With cattle moving, 2 BSE programs halted
CANADA - Now that Canadian cattle are free to move across the U.S. border, two federal-provincial cattle industry support programs have been canceled. As of Wednesday, the Canada-Saskatchewan feeder calf set aside program and fed cattle set aside program...

First load of Canadian cattle shipped over border since 2003 BSE crisis
CANADA - Canada's beleaguered beef industry heralded the resumption of the cattle trade Monday as livestock crossed into the United States for the first time since anxiety over mad cow disease closed the border more than two years ago. Source:...

The Canadian beef scare
CANADA - On Thursday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, siding with the federal government, ruled in favor of reopening U.S. markets to Canadian cattle. This is good news and long overdue. Since the ban went into effect, the U.S. beef industry...

Canadian official: BSE risk 'low'
CANADA - As the chief veterinary officer for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Brian Evans doesn’t see a great need to develop a live-animal BSE test. He also doesn’t believe that every single animal should be tested at slaughter. Instead, with...

$8 billion mad cow disaster blamed on Canadian Food Inspection Agency
OTTAWA - Canada's $8-billion mad cow disaster can be squarely attributed the failure of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to assess economic consequences of even a single infection, says a leading expert. Source: Macleans

Agriculture ministers plan for contingencies in advance of BSE court hearings
CANADA - As a series of impending U.S. court dates casts Canadian beef exports once more into question, provincial and federal agriculture ministers gathered Wednesday to devise worst-case scenario plans. "What we're looking for is consensus as to...

Mad cow 'disaster' plans eyed
CANADA - Canada's agriculture ministers will get a look today at "disaster scenario" plans that may have to be implemented if a Montana judge extends a live cattle ban to boxed cuts of Canadian beef. The "worst case" includes a proposal to immediately...

Canada to fine those who violate BSE safeguards
CANADA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced yesterday that it will implement new monetary penalties to reinforce its system of safeguards to prevent the spread of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). These new changes empower CFIA...

US BSE case no link to Canada: Horner
CANADA - Alberta's agriculture minister says it appears a second confirmed case of mad cow disease in the U.S. did not originate in Canada. Doug Horner says all the information isn't in, but he adds that the latest data indicate the diseased animal...

US BSE case no link to Canada: Horner
CANADA - Alberta's agriculture minister says it appears a second confirmed case of mad cow disease in the U.S. did not originate in Canada. Doug Horner says all the information isn't in, but he adds that the latest data indicate the diseased animal...

New test can detect BSE in live cattle, manufacturer says
CANADA - Currently, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) can only be detected post-mortem, using a laboratory procedure that takes several days. But a new test expected to be available to Canadian livestock producers this fall could change that, at...

New test can detect BSE in live cattle, manufacturer says
CANADA - Currently, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) can only be detected post-mortem, using a laboratory procedure that takes several days. But a new test expected to be available to Canadian livestock producers this fall could change that, at...

Another BSE cloud
CANADA - Alberta Agriculture Minister Doug Horner's first stop was U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney's office. Tomorrow, the son of Peter Lougheed's legendary ag minister and rural fixer Hugh (Doc) Horner drops in on U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns....

Another BSE cloud
CANADA - Alberta Agriculture Minister Doug Horner's first stop was U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney's office. Tomorrow, the son of Peter Lougheed's legendary ag minister and rural fixer Hugh (Doc) Horner drops in on U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns....

BSE Crisis Opens New Markets for Beef in Canada
CANADA - "Walking into Spenst Bros. Premium Meats in Winkler, Manitoba is enough to make you want to take the word "disaster" out of our BSE vocabulary," says Laura Rance, associate editor of the Farmers' Independent Weekly, in a CBC Radio editorial....

BSE Crisis Opens New Markets for Beef in Canada
CANADA - "Walking into Spenst Bros. Premium Meats in Winkler, Manitoba is enough to make you want to take the word "disaster" out of our BSE vocabulary," says Laura Rance, associate editor of the Farmers' Independent Weekly, in a CBC Radio editorial....

Canada's Ag Minister Reflects on BSE Two Years Later
CANADA - Since bovine spongiform encephalopathy was discovered in Canada in May 2003, the government of Canada has allocated more than C$2 billion for BSE aid to producers and BSE programs designed to reposition the livestock industry. Speaking on the...

Beef rescue plan touted
CANADA - If Stan Eby has his way, the only way cattle will be leaving Canada is in a box. After two years with no international markets for live cattle - and no end in sight - the embattled beef industry believes a cut-in-Canada solution is the key...

Canadian beef industry loses patience in bid to reopen border
CANADA - Canadian frustration over the failure to reopen the US border to Canadian beef imports has fuelled demands to accelerate the expansion of its own meat processing capacity. The announcement highlights the frustration felt within Canada’s beef...

Tories want role in BSE injunction hearing
CANADA - The federal Conservatives will ask a Montana judge to grant them intervener status in the case determining whether the U.S. border should open to Canadian cattle. Trade critic Belinda Stronach said Canada needs to be represented at the hearing,...