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FCC: 2021 top economic trends – red meat export risk and opportunities
Martha Roberts, Economics Editor at Farm Credit Canada, states that “COVID-19’s role in changing the world’s supply chains in 2020 can’t be overstated. Testing supply chains everywhere, COVID-19 exposures slowed or shuttered global manufacturing. Consumers consumed differently. The virus and…
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Clearwater Seafood shareholders approve deal with a coalition including Mi’kmaq First Nations
Clearwater Seafood shareholders have voted to approve the previously announced plan of arrangement pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act to allow a coalition of Mi’kmaq First Nations and Premium Brands Holdings Corporation to acquire all of the issued and…
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Momentum builds behind certified-sustainable beef
The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) is starting the new year with a wave of recent support from across the supply chain. Loblaw Companies became the first Canadian retailer to purchase beef from CRSB-certified operations in December. Loblaw, a founding…
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Canada’s most searched cuisines in 2020
Which cuisine do Canadians search the most? By analyzing Google searches in Canada, HelloFresh has crowned the nation’s most searched for cuisine. Are we loyal to our national cuisine or do we prefer something a little more international? Canada’s most…
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PlantForm, AAFC research project targets E. coli infection in pigs
PlantForm Corporation has teamed up with scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and Western University to develop an edible antibody therapeutic that protects human and animal health by preventing E. coli 0157 infection in pigs. The two-year project is…
