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Livestock Transport Conference Aiming to Teach

ALBERTA - The Livestock Transport Conference will take place on 29 January 2009, at the Radisson Hotel in Calgary. It will be hosted by Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) and the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC).

Listeria persists for years

My curiousity about how biological outbreaks can be identified and tracked -- such as the recent Maple Leaf Foods outbreak in Canada -- lead me to this abstract. Genome sequencing, or a type of 'DNA fingerprinting' appears to...

Majors Give Community A Boost Through School Day Game

Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Mississauga St. Michael's Majors Mississauga, ON - The energy at the home of the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors was certainly running at an all-time high, as the hockey club hosted the inaugural...

Canada to boost food plant listeria tests: report

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada plans to introduce tougher rules for listeria testing in food plants after a fatal outbreak linked to sliced meats produced at a Maple Leaf Foods Inc facility, Canadian media said on Friday.

Science and Safety; Listeriosis crisis demonstrates need for greater use of biotech

Canadians' confidence in government food inspection programs is plummeting as the number of fatalities linked to tainted meat products mounts, says Diane Katz, director of risk, environment and energy policy studies for the...

Maple Leaf Foods appoints chief food safety officer

Maple Leaf Foods has appointed Randall Huffman as the company's chief food safety officer. Dr Huffman will assume this position effective January 5, 2009, reporting to Michael McCain, president and CEO. Dr Huffman joins Maple...

United Online Promotes Steven B. McArthur to President of Classmates Media Subsidiary

Posted on: Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 18:00 CST United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNTD), a leading provider of consumer products and services over the Internet, today announced the promotion of Steven B. McArthur, 41, to President...

Premium Brands third quarter profit rises to $7.3 million from $7.2 million

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Premium Brands Income Fund (TSX:PBI.UN), a Vancouver-based producer and distributor of specialty foods, says its earnings for the third quarter rose slightly while revenues jumped ne...

Legends Of Hockey Night

11/05/08 - Western Hockey League (WHL) • Discuss this story on the Western Hockey League message board... The year was 1915...The Vancouver Millionaires, led by the Legendary Fred 'Cyclone' Taylor, swept the Ottawa Senators for...

Privatizing food inspection puts public at risk: union

OTTAWA - The union representing government scientists is calling for an immediate freeze on the privatization of food inspection. The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, which r...

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