Month: March 2017

“We were very pleased with the government’s commitment to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency,” said Christopher White, President and CEO of the Canadian Meat Council. “Food safety and the integrity of the system is paramount and we look for ways to continue to work with CFIA to deliver on their mandate.” …

USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration (GIPSA) should abandon its regulatory end-run around Congress and the Courts that was initiated via three separate livestock and poultry marketing rules in the final days of 2016, the North American Meat Institute told GIPSA in three strongly worded sets of comments submitted today.  …

Retail beef prices in the United States have been slowly and steadily declining from historic highs two years ago that were largely the result of a years-long drought in cattle country. But alas, that’s not how things are shaping up north of the border, where beef prices are stubbornly high and are expected to remain high throughout the summer, according to one industry observer. …